Friday Faceoff with Mayor Ken Laban and Thomas Manch: Did Winston Peters go too far?
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- Fri, 31 Jul 2026, 1:39pm
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For Friday Faceoff this week, Nick Mills is joined in the studio by Hutt City Mayor Ken Laban and BusinessDesk senior reporter Thomas Manch to debate the top issues of teh week.
Kicking off with Winston Peters controversial attack on Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan. The panel debate Peters behaviour, parliamentary privilege and should he be demoted in Prime Minister Luxon's cabinet as Foreign Minister?
And we hear the latest on amalgamation from Mayor Laban as the deadline draws closer.
Plus, how is everyone coping with the first of Tiaki Wai's water bills, what should happen to Trentham racecourse and should Luxon of dismissed the Opportunity party so quickly? And we end with hots and nots.
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