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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-84/
- Published: 2019-11-17T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-18T20:19:30.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

> Over his one term in Government he was a key figure pushing for the ban on new oil and gas exploration, and in opposition he won a ban on shark finning.  
>  
> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117439116/outgoing-green-mp-gareth-hughes-says-the-government-has-not-been-transformational?ref=goodoil.news)

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MONIQUE FORD / STUFF The Green Party’s longest serving MP Gareth Hughes is retiring at the next election.

What I will always remember the ever youthful Gareth Hughes for is his **“Hey Clint”** moment made notorious by the *Whaleoil* blog. It was a moment where he was asked on camera if he was pleased about something and he asked the Green Party Spin doctor whether he was pleased or not.