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Wayne Brown’s good points flushed away by urinal comments

OPINION: Media hate bolstered by Brown’s outburst, which also demonstrated the candidate’s autocratic tendencies.

NBR senior journalist Dita De Boni speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Dita De Boni Wed, 05 Oct 2022

This Saturday morning past, I was sitting beside senior New Zealand Herald writer Simon Wilson at Newshub Nation, listening to round 1001 of the Auckland mayoralty debate, when something out of the ordinary happened.

We saw footage of a hot mic catching candidate Wayne Brown saying, if elected, he

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