Helen Clark tackles National on Twitter

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5 Sep, 2017 05:13 AM2 mins to read

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern gives her assessment of the second major party leaders' debate and what it means for the general election in just two and a half weeks.

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has tackled the National Party on Twitter.

National took a swipe at Labour over their lack of "projects" while promoting their own vision.

National posted an image of the Waterview tunnel with the caption: "Labour wants to stop the projects and live on the vision. #LetsNot.

One Twitter user responded to National's post, writing "Didn't Helen Clark propose the Waterview tunnel?"

Clark swiftly swung into action.

"Yes - the decision to build the Waterview tunnel rather than wreck the suburb with a motorway was made by my government."

Clark's Tweet was liked more than 299 times and received more than 103 retweets.

National's Steven Joyce was quick to respond to Clark, explaing that his party was the one that "built it."

And govt that called it in w new RMA rules, built it, made it a lane wider in each direction & spent $1Bn less on it that planned is this 1
— Steven Joyce (@stevenljoyce) September 4, 2017

National says it stands behind the claim made in the tweet.

"We stand by it entirely," a spokesperson told the Herald.