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Claire Trevett: The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020
23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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OPINION:
The hunt for the laughs in 2020 was particularly challenging. In politics, not much good happened to anyone other than Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Her re-election with a full majority in Parliament was the reward for having to contend with all the crap (there is no other word for it, sorry) 2020 unloaded on her desk.
Even the PM admitted she would have been happy to trade in a few seats for a less fraught year.
The election result emerges. Cartoon / Rod Emmerson
But amid the dross there were moments of comedy, sparkles of light.
Beehive Diaries: Speaker Trevor Mallard, the legal bills and the H word
11 Dec, 2020 02:42 AM
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Barry Soper s interview with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Video / Mark Mitchell
What s good for the goose is good for the Mallard The word hypocrite is banned in Parliament, but not in Beehive Diaries and Speaker Trevor Mallard has found himself charged with it after he settled a defamation case against him for describing a former staffer s actions as amounting to rape .
Mallard settled the case out of court, but would not reveal any further details, saying it was subject to a non-disclosure agreement.