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Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith

Member of the New Zealand Parliament

Sep 11, 2026

AlanHOST
3:23
But if they hear it, you've heard that song somewhere before.
3:26
Yeah, I was never in the original suite.
3:28
I was in later on, but they had 11 top 10 hits, and people would say, oh, which band are you in? And I'd say, suite.
3:35
And they'd say, oh, when they hear the songs, because they've been in so many movies, like Love is Like Oxygen, Ballroom Blitz, and Fox on the Run.
3:44
They'd go, oh, that band.
3:47
So what happened there is I was...
3:52
I was classically trained originally and then sort of went out with playing rock music.

23 MINS LATER

AlanHOST
27:19
$1,500 a day scattering ashes.
16:45
So how was it making the Dig album then for you?
16:50
The Dig album was... an interesting time because I was originally still in suite at the time with Steve Priest.
16:59
Okay.
17:00
That for about 10 years.
17:01
And, you know, I just couldn't take him drinking himself to death anymore, which is eventually what killed him.
17:10
So I quit.
17:12
And also there was another reason.

11 MINS LATER

28:06
You could have hit yourself.
Whena Owen
Whena OwenCORRESPONDENT
34:08
National MP Stuart Smith for the last four terms.
34:12
We've got a lot of support that I'm aware of and ultimately we will find out on the 7th of November, well actually we'll find out on the 8th, won't we?

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