Barry Soper: Mike Hosking can't have it both ways in Jacinda Ardern clash
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Wed, 7 Apr 2021, 6:37PM
Politics is a frustrating business; rarely do you get answers out of the participants that truly satisfy.
For those of us who've been involved in trying to extract information out of them since Robert Muldoon, it shouldn't stop you from trying though - on the odd occasion you'll strike the jackpot.
That's what makes the exchange between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Newstalk ZB Breakfast host Mike Hosking so baffling.
Having pulled out of her regular slot on the Hosking show several weeks ago, it was no surprise that she deigned to appear on it for a one-off this week - it was good news, the trans-Tasman bubble is about to be inflated.