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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-755/
- Published: 2023-06-08T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-08T05:53:36.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> Luxon’s struck a nerve, hasn’t he?  
>  
> He’s been telling Kiwis to have more babies. He was at an infrastructure conference, talking about our shortage of workers to build the infrastructure we need.  
>  
> And he said: “We need people. Here is the deal – New Zealand stopped replacing itself in 2016\. I encourage all of you to go out there and have more babies if you wish, that would be helpful.”   
>  
> NewstalkZB

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