26-07-2022, 04:58 PM
Not the best look but hardly crime of the century - & more or less what's expected from our politicians these days.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...5ZicG8q5L4
"National's Christopher Luxon admits social media posts shared last week suggesting he was in New Zealand when he was actually holidaying in Hawaii were a "mistake" and the videos should have been captioned differently.
That includes a video of Luxon saying, "today, I'm in Te Puke the heart of Kiwifruit country", and a picture of him with University of Auckland vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater. In reality, those visits had occurred the week prior.
While Luxon initially denied the posts were misleading, on Tuesday afternoon he told reporters they should have been captioned differently "to make clear it was in recent days, not on the day". He said he didn't personally make the posts, but took responsibility for it.
"We made a mistake and we own up to it, we front it," he said. "We should have captioned the post differently. That's what we should have done."
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...5ZicG8q5L4
"National's Christopher Luxon admits social media posts shared last week suggesting he was in New Zealand when he was actually holidaying in Hawaii were a "mistake" and the videos should have been captioned differently.
Luxon on Tuesday morning confirmed that while Parliament was in recess last week he jetted off to the United States for a holiday with his family.
While it's not unusual for MPs to take a winter holiday during the three-week-long July recess break, posts shared on Luxon's social media accounts gave the impression he was still in New Zealand. That includes a video of Luxon saying, "today, I'm in Te Puke the heart of Kiwifruit country", and a picture of him with University of Auckland vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater. In reality, those visits had occurred the week prior.
While Luxon initially denied the posts were misleading, on Tuesday afternoon he told reporters they should have been captioned differently "to make clear it was in recent days, not on the day". He said he didn't personally make the posts, but took responsibility for it.
"We made a mistake and we own up to it, we front it," he said. "We should have captioned the post differently. That's what we should have done."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)