Maurice Williamson
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Oct 6, 2026
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Wow, 13 away from six, back with The Huddle.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Maurice Williamson, Mark Sainsbury.
Maurice WilliamsonGUEST
In fact, who hasn't been to South America? I
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
mean, yeah, his alter ego even.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Guys, you go well.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Enjoy the poll and enjoy the leaders' debate this evening.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Mark Sainsbury, Maurice Williamson are huddled this evening.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
And Labour, right, let me get you across it.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Well, why haven't you gone?
Winston PetersGUEST
Well, because I haven't had the opportunity to go, but other ministers and other administrations and other governments have just neglected the place.
Winston PetersGUEST
And my point to you is, if we were trading in the way that we should and growing the economy the way we should, we'd be spending a whole lot more money on health and, and pharmaceuticals rather than running a failed economy, which the Labor National Party have done for the last 30 years.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Hey, hold on.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Another live podcast.
Duncan GarnerHOST
And to former National MP, National Minister and Auckland City Councillor, Maurice Williamson.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Maurice, g'day to you.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Welcome.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Well, let's just see how that plays out.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Okay, so that is the political mess, and we're joined now by Ashley Church and Maurice Williamson.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Maurice, nice to see you in the studio.
Duncan GarnerHOST
G'day.
Bruce CotterillHOST
And in 2014, while he was still a young fella, He contested the seat of Manurewa for the National Party, which he lost to Labour MP Louisa Wall, and at the time he was only number 64 on the National Party list, and so he didn't get into Parliament.
Bruce CotterillHOST
But that all changed in 2017, and he stood in Maurice Williamson's old seat at Pakuranga, a relatively safe national seat, and despite his list position not having improved that much over the intervening three years, he was elected as the electorate member for Parliament for Pakuranga, a seat he's held ever since, with an ever-increasing majority, I might say.
Bruce CotterillHOST
Of course, that led to a couple of terms in opposition to the Labour-led government of the time, a period during which he made his mark with his hard work and clear communication style.
Bruce CotterillHOST
And when National were in a position to form a government after the last election, he became a minister.
Bruce CotterillHOST
And in 2014, while he was still a young fella, he contested the seat of Manurewa for the National Party, which he lost to Labour MP Louisa Wall, and at the time he was only number 64 on the National Party list, and so he didn't get into Parliament.
Bruce CotterillHOST
But that all changed in 2017, and he stood in Maurice Williamson's old seat of Pakuranga, a relatively safe National seat, and despite his list position not having improved that much over the intervening three years, he was elected as the electorate member for Parliament for Pakuranga, a seat he's held ever since, with an ever-increasing majority, I might say.
Bruce CotterillHOST
Of course, that led to a couple of terms in opposition to the Labour-led government of the time, a period during which he made his mark with his hard work and clear communication style.
Bruce CotterillHOST
And when National were in a position to form a government after the last election, he became a minister, initially as Minister of Energy, Transport Minister, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Auckland, and Deputy Leader of the House.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
a trend of just spending money, would we? Hey, thank you very much, both of you.
Heather du Plessis-AllanHOST
Maurice Williamson, Mike Munro, a huddle.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
Uh, Winston Peters says that Luxon saying, "Don't vote strategically," Sir John Key, "Don't vote strategically" is a problem.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
And then you have Maurice Williamson, an old colleague of yours who was a cabinet minister with National, saying, and Don Brash, an ex-leader of National, saying, "No, vote strategically." So what do you make of all the noise around this at the moment before we get into the sort of nuts and bolts of what they're talking about?
Simon O'ConnorHOST
Well, look, I think it's actually a, a fascinating debate.
Simon O'ConnorHOST
All the commentary, particularly from the political leaders of the political parties, is going to be self-interested.
Chris BishopGUEST
I get out and about, and I'll just be doing all of that in the next, um, 40, 45 days or so, but ultimately it'll be over to the voters.
Duncan GarnerHOST
What do you make of the strategy that... we've had Maurice Williamson on our program quite a lot.
Duncan GarnerHOST
He talks about, you know, vote National's electorate candidates home, vote them all home and, um, and don't, and, and don't vote... and vote the party vote somewhere else.
Duncan GarnerHOST
I mean, this whole idea that-
Duncan GarnerHOST
I don't even recognise the National Party now.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Maurice Williamson and Jordan Williams will join me.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Also, we'll have a chat to retail New Zealand's Carolyn Young on the reaction from the supermarkets, who are just absolutely confused and disappointed.
Duncan GarnerHOST
So let's go.
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Duncan GarnerHOST
So to discuss all this, Jordan Williams and Maurice Williamson, they join me now.
Duncan GarnerHOST
Guys, g'day, nice to see you.
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