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Speaker 1: As Deputy Leader, has made the surprise announcement today that

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Speaker 1: she will not be running at this year's election. She

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Speaker 1: has been in Parliament since twenty twenty and Brook van Walden.

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Speaker 2: Is with us. Now. Hi Brooke, Hi Heather, how are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm very well, thank you. How do you feel after

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Speaker 1: that announcement?

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Speaker 2: Oh? I actually feel great. I'm very excited for what

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Speaker 2: the next chapter could bring. But for all of your

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Speaker 2: listeners out there, I will still be governing right to

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Speaker 2: the election store So I'm still in Parliament today, working hard.

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Speaker 2: It's a relief look. I think for me it has

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Speaker 2: been quite a hard decision because it feels like the

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Speaker 2: easy option for me is to continue on the treadmill

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Speaker 2: in and stay down in the beehive. I know people

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Speaker 2: can get quite addicted to it, but I also, right

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Speaker 2: in my heart, feel like I want to live a

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Speaker 2: bit more of life and see what other opportunities there

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Speaker 2: are out there for me. But ultimately I do love

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Speaker 2: public service, so at some point in the future I

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Speaker 2: think I could be back for it. But I think

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Speaker 2: I would also benefit from bringing back some of those

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Speaker 2: public private sector experiences that I call would gain.

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Speaker 1: Would you be coming? I mean You've mentioned this enough today,

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Speaker 1: the possibility of coming back for me to think that

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Speaker 1: this is part of your plan. Would you be coming

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Speaker 1: back to Parliament?

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't want to rule out the possibility because

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Speaker 2: I have really loved what I have done. But at

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Speaker 2: this point in my life when I look back, and

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Speaker 2: I know some people might think thirty three, that's still young,

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Speaker 2: You've got another decade in you. But at thirty three,

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Speaker 2: having already done nine years of public service, six as

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Speaker 2: an MP and six as the Deputy Leader, I do

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Speaker 2: wonder what is that next step for me? And I

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Speaker 2: really do want to experience what is out there in

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Speaker 2: the private sector with the background and the skills that

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Speaker 2: I've already gained here in governance and in Parliament. But

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Speaker 2: I'm very proud of the work that I've done today.

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Speaker 2: I think I've been very effective as a minister, but

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Speaker 2: I think I've got a lot to also offer in

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Speaker 2: the private sector.

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Speaker 1: Have you already been offered another job?

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Speaker 2: I haven't. No. I've been really mainly making this decision

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Speaker 2: hand on heart because I need to think of what's

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Speaker 2: in the best interests of the party and looking at

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Speaker 2: the year ahead, I can absolutely guarantee my heart will

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Speaker 2: be in it for the next year, but I can't

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Speaker 2: guarantee it would be for the next four years. So

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Speaker 2: this allows new talent and fresh blood to come into

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Speaker 2: act and I'm really excited to know what that will

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Speaker 2: actually mean for the party.

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Speaker 1: Now to we have to challenge you on something. We

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Speaker 1: think that Phil GoF might be the youngest cabinet minister

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Speaker 1: by eight days. Check that out. Did you run it

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Speaker 1: through chet GPT.

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Speaker 2: I do believe that is true. So I believe I

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Speaker 2: may have been the youngest at the date of the election,

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Speaker 2: but because Winston took such a long time to figure

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Speaker 2: out where he was going to go, he took a

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Speaker 2: very long negotiating time, I ended up eight days older

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Speaker 2: than Phil Goff.

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Speaker 1: And again, hey, thank you very much, Brook, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Look after yourself. Brook van Velden outgoing act Deputy leader. Listen,

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