Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Kerbside food waste collection, digital nomads, misheard Vengaboys lyrics and growth, growth, growth.
“His speech was, of course, all about growth and saying yes and going, going, going until you’ve gone so far you’ve reached peak economic health, a brand new Resource Management Act and hopefully an Eras Tour (‘not an E-R-R-O-R-S Tour,’ Luxon quipped to Hipkins). Whatever he had to say had already been scanned and highlighted for quotables by the press gallery – Winston Peters had a printout at his seat and had highlighted the entire thing. But the public gallery may have had a harder time hearing anything at all. There was heckling all around, led by Megan Woods, Barbara Edmonds and Rachel Brooking, while the Greens and Te Pāti Māori mostly looked like they’d rather be anywhere else. Edmonds yelled that she couldn’t remember a prime minister’s speech ever being so boring. Brooking only stopped shouting when offered a Tupperware container full of lollies by Camilla Belich. ‘We’ve got passionate MPs,’ Luxon said. ‘Name one,’ Willie Jackson called. ‘Growth trumps everything,’ Luxon grinned. ‘Except te Tiriti,’ came a voice from the opposition benches.”
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