{"id":167670,"date":"2025-12-04T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/167670\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:24:08","slug":"mps-spotify-wrapped-luxon-loves-zach-bryan-bishop-backs-aussie-rock-band-labour-mps-passion-for-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/167670\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs\u2019 Spotify Wrapped: Luxon loves Zach Bryan, Bishop backs Aussie rock band, Labour MP\u2019s passion for the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Bishop: National minister<\/p>\n

Starlight \u2013 The SuperjesusGravity \u2013 Jon ToogoodOpen Up Your Eyes \u2013 Tonic Rattlin\u2019 Bog \u2013 The Wiggles Mountain \u2013 Tonic \"NationalNational minister Chris Bishop had The Wiggles in his top five. Photo \/ Hagen Hopkins <\/p>\n

Carmel Sepuloni: Labour deputy leader<\/p>\n

The top song for Labour\u2019s deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni is a special one. F1J1, aka George \u201cFiji\u201d Veikoso, was her husband\u2019s cousin who died recently so she\u2019s had him on repeat.<\/p>\n

Sweet Darling \u2013 F1J1You Can Get It If You Really Want \u2013 Jimmy CliffM\u0101ori Ki Te Ao \u2013 Stan WalkerMango Tree \u2013 Aaradhna For Life \u2013 Tree featuring Swiss <\/p>\n

Arena Williams: Labour MP for Manurewa<\/p>\n

Year of the Snake \u2013 Arcade Fire Superposition \u2013 Young the GiantCinnamon Girl \u2013 Lana Del Rey Cowboy Gangster Politician \u2013 Goldie BoutilierLove Song \u2013 Lana Del Rey<\/p>\n

New Zealand First caucus<\/p>\n

NZ First uploaded a perhaps tongue-in-cheek playlist featuring some of the caucus\u2019 top songs for the year.<\/p>\n

\"SomeSome top songs for the NZ First caucus. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

David Seymour: Act leader and Minister <\/p>\n

Act leader David Seymour uses Apple music rather than Spotify. Here are his top songs, album and music genres for 2025:<\/p>\n

Top artist: Dire StraitsTop song: Janine \u2013 Mark KnopflerTop genre: Rock Top album: Live 1978-1992 \u2013 Dire Straits<\/p>\n

Brooke van Velden: Act minister <\/p>\n

Top artists:<\/p>\n

Cigarettes After SexLana Del Rey Coldplay Tate McRaeClairo<\/p>\n

Simon Court: Act MP <\/p>\n

Top artists:<\/p>\n

The Beatles ZZ TopFaith No More Iggy PopLouis C.K<\/p>\n

Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer say they no longer use Spotify \u201cdue to the links between chief executive and investments in military tech company\u201d. But the following are some of their favourite singers and songs.<\/p>\n

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori co-leader<\/p>\n

The Way I Am \u2013 Eminem California Love \u2013 TupacPoi e \u2013 Patea M\u0101ori Club Dynamite \u2013 BTSHine-nui-te-p\u014d \u2013 Theia <\/p>\n

Waititi says he keeps waiata from his favourite artists on repeat during his haerengas (journeys) around the motu, including: Shania Twain, Luke Combs, Blackstreet, Bob Marley and the Wailers, K-Ci & JoJo and the Te Matatini album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Bishop: National minister Starlight \u2013 The SuperjesusGravity \u2013 Jon ToogoodOpen Up Your Eyes \u2013 Tonic Rattlin\u2019 Bog…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4914,2937,32319,23930,1558,20217,106566,1887,2082,305,42,6721,109153,92823,16427,3025,17318,157,43,13572,5823,18481,2887,12860,762,1629,4626,18609,56772,223,210,40,38,41,39,74674,102,33447,379,27045],"class_list":["post-167670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-artists","tag-aussie","tag-backs","tag-band","tag-been","tag-bishop","tag-bryan","tag-countrys","tag-for","tag-have","tag-headlines","tag-labour","tag-listened","tag-loves","tag-luxon","tag-most","tag-mps","tag-music","tag-news","tag-pacific","tag-passion","tag-politicians","tag-release","tag-revealed","tag-review","tag-rock","tag-songs","tag-spotify","tag-tastes","tag-the","tag-through","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-user","tag-with","tag-wrapped","tag-year","tag-zach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167670","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=167670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}