Over in Wellington, Kiwi parliamentarians and overseas diplomats are set to clash in a historic cricket match.
New Zealand's Parliamentary cricket team has existed since 1884, and has included former members such as Robert Muldoon, Geoffrey Palmer, and Bill English.
Ahead of today's historic 50th anniversary match against Diplomatic Corp XI, Labour's Kieran McAnulty joined Piney to discuss.
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