{"id":537177,"date":"2026-07-21T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537177\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:50:17","slug":"stop-populist-cosplay-says-luxon-as-jones-dismisses-take-off-your-knee-pads-uproar-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537177\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop populist \u2018cosplay\u2019, says Luxon, as Jones dismisses \u2018take off your knee-pads\u2019 uproar &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQVlhxM0F1WURXNUFQZTFPbWdYTUtUNzZEa1VqOGdyRjM0a0didzBwWXNqa21oSWF2dzR5ZHFXVEx4cDJHVzVpbFdXQlJwUVFBaGpKd29nRmp6ZGxwUWRKVEIzSm5FOGVUb3ZmSE5vWmgydEtFMnhnOVhJQlhRXzlmbHdjSTVPVnZhejZ0NWtCVm1VLVRIdlUyWEJrb3p0bHNuLWNvMk5veURiRDU3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stop populist \u2018cosplay\u2019, says Luxon, as Jones dismisses \u2018take off your knee-pads\u2019 uproar<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPNTFtemNfaXRLeDNaUDA0SEpqTExxcDVQejl0LVdUeFNqcnUxUEI2RnprRzZ3bHVpMm00UDNNUVJTai1yVXg0bmtKZnlmWGNadDdLSWVfdGdsOVFEbk9iRXpTQU14bVBwa2tzaFpmaUJyOWhJU2JlZmVuMFU5NEFYdGplc3duQmYzWDY1UmlmMm13ZG5vYjZkeW5aT1JDVW1qUUk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shane Jones denies &#8216;knee pads&#8217; remark was oral sex reference<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxNUW9OaG1KSXk1UWxPZTdaOUU5WW51SUlnNGhWbU1XbFluTEw2LXV3ckFHb3VwMTM5b2JFejRoTjI1YjByVkZOMUdMWFV4U2VBaE8yWkJmMWN4SDJiaWRZV1ZjWWtUclpkYU12SmJySW5lWmkyMXRRTHNtbFk0eS1DeEotSVlSajZheWtqRXNwbExaeW1jak44aFQ5RC1ObUlGZV9NeVp6M1ZwUGdBZkN2YVhKYW5VNGRwNmJPX0t1UnJ0YTFndnpBSGpZdVYyWnd5eEpOQndYVEFzOU9EY0d5X2VPUnloTV9EYlN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shane Jones blames media &#8216;wokeism&#8217; for response to &#8216;kneepads&#8217; remark<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQYXUxdWdKYVJHelR0QnRjR3phZDhVbnNWZ2luNzBVeWxPTFJEOUV2WWkwMHZTSU5mZ1RQemMtMEdUa1NGY1A5VHB0SXZ1WUVTVUxYMk1SU29OeDdmM1FSblZWc19SSVd1Y0J4X1NFWjZSamlib2RXUkVXbXpIZ2E2NFhkSXVjT1lsNzZpbXFibjZkSGl4SkYwTEtfV2FuWlBCRU9jMEVVeFhZRmpOT1ozeGE1TzY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is NZ First anti-immigrant rhetoric working or getting \u2018weird and weirder\u2019?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPMXUtOWgzSm8yYjROQ0xwR1AzZ1JKeGpMZ1oxemc5TjF3ZThwaXZjSmlmc2k0dUg2Z3ZQdnJmbVBrZDFGa3VMRHZtLWdEYjg3V21DaDhXVmNuVHRSNkNOaTZ1TGVuQU5YUlcwODhSVmRYQy0tczNLZm1LZG5fbzJPRUdoeGNVeFp2eHdQdENaUS1VWGt4bld0MQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Crass&#8217;: PM responds to Jones&#8217; &#8216;take off your knee pads&#8217; remark<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stop populist \u2018cosplay\u2019, says Luxon, as Jones dismisses \u2018take off your knee-pads\u2019 uproar&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffShane Jones denies &#8216;knee pads&#8217; remark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-537177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537177","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=537177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}