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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1479/
- Published: 2026-05-13T18:30:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-13T18:30:16.000Z
- Description: “It could well be that critical minerals are needed for hearing aids. And I rather fear, Mr Speaker, that hearing aids are needed for the member from Western Māori sitting to my right” – Minister Shane Jones.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Parliament’s Speaker, Gerry Brownlee told Shane Jones to “haere rā”, after the regional development minister lobbed three insults at Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.  
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> During a series of pre-prepared “patsy” questions from an NZ First backbencher on Wednesday, Jones decided to take aim at Ngarewa-Packer. He told *Stuff* that Ngarewa-Packer had been “very rude” to him while he was answering the questions.  
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> However, her comments were not picked up clearly by parliament’s microphones.  
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> Jones’ one-liners started with a slight against the intelligence of Ngarewa-Packer and her iwi, Ngāti Ruanui.  
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> “I accept, Mr Speaker, in some areas the growth in intellect and the growth in intelligence will take a lot longer. And I fear that the longest period of time it will take will be around Ngāti Ruanui in Taranaki,” he said.  
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> Jones had been answering questions about mining and critical minerals. He managed to make a joke from that topic.  
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> “It could well be that critical minerals are needed for hearing aids. And I rather fear, Mr Speaker, that hearing aids are needed for the member from Western Māori sitting to my right,” he said.  
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> Brownlee interrupted, saying there was “no need to make those comments”.  
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> But Jones continued, pleading that Ngarewa-Packer would “stop talking like a wounded hen and listen to the matua”.  
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> Brownlee put an end to that line of questioning, but discussion continued. Then Brownlee told Jones, “haere rā indeed, off you go.”  
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> Stuff

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