Show Notes
Episode 106 and this one gets heavy. ACT candidate James Christmas joins us after landing number 7 on the ACT Party list. We talk about what that ranking means, being placed ahead of sitting MPs, whether he now has a realistic pathway into Parliament, what he has learned from people like John Key, how you actually connect with voters and whether being high on the list changes the way he campaigns in Tāmaki. We also get into ACT’s history, the values behind the party, the future of the Waitangi Tribunal and then put James through a Team ACT quiz to see how well he actually knows the people he could end up sitting beside in Parliament 😂 Then our producer Corina Shields joins us and the tone changes completely. We discuss explosive allegations made against George Ngatai by an alleged victim, what has been claimed publicly, the reaction around it and the wider fallout. I also get pretty passionate about the whole situation, what we’ve seen, what we’ve been told, accountability, the people involved and why some things are too serious to just brush aside. We also reflect on the journey, business, what we’ve learned and where Shubz Says So goes from here.
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