The Front Bench Podcast: Politics Analysis – A New Labor Holiday While Winston Peters Goes To The Theater

Every Monday until the election, The Front Bench will address the most important talking points of the election campaign. Heather du Plessis-Allan, Newstalk political editor ZB Barry Soper, former Act Party press secretary Trish Sherson and former Labor Minister Chris Carter have the floor and the briefing.

On the front bench today:

Labor pledges to make Matariki, the Maori New Year, a public holiday starting in 2022. The party argues that it will help the tourism industry recover, but is it worth the price all other companies have to pay?

A recent comment asked people to stop calling Prime Minister Cindy. She argued that we didn’t call John Key Johnny or Bill English Billie, so calling Jacinda Cindy is patronizing and looked down upon. So is it okay to call Prime Minister Cindy? And what should we think of the people who call her that?

Winston Peters is starting to differentiate himself from the government and is making things better before the elections. We haven’t had a survey in a while, but at the last count, NZ First scored between 2 and 3 percent. So did the question and answer interview yesterday convince anyone?

Meanwhile, the National Party has been through tough times where Todd Muller brought down Simon Bridges and then Todd Muller resigned, so Judith Collins has to fight hard to make a cut right now. National is pitching policy after policy, but does any of that hold up?

The Greens faced a fierce backlash over the $ 12 billion James Shaw signed up to go to private green school. Is it time for James Shaw to stop apologizing? And will green voters punish the party for this?