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Barry Soper: Michael Laws' comments were hardly a surprise

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Wed, 4 Nov 2026, 6:24pm
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Candidate Michael Laws at the NZ First Convention and Campaign Launch at Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau, on July 19th, 2026. New Zealand Herald photo by Sylvie Whinray

There's condemnation across the political aisle for NZ First candidate Michael Laws' off-colour comments about women in the Opportunity Party.

His comments included criticising a candidate's clothing and demeanour, as well as a sexual reference. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says leader Qiulae Wong hasn't ruled out working with NZ First, but she's claimed the comments made her 'skin-crawl'.

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