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Speaker 1: News books, he'd be senior political correspondent. Barry Soper is

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Speaker 1: here in studio with this scruff and sir Jack. So

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Speaker 1: Christopher Luxen has hit back at some of the questions

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Speaker 1: about his various properties, and I'm pleased.

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Speaker 2: To see he has had some pushback on this, because look,

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Speaker 2: this man earned several million dollars a year when he

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Speaker 2: was the Sea of in New Zealand. He was also

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Speaker 2: a CEO Unilever. The man, you know, when he came

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Speaker 2: back to take on this job at a fraction of

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Speaker 2: the salary of the Prime Minister's job, you know, it

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Speaker 2: seems to have been held against him the amount of

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Speaker 2: properties he's got. He's got seven properties, and we've since

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Speaker 2: found out today he's sold two of them. One was

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Speaker 2: the Kate Shepherd apartment that he occupied around the corner

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Speaker 2: from Premiere House, so he's now sold that. And there's

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Speaker 2: an outcry that he avoided the bright line test because

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Speaker 2: the National government changed it to back what it used

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Speaker 2: to be at two years labor extended it to five years,

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Speaker 2: which is as de facto capital gains takes anyway. So

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Speaker 2: you know, if he was wise and if he didn't

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Speaker 2: want to, if it was still at five years. Of

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Speaker 2: course he wouldn't have been selling the Khibit department. I mean,

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Speaker 2: that's what anybody would do. He didn't need to sell it.

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Speaker 2: He thought, well, I'm not living there anymore, so why not.

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Speaker 2: And I've got to say Luxeon's making no apologize apologies

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Speaker 2: for selling his apartment out a profit, which of course

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Speaker 2: he shouldn't. Here he is with Heather this.

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Speaker 3: Morning the parents at school sixteen.

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Speaker 4: I went to university, did well in the world, successful,

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Speaker 4: get it right, and I've chosen to come to politics

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Speaker 4: because i want to add back to New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: So that's my reason for it.

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Speaker 4: But if we're going to criticize people for being successful,

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Speaker 4: and you know, let's be clear.

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Speaker 3: You know I'm wealthy, I'm sorted. Have you seen what

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Speaker 3: your Cinda's doing?

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Speaker 1: Chris? After this, you can you can go on a

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Speaker 1: speaking circuit. No, look, you can make as much in

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Speaker 1: one gig speaking as you do on your property.

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Speaker 4: Like that won't be my figures. There's a lot of

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Speaker 4: other things to do bost politics. But right now I

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Speaker 4: am absolutely determined.

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Speaker 3: We have a great future. We've got a great potential

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Speaker 3: on this joint.

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Speaker 2: And I'll tell you I'll tell you in a sec

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Speaker 2: what Jasinda Dern is allegedly making speaking on that circuit.

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Speaker 2: But look, the politics of envy, in my view, is

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Speaker 2: alive and well, and it certainly wasn't a stand up

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Speaker 2: in Auckland yesterday with this question probably the dumbest I've

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Speaker 2: heard for a long time.

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Speaker 3: Are you enjoying the sky TV? Sorry? Are you enjoying

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Speaker 3: the Sky TV? For what purpose? What's your question about?

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Speaker 3: I haven't. I've just moved into Premier.

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Speaker 2: House so he didn't have the chance to watch it.

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Speaker 2: And if anybody suggests that the Prime Minister shouldn't be

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Speaker 2: getting Sky TV, they need their head red because this

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Speaker 2: man has got to keep up with what's going on

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Speaker 2: in the Middle East, he's got to keep up around

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Speaker 2: the world. He's not going to get it from TV

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Speaker 2: and Z, He's not going to get it from TV three.

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Speaker 2: So you know, are we going to now the grudgeam

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Speaker 2: getting sky TV? But Jasin Dern Yes. On that international circuit, Jack,

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Speaker 2: you'll be pleased to hear that she apparently has joined

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Speaker 2: the top tier of political celebrities and international speakers, and

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Speaker 2: one of the organizations they claim to represent Dern on

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Speaker 2: the Asian market told the media that Durn's fee for

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Speaker 2: events was about three one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars

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Speaker 2: for getting up beating her gums. Honestly, I mean, if

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Speaker 2: that's true, all I can say, I know you're a

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Speaker 2: bit of a fan of just no, no, no. All

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Speaker 2: I can say is hopefully for this international speaking circuit,

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Speaker 2: she says more to them and more interesting than she

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Speaker 2: was when she was in this country. But the thing

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Speaker 2: isn't it she had this international celebrity. I traveled with

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Speaker 2: her throughout her Prime ministership overseas. They loved her because

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Speaker 2: she was young, she had a child out of wedlock

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Speaker 2: to some of them that used to want her to

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Speaker 2: come in and discuss the pros and cons that. So

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Speaker 2: she's famous internationally and cashing in.

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Speaker 1: On it very quickly. John Key is pecking a Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump win.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sort of reluctantly in a way. He said that

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Speaker 2: if you talk the economy, he would prefer Donald Trump.

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Speaker 2: Although the tariffs that Donald Trump has been promising up

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Speaker 2: to sixty percent in the case mainly of Chinese, but

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Speaker 2: ten percent with the likes of New Zealand. You know,

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Speaker 2: he said he'll probably come in economics for New Zealand

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Speaker 2: though is not going to be great.

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Speaker 1: No, Hey, thank you so much very I appreciate your time.

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