Free study at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is easily achievable by taxing financial transactions from banks and currency speculators, Brendan Horan says.
But the plan has been dismissed by Tauranga MP Simon Bridges as irresponsible.
The New Zealand Independent Coalition leader introduced a new policy for free tuition at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Waiariki Institute of Technology during a meet the candidates event at the polytech yesterday.
Mr Horan aimed to replicate Southland Institute of Technology's zero fees scheme which meant students would only have to fork out for materials costs.
To pay for this, Mr Horan would introduce a 0.1 per cent Financial Transaction Tax which he said Germany, France and nine other European nations would soon be implementing.