I can hardly stop laughing. During last week's minor parties' debate candidates were asked if there were any coalition partners they could not work with.

Greens (James Shaw) said he definitely would not work with Winston Peters (NZ First) because Winston Peters would not tell everyone what his party is doing until after the election.

In the same breath, James Shaw claimed he would definitely work with Labour.

Hello – Labour will not tell anyone until after the election how they intend to raise taxes.

How utterly cynical, hypocritical and underhand of both Labour and Greens to continue with this behaviour.

J Hill, Tauranga.