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Heather du Plessis-Allan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
572 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

What do you think's going to happen?

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Oh, I did.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

I told him it was nutty.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

It's worrying that our Defence Minister doesn't understand it.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Do you know what?

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Just to turn this on you, I don't think this is something that people care about.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

They're trying to pay their bills, Ginny.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Oh, Mitch, come on.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Mitch, that is exactly what was done.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Pink was doing that.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

He was trying to open it up.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

And I don't understand why we're so weird about this.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Like 40 years ago, we didn't have enough info, but now we surely do.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Ginny, did you see the speech that Andrew Little's just given in Wellington?

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

No, I did not.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

I'm in Dunedin.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

So he's given a speech on the future of local government for Wellington City, calling for amalgamation.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

He says if a referendum were held today, he would vote for amalgamation.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Would you?

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on Budget 2026, NZ's nuclear stance, and the ban on non-elected council members voting

Yeah, I mean, this feels like a done deal in Wellington, doesn't it, Mitch?