Today, Christopher Luxon said Andrew Bayly got it “horribly” wrong when telling a Kiwi worker to “f*ck” off and repeatedly call him a loser. But Bayly had denied it just las…
This is an excerpt from the Mountain Tui substack post
In today’s press conference, Christopher Luxon re-affirmed his government’s commitment to bringing back the live animal export ban: claiming that National will do it to a “gold standard”.
Heard of that term before?
Well lobbyists spent $1m to help with the National-ACT-NZF reversal of Labour’s ban and the marketing term “gold standard” was key to its campaign.
RNZ:
…Livestock Export New Zealand (LENZ) will spend $366,000 on a “trust and understanding” campaign, $100,000 on media training advocates and nearly $200,000 creating a “gold standard” for animal welfare.
LENZ says it will also spend $160,000 on “political lobbying and legal fees”.
“It is vital that the industry help to fund a sustained communications programme to influence …