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National leader Chris Luxon today revealed National's plan to boost education if elected. Students would be required to spend an hour per day on reading, writing, and mathematics, with standardised tests twice a year for Years 3-8. ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says that Hipkins criticising Luxon for turning education into a political football is 'rich', given Labour's first move in 2017 was scrapping National standards. Barry Soper added that removing National Standards was unpopular, with 84 percent of voters in a Stuff poll voting against the change. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.