'If you go out when you have this infection and infect your friends and family...you are going to kill some people - just like drinking and driving. We need a massive shift in thinking,' Prof. Michael Baker says we need to start taking this COVID wave more seriously
#NationNZ
"This is eugenics...disabled and immunocompromised will just have to run the gauntlet ..if they survive they survive and if they die, they die," Lawyer and Disability Advocate Dr Huhana Hickey blasts a potential move to Green and dropping of mask mandates
#NationNZ
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub calls National's numbers on their foreign buyers tax 'bullsh**t. He unpacked National's tax policy with NZME head of business Fran O'Sullivan this morning on Newshub Nation bit'.ly/3pdBEoR
#NationNZ
'Luxon was bankrolled by the richest people in New Zealand': Dita De Boni says it's outrageous to say Luxon's own efforts got him across the line
#NationNZ
'The Green party has a plan to make sure everyone has what they need not just the wealthy few and David's mates': Green's co-leader Marama Davidson shuts down David Seymour while discussing ACT's plans to cut demographic Ministries
#NationNZ
'There's not a city in the world where adding one more lane of traffic has ever solved the congestion problem': James Shaw makes the case for alternative modes of transport on our climate debate
#NationNZ
'The system that we have privatises profits and socialises costs and it's unfair': ChlΓΆe Swarbrick
'This is tall poppy syndrome and there's no future in that for New Zealand': David Seymour
#NationNZ
'We've got an entire sector of the economy that refuses to engage in the rules that everybody else follows': Forest & Bird CEO Nicola Toki blasts NZ farming sector's attitude to emissions tax
#NationNZ
"Remove them. They're a glorification of something that we as a country don't stand for" -
@golrizghahraman
on tearing down colonial statues and her support for the Black Lives Matter movement
#nationnz
'I don't think that's good enough and the public deserve better' -
@MichaelMorrah
on whether the govt and Dr Bloomfield have taken responsibility for issues with testing and the border
#nationnz
"The extravagant language we get of 'full-term abortions' and women walking in at 36 weeks saying 'I want an abortion', it doesn't happen. It's fictional stuff" - Andrew Little says abortion opponents are using "fictional" scenarios to push their views
#nationnz
@AndrewLittleMP
Green Party co-leader
@MaramaDavidson
is calling for enforceable warrant of fitness for rental homes - If you donβt pass your warrant of fitness as a landlord, you wouldnβt be able to rent out the home
#nationnz
#nzpol
Jacinda Ardern talks CGT debate -"Thereβs a group of New Zealanders who donβt have columns in the Herald, who might not be having a chance to have their say on this"
#nationnz
"I would never empower someone with as little personal integrity as Simon Bridges to become Prime Minister," - James Shaw definitively rules out a deal with National in election 2020
#nationnz
@jamespeshaw
@simonjbridges
'I understand the economy, I understand numbers, and I understand how it works': National Leader Christopher Luxon responds to criticism of his party's tax policy
#NationNZ
We welcome Anna Bracewell-Worrall as our new reporter. Fresh from covering
#election2020
for the Newshub press gallery, Anna has a proven track record of breaking crucial stories and unflinchingly holding politicians to account. We're proud to have Anna join the team
#nationnz
'I'm sick of Three Waters being used as a code word to attack MΔori': John Tamihere, Te WhΔnau O Waipareira CEO, responds to the new water reforms on our political panel
#NationNZ
Tomorrow on Newshub Nation:
Ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo MΔori, Newshub Nation's lead interview with Minister Kelvin Davis will be conducted in te reo by Oriini Kaipara
#nationnz
"At some strip clubs managers are encouraged to fine dancers and then split the money amongst themselves," says dancer Laura, who came on the show with Green MP Jan Logie to talk about the exploitation dancers and sex workers face
#NationNZ
US President Joe Biden's pardoning of Americans convicted of simple possession of cannabis has reignited the decriminalisation debate here in NZ. Green MP ChlΓΆe Swarbrick says it's time to reform our 'fundamentally broken frankenstein' Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
#NationNZ
"She stood herself at Waitangi and said to hold her to account so that's exactly, as a party, what we'll do" - MΔori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on Jacinda Ardern
#nationnz
@packer_deb
@jacindaardern
"MΔori can't make changes in health when they've got ghost dollars" -
@Mihi_Forbes
challenges Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare over whether a new MΔori Health Authority will have the resourcing it needs to make real change
#nationnz
'Older people who turn up to these community meetings, they have a sense of entitlement.' Merepeka Raukawa-Tait responds to reports that Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau was shouted down at a meeting this week, she was joined by Andrea Vance
#NationNZ
'The racism in this country is stifling': Lady Tureiti Moxon says a referendum on the Treaty is unnecessary and won't help equality in New Zealand
#NationNZ
Behind the scenes in our green room with 8 minutes to air,
@_chloeswarbrick
getting ready to debate Nick Smith over cannabis and
@Megan_Woods
ready to talk Labour's campaign launch
#nationnz
ACT is proposing changing the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act to make it easier for Police to seize gang assets if they discover illegal firearms at a gang-run operation
#nationnz
'Worth more than wool': Why the gaming industry was chosen as a winner in Budget 2023 with NZ Game Developers Association Chair, Chelsea Rapp
#NationNZ
"As long as I have breath in this job, that's what I'm committed to" - Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft on tackling entrenched racism in New Zealand
#nationnz
'This has been a humiliating five weeks for Christopher Luxon,' says Matthew Hooton. The PR consultant and former National and ACT staffer thinks that Luxon underestimated how hard negotiations would be
#NationNZ
Taranaki DHB has confirmed to Newshub Nation that 10 of its 63 midwives have said they won't be getting vaccinated. That's more than 15% of its midwives - at a time when the region is already short of midwives
#nationnz
ACT Leader David Seymour wants IRD to go after the gangs to take the profit out of wearing a patch. Rebecca Wright grilled him this morning over how feasible that would be. Watch the full interview
#NationNZ
A new Members' Bill could lower the voting age to 16, enable MΔori to switch electoral rolls at any time and give prisoners the right to vote. The Bill is sponsored by Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, who crossed live to Newshub Nation this morning
#nationnz
National MP Nicola Grigg defends controversial live animal export policy - wants MPI to set up animal monitoring across China, unsure how many staff that would require
#NationNZ
"As we have democratised the availability of information we haven't democratised the skills to assess what is good and bad information," Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw on communicating evidence in the post-truth era
#nationnz
@DrJessBerentson
'David was going round and round and round in circles': Jenna Lynch says David Seymour 'lost the crowd' despite speaking for the longest during our Powerbrokers' Debate
#NationNZ
#WATCH
This week Wayne Brown was caught on camera by Newshub saying he wants to post photos of a 'prick' journalist on Auckland urinals. Rebecca Wright asked him to explain his comments during Newshub Nation's live mayoral debate
#NationNZ
"It's smoke and mirrors," Prime Minister Chris Hipkins blasts National's tax plan, saying it is "giving with one hand and taking more with the other" bit'.ly/3pdBEoR
#NationNZ
"The best way to reduce harm and ensure the well-being of communities and of patients is to make sure we have sensible evidence-based legal regulation" - Chloe Swarbrick talks medicinal cannabis
#nationnz
@_chloeswarbrick
'I've never been so spectacularly uninspired in the lead up to an election': Forest & Bird CEO Nicola Toki calls for a climate change Ashley Bloomfield to give daily updates on the climate crisis
#NationNZ
'It just looked panicky': Dileepa Fonseka, a correspondent for BusinessDesk, breaks down Christopher Luxon's campaigning performance so far on this week's panel
#NationNZ
They call themselves the bad boys of Brexit - muck-raking strategist Andy Wigmore and British millionaire Arron Banks - who bankrolled the Brexit campaign. Now they've confirmed to
@LloydBurr
that they're working with
@winstonpeters
on his
#decision2020
campaign
#nationnz
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says 'We can't prison our way out of justice'. Winston Peters says white collar criminals shouldn't be in prison, 'They should be out there working six days a week'
#NationNZ
'Climate action is dead under the National Party': Grant Robertson had choice words for Nicola Willis in the climate section of our Finance Debate
#NationNZ
'New Zealand is ignorant about how the Treaty works': Carmen Parahi says, 'There needs to be an acknowledgement about the discrimination that currently exists in all of the systems that govern Aotearoa New Zealand'.
#NationNZ
Climate Debate: 'I would say to Federated Farmers you should be very careful what you wish for': James Shaw responds to calls to review NZ's methane targets
#NationNZ
"We should not have welfare for rich people when we refuse to invest in children living in poverty": economist Shamubeel Eaqub debates the retirement age with associate professor Susan St John
#NationNZ
'That data should be out, there's no reason for it not to be out': Erica Stanford accuses Jan Tinetti of withholding attendance data for term two
#NationNZ
Newshub Nation might look like a slick operation but things can and do go wrong. Here's a sneak peek at everything that fell over behind the scenes in 2021
#nationnz
Today is Lisaβs last show with Newshub Nation, take a look back at some of the most memorable moments from her time with the show. Weβll miss you Lisa
#nationnz
Newshub Nation is delighted to welcome senior reporter Laura Walters to our election year team, based in the Parliamentary press gallery. Her experience and analysis will enrich our coverage during a crucial moment in New Zealand politics. Nau mai haere mai Laura
#NationNZ
'What is that mother spending her money on?': Jenna Lynch grills Brooke van Velden on ACT's desire to electronically monitor spending for some people on benefits
#NationNZ
"Grant Robertson had one shot, one opportunity..." - ACT Party Leader David Seymour slips in an Eminem reference when blasting
#Budget2022
as the 'brain drain budget'. Watch his full interview now.
#NationNZ
Simon Bridges on CGT -"Itβs naΓ―ve to say this wonβt get political, Iβm sorry. This is the most radical, hairy-chested capital gains tax and tax reform New Zealand has probably ever seen, and National is entitled to take a view on it"
#nationnz
@simonjbridges
'This was supposed to be a climate election': WWF-New Zealand CEO Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb says the cost we are putting on the shoulders of future generations is 'morally reprehensible'.
#NationNZ
#EXCLUSIVE
The results are in from Newshub Nation's first-ever Reid Research poll on Auckland Central: Helen White 42.3%, Emma Mellow 26.6%, Chloe Swarbrick with 24.2%
#nationnz
'It's basically only PΔkehΔ genes and diseases that we know about': Auckland Uni. Honorary Academic Karaitiana Taiuru discusses the inequality inherent in genetic standards for insurance in NZ
#NationNZ
New TOP leader
@Rafmanji
, wants to give every Kiwi $13,000 a year with no strings attached. Here are some highlights from his half-hour interview with reporter Finn Hogan, starting with why Manji took the top job.
#NationNZ