Chris Hipkins says he doesn't want to make promises he'll have to change - announcing no new policy in Labour's State of the Nation address today. 

He says policies can wait until after the Budget, and he explained that he's made Labour's political priorities clear to the voters.

Hipkins explained they party's not going to be making big sweeping promises ahead of the election this time round.

"We're going to be promising things that we know we can deliver on, that are actually going to make a difference - but are actually going to solve the problems we've got as a country." 

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