Labour leader Chris Hipkins wasn’t happy when new ACT Party candidate Paul Henry said he’d need to “shoot” Hipkins, during a game of “shoot, shag, marry”.
His other options were Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and NZ First leader Winston Peters, who, given the options, he’d “shag”.
Hipkins said Henry wasn’t a serious candidate.
“New Zealanders expect leaders who take their responsibilities seriously, not treat politics like a circus audition,” he said. …
A few years ago, Hipkins answered a very similar question – as did a leader from every political party.
The Project played a slightly more toned down version of the same game with the leaders of every political party ahead of the 2023 election. They asked: “Kiss, marry, kick?”
With the options of David Seymour, Luxon and Rawiri Waititi.
“Kick David Seymour, that’s really a no brainer,” Hipkins said.
The hypocrisy is almost laughable. A yet to be ranked ACT candidate plays the game and Hipkins calls it a death threat and that Henry is now a serious candidate.
Yet Hipkins himself played almost exactly the same game as the incumbent Prime Minister!
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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