3178 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

3178 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: Has David Seymour compromised his position as shareholding minister of TVNZ with his comments regarding a TVNZ reporter "These are the people that cry, oh you've got to give us sympathy, and you're inhumane and you should be kinder to us”, “I think it shows their delightful lack of self-awareness and immaturity” and “Immediately into my mind flashed a particularly self-indulgent piece of reporting I saw sometime last week. I think the total overreaction to my comments by media that they might need a bit less indulgence and a bit more self-reflection really just served to illustrate my point perfectly.”, if not, why not?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: No. These comments do not amount to an instruction and therefore the Minister has not compromised his position.