Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on National's anti-Labour crime ads, Labour's u-turn on the landlord tax cut, last week in the House
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What sparked the debate over National’s anti‑Labour crime advertisement?
Jenny Anderson's with us along with Mark Mitchell. Good morning to you both. Morning boys, morning Jenny.
I've got a shout out. I've got a shout out. You're on ya, Jenny. I
knew you come to the
party.
I've got one. I've got one. Well done.
Ulala Ulalay Sport. Ulale Wainuya Mata Sport. Oulalay. Yeah, oolale. That's the same thing.
Yes.
Um and so there's a guy called Vato who works full time and on a Wednesday and a Friday he gets all of the primary schools playing sport outside. And he runs it out of a trailer, brings the gear and he has a a snake ball and then also a football. And all the families are down there supporting the kids. He gets uh high school kids to referee the games. And it's a really good example of getting kids off screens in a way where they're um Just outplaying sport. And it's nice to see the mums and dads off their phones watching their kids teaching them all good things about sportsmanship.
But but I've never seen them there actually. And a sports minister, a sports minister, he's he's just right as is the president. I've never seen him once, so you never seen him run. He loves it. Absolutely loves it.
How's
how'd your um I t my understanding was your um your y your stepson went extremely well, Mark, the other day in the car? Yes, he
did. I'm really proud of him. He did um he was outstanding. So, um yeah, no. He got some good news coverage as well,
which is um which is very
speaking of success.
Sorry, carry on.
No, no, I just think that, you know, I mean, he was very young when he lost his dad. Um and so his connection to Possum is is obviously through the rallying and the motorsport and of the three kids he's the one that's really uh stayed involved in it and I've sort of we've done a whole lot of different motor racing events to sort of keep him involved. So for him to go out and compete genuinely like that in his dad's um you know, in the livery of his dad's old car was very emotional and really proud of him.
Good stuff. Speaking of success, Jinny, you wrote to Jerry and Jerry I did. Jerry acquiesced to your debate yesterday. How did that go? Was that a success? Did that achieve anything or what Yeah,
I th I thought it went well. Yeah. There's an ongoing culture within the Ministry of Education that um subverting the Official Information Act seems to be acceptable and and that's not a right. Um What's the biggest scandal?
What is the biggest scandal? Is the biggest scandal within the Ministry of Education or in Nikki Hager's book?
Well, I haven't read it yet, evidently it's quite short. But I would say uh Ministry Education leave another three actually yet today about a whistleblower going further saying That uh it it it is a culture. So I I would go for the the fact that this government is um subverting democracy by not being transitioned. Hold on, just let
me to put you up on that. Do you think it's it's is it the government subverting uh subverting or is it the ministry a problem within the ministry and the public service have got a lot to answer for in their attitude towards governments?
What uh what I would start to say that that starts from leadership at the top. That's what permeates through a ministry, the tone that's set at the top.
Mm. You're gonna miss today, Mark. Today's your final day.
What what I would say is this, is that is that you've got Jinny and the Labour getting all excited and troffy about um this guy, Nicky or Ricky, whatever his name is. And uh and all they want all they want to do is talk about politics. Whereas yesterday Yesterday we passed a law that brings in the biggest effective tax cut in New Zealand history with our RMA replacement, and on Monday we ratified a free trade agreement with the biggest country in the world. That's what we want to be talking about. And that's what Kiwis and that's and that's actually what matters to Kiwis, not all this other nonsense that um Labour are gonna try and distract away from the fact that they're gonna they're they're bringing taxes to people's uh households.
Okay. W l just quick question, Mark. Today's your final day today.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What sparked the debate over National’s anti‑Labour crime advertisement?
0:00–3:41
2
How does Mark Mitchell explain the use of old crime footage in the ad?
3:41–6:52
3
Why does Ginny Andersen call the crime‑ad campaign “not credible”?
6:52–9:52
4
What does Mark Mitchell say about his final day in Parliament?
9:52–10:55
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