Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Child poverty stats, Treaty principles bill hearings, and two years looking for a job in Wellington. But first: Pray for Andy Foster. Or, better still, hide him.
Toby Manhire: “In recent weeks Winston Peters (the deputy prime minister of New Zealand) has taken aim at MPs who have immigrated to this country, saying they should ‘show some gratitude’. The other half of the pantomime horse, Shane Jones, chipped in with, ‘Send the Mexicans home’. Challenged on the remarks later, acclaimed orator Jones said that Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March, who migrated from Mexico 19 years ago, should ‘grow a pair’. Yesterday, after Menéndez March said something or other including the word ‘Aotearoa’, Peters rose incandescently to his feet and demanded to know: ‘Why is someone who applied to come to a country called New Zealand as an immigrant in 2006 allowed, in this house, to change the country’s name without the mandate, the approval, or referendum of the New Zealand people?’ Which brings us back to Andy. As Peters’ words rippled across the chamber, he must have shrivelled a little inside. Did Winston know his secret?”
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 Out today, episode two of Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club! The pair open up about the realities of wanting to have kids while also being single, and Kura shares the decision-making behind freezing her eggs. The pair then go on the hunt for a rich farmer at the Hunt Ball in South Canterbury, and meet a local woman who describes herself as a “non-breeding ewe”. Visiting Brynley’s dad and Oma they sit down to a home cooked meal and some home truths about relationships, including what it takes to sustain a marriage over six decades. They then hit the streets and join a Christchurch social run club, taking the plunge into new experiences in more ways than one. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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