Why selling a fiscal plan is like selling French pastries – un peu

Analysis: Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis have just presented their fiscal plan, in the National Party’s offices upstairs from Patisserie Vaniyé in John Key’s old stomping ground of Parnell.

The bakery is owned by Sonia and Laurent Haumonté. When Kiwi-educated Sonia and her French husband Laurent returned to New Zealand in 2009, they began selling their pastries at market stalls. Then they opened a store in Parnell, and then one in my neighbourhood of Onehunga – the millefeuille is breathtaking.