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Speaker 1: We're going to catch up with Barry Soper a little

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Speaker 1: bit later on on news talks, he'd be he is

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Speaker 1: still yes, chick your watch, he is still at lunch

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Speaker 1: with Boris Johnson. In the meantime news talks, he'd be

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Speaker 1: hard working political lead at Jason Walter as well as

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Speaker 1: from Parliament. Hey, Jason, I'm not at a long lunch. No, no, no,

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Speaker 1: neither of us. There's two of us. Mate. Hey, we've

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Speaker 1: just received an update on the ongoing probe and to

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Speaker 1: Tipati Mardy in the Manuda Marii election issues, what's happened indeed.

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Speaker 2: So it's an interesting story, this one, and I know

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Speaker 2: a lot of listeners of OZ have been hanging out

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Speaker 2: to get any developments on this one. So I'll take

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Speaker 2: you through it. I'll catch you up in case you've

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Speaker 2: forgotten about where we've got to in terms of this story.

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Speaker 2: So you'll remember, about six months ago, allegation surface that

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Speaker 2: census and COVID nineteen data was being used at the

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Speaker 2: Manurewa Marai in Auckland in relation to the election campaign

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Speaker 2: will It was alleged that the data was used in

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Speaker 2: a way to attract more voters to TI party. Marty

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Speaker 2: remember the Auckland Marti seat of Tamaki Makodo was won

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Speaker 2: by TI Party Mari's Takuta tash Camp by just forty

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Speaker 2: two vote, so the slimmest of margins. And yesterday Sir

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Speaker 2: Brian Wroach, the Public Service Commissioner, said the reports into

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Speaker 2: this will be unveiled shortly, didn't give a time frame,

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Speaker 2: just said shortly, citing the complexity of it all. Then

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Speaker 2: Nicola Willis said she the Public Service Minister, said of

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Speaker 2: the delay.

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Speaker 3: These issues go to public trust and confidence. They need

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Speaker 3: to have utmost confidence in their findings and conclusions and

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Speaker 3: they need to live through the scrutiny of a significant

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Speaker 3: amount of public challenge.

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Speaker 2: So living through the scrutiny of a significant significant amount

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Speaker 2: of public challenge, it's not something that you would say

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Speaker 2: if there was a complete absolval of the parties in question.

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Speaker 2: Now we have an update from the Electoral Commission itself,

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Speaker 2: who were before a Select Committee this afternoon. National's Cameron

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Speaker 2: Brewer asked of the Elections boss call Lecain why the

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Speaker 2: Commission decided to have a voting booth at the Marai.

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Speaker 2: Here's what he said.

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Speaker 4: When we became aware of the candidate's relationship for that,

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Speaker 4: we quite hard about it. We acknowledged there was a risk.

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Speaker 4: We came up with goation plan and I think I

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Speaker 4: have to say we got that wrong. I don't think

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Speaker 4: the perception of a conflict in there could have been

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Speaker 4: managed in the way that we set out to do it.

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Speaker 2: So there you heard a plane's day. They got it wrong.

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Speaker 2: This is not painting a good picture for this investigation.

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Speaker 1: M Yeah, that's really interesting. You honestly don't usually hear

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Speaker 1: public sevens speaking. Matt frankly is somewhat refreshing. Aaviral is

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Speaker 1: in the spotlight for wearing her own microphone during New Week.

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Speaker 2: I thought this was a bit strange. And did you

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Speaker 2: did play a clip from her before now Aichaviril. I'm

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Speaker 2: not saying that she isn't doing well in terms of

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Speaker 2: her job in opposition. In fact, she's probably one of

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Speaker 2: the best performing composition MPs. I would say, but what

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Speaker 2: we have is this interesting issue where it's becoming quite performative.

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Speaker 2: And I think Chavera Isichaviral is a great example because

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Speaker 2: listen to this is another example of her. In the

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Speaker 2: Health Select Committee this morning, why.

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Speaker 5: Was the report for Health New Zealand O only tabled

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Speaker 5: yesterday when that it can these crucial issues that have

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Speaker 5: been used to justify healthcats and we're expected to be

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Speaker 5: across a two hundred something plus report in order to

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Speaker 5: hold you account. This is an unprecedented level of secrecy

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Speaker 5: about important public spending.

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Speaker 2: Now that's not really a question, is that it's more

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Speaker 2: of a statement, and I know they love those around

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Speaker 2: Parliament and she listened. She might even have a point

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Speaker 2: with what she was saying, but I think the message

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Speaker 2: was somewhat undercut by the fact that she was wearing

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Speaker 2: a little lapel microphone as she was doing it, and

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Speaker 2: I assume this is so the Labor Party could clip

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Speaker 2: up the comments and make social media videos about them.

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Speaker 2: Hence why the delivery of the quote unquote question was

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Speaker 2: the way that it was. And now she's not alone

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Speaker 2: in this. I will know that David Seymour, when he

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Speaker 2: speaks to media before going into the house every day,

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Speaker 2: he wears one as well, and we've noticed that a

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Speaker 2: lot of his answers appear to be more catered to

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Speaker 2: providing sound bites for.

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Speaker 1: His access of social media.

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Speaker 2: The reporters and I just unfortunately think this is just

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Speaker 2: the one.

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Speaker 1: Well this is going yeah, this is it is happening

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Speaker 1: right across the house at the moment. Hey, thanks, Jason,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. That is Jason More.

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