\u201cBut it is the truth, it is an accurate record of the interview,\u201d host Plunket said, and added he preferred the comment remain, noting Nash used to be a Cabinet Minister.<\/p>\n
The Platform then posted to social media site X, saying Nash had \u201clater asked for the comment to be removed,\u201d in a bleeped-video of the initial exchange of words. <\/p>\n
NZ First leader Winston Peters has sent a statement to Newstalk ZB, saying \u201cthe words used weren\u2019t acceptable, and on that point, we agree with Mrs Nash, as does Stuart now he has reflected on them, and as he said so on The Platform\u201d.<\/p>\n
Peters said a woman was a \u201chuman adult female\u201d when asked.<\/p>\n
When asked about the comments from Nash on the tiles in Parliament this afternoon, before releasing a statement, Peters asked \u201cwho said that?\u201d.<\/p>\n
When Peters was informed Nash made these comments on The Platform, the NZ First leader responded; \u201cNo, I\u2019m going to find out whether he said that or not. I\u2019m not taking your word for it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Peters said he would not answer questions on the matter until he had seen the comments from Nash.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going back to my office, I\u2019ve got great staff – they\u2019ll tell me if it\u2019s true or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked for comment on the matter, Nash said \u201cno comment\u201d.<\/p>\n
He later apologised on his LinkedIn, saying his answer was \u201ccrude and disrespectful\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was wrong and unacceptable, and I apologise unreservedly for any offence that this comment may have caused,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWords matter, and I take full responsibility for my actions. I have immense respect for all women and this is not who I am or what I believe, and I have let myself, my family and my friends down. I will work hard to rectify this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Labour MP, who was sacked as a minister over disclosing confidential information in 2023<\/a>, made an appearance at the NZ First convention over the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n During a media stand-up at the conference, jointly hosted by Nash and Winston Peters, the party leader suggested Nash could be a \u201cseamless\u201d addition to the party.<\/p>\n Nash told media Labour leader Chris Hipkins, who sacked him from Cabinet, had \u201cstabbed him in the back\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking to media on the backstabbing allegation, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said \u201cStuart\u2019s free to re-write history however he wants. He\u2019s an independent member of the public\u201d.<\/p>\n Hipkins\u2019 remarks came after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon suggested he could \u201cmake it work\u201d around a potential coalition deal that could include NZ First, and Stuart Nash. <\/p>\n On Nash being sacked in the past, Luxon said \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s learned his lesson\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a person who\u2019s not even yet confirmed as a NZ First candidate. That\u2019s going to be a decision, obviously, for the party and for Winston Peters, so it\u2019s purely speculative and hypothetical,\u201d Luxon added on Monday.<\/p>\n On Tuesday morning, Hipkins told Ryan Bridge on Herald NOW his party would set out what parties it could work with closer to the election – including areas in common and \u201cno-go zones\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of water still to flow under the bridge yet.\u201d <\/p>\n Azaria Howell is a multimedia reporter working from Parliament\u2019s press gallery. She joined NZME in 2022 and became a Newstalk ZB political reporter in late 2024, with a keen interest in public service agency reform and government spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBut it is the truth, it is an accurate record of the interview,\u201d host Plunket said, and added…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13790,95,6726,6727,13801,13796,1888,2740,13800,42,6721,1362,6722,6368,6724,13795,43,69,1118,13792,4056,6729,6725,6046,13791,13798,13799,6723,40,38,41,39,13793,13794,13797,1316,6728,102,1354,80],"class_list":["post-11284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-a","tag-and","tag-become","tag-cabinet","tag-definition","tag-description","tag-first","tag-former","tag-giving","tag-headlines","tag-labour","tag-made","tag-minister","tag-mp","tag-nash","tag-nashs","tag-news","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-pair","tag-person","tag-peters","tag-pitch","tag-potential","tag-py","tag-sexist","tag-slurs","tag-stuart","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-ts","tag-unimpressed","tag-used","tag-when","tag-winston","tag-with","tag-woman","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}