Politicians are unimpressed with Shane Jones’ suggestion the India Free Trade Agreement would lead to a "butter chicken tsunami" of Indian migrants coming to New Zealand. 

Christopher Luxon says the New Zealand First deputy leader's comments were "alarmist" and "scaremongering". 

Labour's Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking the Prime Minister should go further and call the comments out as racist. 

National's Mark Mitchell says Jones does have a unique way of communicating, but he should clearly choose his words more carefully. 

He told Hosking Jones got this one wrong, and needs to be more careful in the future. 

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Politicians are unimpressed with Shane Jones’ suggestion the India Free Trade Agreement would lead to a "butter chicken tsunami" of Indian migrants coming to New Zealand.&nbsp;
Christopher Luxon says the New Zealand First deputy leader's comments were "alarmist" and "scaremongering".&nbsp;
Labour's Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking the Prime Minister should go further and call the comments out as racist.&nbsp;
National's Mark Mitchell says Jones does have a unique way of communicating, but he should clearly choose his words more carefully.&nbsp;
He told Hosking Jones got this one wrong, and needs to be more careful in the future.&nbsp;
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Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on the India FTA, Shane Jones' butter chicken comment, National leadership saga

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The battle for Super Rugby supremacy takes place on Saturday night with the two best teams across the season battling it out for the championship. 

Both the Hurricanes and Chiefs finished the round robin stages with an 11-3 record, but the former ended up finishing four points higher on the standings due to bonus points. 

The Hurricanes are hosting the clash at Hnry Stadium – 34,000 tickets selling out in just 15 minutes. 

Hurricanes Co-Owner and Chairman Malcolm Gillies and Chiefs CEO Simon Graafhuis joined Mike Hosking for a chat ahead of the final dance. 

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The battle for Super Rugby supremacy takes place on Saturday night with the two best teams across the season battling it out for the championship.&nbsp;
Both the Hurricanes and Chiefs finished the round robin stages with an 11-3 record, but the former ended up finishing four points higher on the standings due to bonus points.&nbsp;
The Hurricanes are hosting the clash at Hnry Stadium – 34,000 tickets selling out in just 15 minutes.&nbsp;
Hurricanes Co-Owner and Chairman Malcolm Gillies and Chiefs CEO Simon Graafhuis joined Mike Hosking for a chat ahead of the final dance.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Malcolm Gillies and Simon Graafhuis: Hurricanes Co-Owner and Chairman and Chiefs CEO ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final

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Turbulence for Air New Zealand's New York route.  

New data shows the airline's US route flew more than 34 thousand empty seats between January and February. 

Load factors reached 75% during the peak summer – well below its target of 80–85%. 

Forsyth Barr Head of Research Andy Bowley told Mike Hosking the numbers are below what the airline would typically see across its network. 

But he says an ultra-long-haul route does have some weight limitations, and it's unknown how the load factor is affected by weight limitations. 

The airline is also due to have their new 787 Dreamliners on their route by December, which Bowley says will have a significantly lower number of seats, with more premium seats and less economy seats at the back of the plane. 

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Turbulence for Air New Zealand's New York route. &nbsp;
New data shows the airline's US route flew more than 34 thousand empty seats between January and February.&nbsp;
Load factors reached 75% during the peak summer – well below its target of 80–85%.&nbsp;
Forsyth Barr Head of Research Andy Bowley told Mike Hosking the numbers are below what the airline would typically see across its network.&nbsp;
But he says an ultra-long-haul route does have some weight limitations, and it's unknown how the load factor is affected by weight limitations.&nbsp;
The airline is also due to have their new 787 Dreamliners on their route by December, which Bowley says will have a significantly lower number of seats, with more premium seats and less economy seats at the back of the plane.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Andy Bowley: Forsyth Barr Head of Research on the number of empty seats Air NZ flew on its US route

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Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on the India FTA, Shane Jones' butter chicken comment, National leadership saga

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