Flanked by Labour colleagues David Cunliffe, David Parker and Lianne Dalziel, Mr Goff presented his party's economic development, finance, and commerce policies as a comprehensive package at Auckland's Sky City Grand Hotel today.
The package pulled together central policy strands including retaining state owned assets, introducing a capital gains tax, compulsory KiwiSaver, a tax-free zone for income up to $5000 and increasing the retirement age.
However, Mr Goff acknowledge the furore over the recording made of Prime Minister John Key's discussion last week with Act's Epsom candidate John Banks was overshadowing more substantial issues.
"What we need as we're one week out is not discussion about a cup of tea gone sour in some Epsom cafe and all the nonsense that has gone along with that, but a real debate about what we need to do as a country in seven days time that will make a real difference.
"New Zealanders are sick to death of that, I'm sick to death of that, it's time to move on. If the Prime Minister's not man enough to front up and say what he said then so be it, but now is the time to focus on what's important for the future.
"In seven days time our assets go on the block. That's something we need to be debating.''
With the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey showing Labour still well off the pace with 29.1 per cent, Mr Goff accepted the final week of the campaign was "a big challenge for us''.
"But then the French were the underdogs right up until five minutes before the test.''
- The New Zealand Herald
