ACT Party leader and deputy prime minister David Seymour has ended a long-running boycott of RNZ’s Morning Report, saying it’s time to give the breakfast show a “second chance”.
Seymour and his fellow ACT MPs had been in a stand off with the flagship morning programme dating back to at least 2021, after he complained of rude and dishonest treatment behind the scenes on the show, which at the time was hosted by Corin Dann and Susie Ferguson.
Since then, both hosts have left ‒ replaced by Ingrid Hipkiss and John Campbell ‒ while there have been a number of behind the scenes changes as well.
When asked about the boycott in 2021, Seymour told the Spinoff that he had been appearing on Morning Report “out of a feeling of public duty” but was “belittled and abused with all their snarkiness”.
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Seymour and his fellow ACT MPs had been in a stand off with the flagship morning programme dating back to at least 2021, after he complained of rude and dishonest treatment behind the scenes on the show, which at the time was hosted by Corin Dann and Susie Ferguson.
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