Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Green and Te Pāti Māori candidates meeting with the Mongrel Mob

 

Candidates from Te Pāti Māori and the Greens were recently spotted meeting with the Mongrel Mob on social media, and it's prompted some backlash.

Chris Hipkins and Labour have since ruled out any MP from those parties holding the Justice or Police portfolios.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper has labelled this as 'absurd' and that Luxon should have drawn more attention to this issue in last night's debate.

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