You know that when even the Prime Minister’s biggest cheerleader Tova O’Brien turns on her, that the wheels may be falling off this government.
Is the honeymoon over?
The PM is being accused of misleading New Zealanders over the new hate speech legislation being proposed by making inaccurate statements about it. The argy bargy is over how low the bar will be in terms of what qualifies as hate speech.
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi acknowledged the new laws would make the bar as low as insulting someone, but the PM disagreed.
She argued it had to be an insult that would incite violence.
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