Show Notes
Episode 101 and we get straight into the campaign trail, immigration, politics and where New Zealand is heading. Helen Houghton joins us again and talks about what she says she has been seeing while campaigning around the country, including her concerns about the scale of immigration and communities like Botany changing so quickly they no longer feel like the New Zealand she remembers. She explains why she wants controlled immigration, why she believes voters are sick of career politicians giving them the same lines, and why Conservatives NZ believes there is room for something different. Helen also opens up about being a recovering alcoholic, how she turned her life around, her views on modern gender and LGBTQ politics, family values and why she believes Conservatives NZ is the party to back. Then New Zealand First Upper Harbour candidate Bernadette Soares joins us from the campaign trail. We talk about why she believes the proposed free trade relationship with India needs much more scrutiny, why she is not a fan of Narendra Modi, the pressure immigration and infrastructure are putting on New Zealand, and why she believes New Zealand First offers the change the country needs. Then Jimothy joins us to wrap things up with sport, politics and whatever else comes up along the way 😂 Immigration, recovery, identity, trade, politics and two very different candidates making their case. This is Shubz Says So Episode 101.
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