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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1571/
- Published: 2026-09-03T18:30:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T18:30:06.000Z
- Description: Russell’s act of knitting prompted some feedback into Stuff’s inbox.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ Politics, Face of the Day

> Labour’s Deborah Russell was spotted knitting in the background during Parliament’s Question Time on Wednesday. Some *Stuff* readers were outraged – are they right to be?  
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> If you were watching Parliament TV on Wednesday, or clips of it on the evening news, you might have spotted a woman knitting in the background during another MP’s speech.  
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> That woman was Labour’s Deborah Russell who sat there with her needles and ball of yarn while her colleague Ginny Andersen fired off questions to finance minister Nicola Willis.  
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> Russell’s act of knitting prompted some feedback into *Stuff*’s inbox. One of them said “I’m outraged at the footage of a Labour MP knitting in Question Time. These people!!! Knitting!!!!”.  
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> Stuff

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