
Laura Trask
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Oct 7, 2026
Wigram boundary changes make it a seat to watch this election
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1:55Neetu SainiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I haven't seen any change.
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1:57Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
ACT MP Laura McClure is standing after contesting Banks Peninsula at the last election, while New Zealand First and the Greens are fielding political novices.
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2:06Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
But it's a likely two-horse race between Ms Summerfield and Mr Janczyk.
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2:11Timothy BrownCORRESPONDENT
Megan Wood's decision to run only on Labour's list means there's no incumbent, and boundary change is at another dimension.
The Government’s Highs, Lows, and Who Won the Coalition? | The Select Committee
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18:35Thomas ScrimgeourGUEST
Well, just to give people a heads up about where Fantasy Beehive is heading over the coming weeks, because we have now had our last day of Parliament sitting and Fantasy Beehive does combine.
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18:45Thomas ScrimgeourGUEST
parliamentary achievement with media cut through and there will be no parliamentary achievement going forward till the election because parliament has shut down so after this week media scores will be doubled and it's all about getting that cut through in the campaign so I had picked Todd McClay as my government MP I had picked Arina Williams as my opposition MP and then Laura McClure from ACT is my kind of what are we calling it my third option yeah so that's who I picked okay Marianne
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19:15Mary-Anne SperdleGUEST
I went with my strategy of every other week picking Paul Goldsmith.
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19:19Tim WilsonHOST
I mean, the strategy is going to have to end
This Week's The News: 18 September, 2026
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10:43Paul BarlowHOST
The ACT Party has unveiled its flagship small business policy, promising to rescue the economy by keeping young workers as poor as humanly possible, while the police have warned about keeping young people as far away as possible from the former party president.
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10:56Paul BarlowHOST
ACT leader David Seymour and small business spokesperson Laura McClure, seen here planning how to turn public schools into in-cell factories and blame Woke for it, revealed their grand vision for labour market reform.
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11:08Paul BarlowHOST
freezing the adult minimum wage at $23.95 for an hour for the next three years, while introducing a brand new training wage for under 20s set at just 60% of the adult rate.
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11:19Paul BarlowHOST
That drops youth pay down to a dizzying $14.37 an hour for their first year with any employer, a full $4.79 an hour less than the current starting wage.
Oral Questions for Thursday 17 September 2026
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35:22Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
Uh, and, but we will try and keep it, uh, as seamless as possible, uh, moving forward.
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35:28Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
Question number seven, Laura McClure.
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35:31Laura McClurePANELIST
Thank you, Mr.
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35:31Laura McClurePANELIST
Speaker.
RNZ News at 10pm, September 15
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4:01Mark LeishmanHOST
The party's small business policy package includes shortening the time limit for personal grievances to be taken to the Employment Relations Authority and making unions collect their own membership fees.
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4:13Mark LeishmanHOST
Small business spokesperson Laura McClure says laws designed to improve pay and conditions haven't done the job.
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4:21Mark LeishmanHOST
The current adult minimum wage is $23.95 an hour.
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4:28Mark LeishmanHOST
Nicola Willis has hinted at income tax cuts if Nationals re-elected.
Oral Questions for Tuesday 15 September 2026
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25:56Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
Well, that's a, a point, not a question.
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26:01Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
Uh, question number eight, Laura McClure.
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26:04Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
No one else, Mr. Waititi.
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26:07Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
Laura McClure.
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26:08Laura McClurePANELIST
Thank you, Mr.
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26:08Laura McClurePANELIST
Speaker.
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26:14Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
No one speaks when a question's being asked.
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26:16Gerry BrownleeMODERATOR
One member's left the house, uh, today for, uh, for breaching that after two warnings, and, uh, there'll be others to go if we continue.
Midday Edition: 15 September 2026
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2:35Claudia O'NeillCORRESPONDENT
ACT also wants to shorten the personal grievances timeframe and require they be raised with the Employment Relations Authority within three months.
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2:42Claudia O'NeillCORRESPONDENT
Small business spokesperson Laura McClure says laws aimed at improving pay and conditions aren't working.
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2:48Claudia O'NeillCORRESPONDENT
She says ACT's policies will grow productivity and save taxpayers money.
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2:53Malcolm JordanHOST
Our annual net migration leapt above 20,000 in July, with arrivals up 5% and departures down 4%.
#BHN Sean Ackland: Edu Debate Wrapup | Luxon on CRL opening | Outgoing ANZ boss Q+A
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6:47EmilyHOST
he's not in it
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6:50Sean AcklandHOST
He's not in it, and I can't help but feel that the likes of Laura McClure and Simon Court have kind of been done dirty here, you know? Not that I have much sympathy for Simon Court.
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7:05Sean AcklandHOST
If you kind of follow him on social media, you're like, all right, well, rear W for the Act Party with that one.
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7:13Sean AcklandHOST
But, you know, I...
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7:17Sean AcklandHOST
I do, like, I've been following Laura McClure, and out of all of them, and by the way, bear in mind, this is compared to all the other ACT MPs and politicians, I found her to be kind of the most palatable.
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7:33Sean AcklandHOST
She got that deep faith.
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7:34Sean AcklandHOST
It's saying
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8:53EmilyHOST
So your top team pretty much.
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