Bringing power prices back under control is the main message behind Labour's New Zealand power policy.
Party leader David Cunliffe combined a tour of the Community House in Rotorua today with the announcement that Labour will be dropping power prices for Kiwi families.
He made the announcement with Labour's energy and resources spokesman David Shearer.
"The electricity market is clearly broken. With falling demand for electricity, prices should be going down. Instead prices are going up and companies are extracting excess profit.
"I have met superannuitants who have had to decide on whether they heat their home or buy food, so it's not surprising that the average power bill has increased $510 a year since 2008.