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Finance Minister Nicola Willis is rejecting claims she's indulging in a sideshow as she gears up for a debate against her early 90s predecessor Ruth Richardson.

The Labour Party is characterising the "public duel" as a distraction from what really matters to New Zealanders. Willis says it's substance.

Willis threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, challenging Richardson to "come out of the shadows" ahead of an expected Taxpayers' Union "pressure campaign" pushing for more aggressive

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