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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-467/
- Published: 2021-11-19T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-20T09:59:38.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

#### Nash Says Groundswell Stands for ‘Racist, Anti-vax’ Sentiment

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> Groundswell leader Bryce McKenzie said the allegations were ‘’totally untrue”.  
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> ”How could the man say that? We’re definitely not anti-vax, we’ve never said anything about vaccination and in fact Laurie \[Paterson\] and I are both vaccinated.  
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> ”We’ve also just accepted the resignation of a man who made a racial slur because it didn’t fit with our group. He resigned from Groundswell before he resigned from the board at Tatua.’’  
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> \[…\] “Groundswell represents tens of thousands of everyday Kiwis concerned about the avalanche of red tape being imposed on farmers. Never has a politician looked down on the people paying the bills like this, stereotyping farmers the way Labour judges others for doing.’’  
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> O’Connor and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have previously [declined to meet with Groundswell leaders](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126848054/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-declines-to-meet-groundswell-nz-representatives?ref=goodoil.news) on two separate occasions.  
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[Read the article in full here.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127032009/nash-says-groundswell-stands-for-racist-antivax-sentiment?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*