{"id":624637,"date":"2026-10-08T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624637\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T19:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:28:13","slug":"chris-penk-the-stark-choice-facing-parents-at-the-school-gate-after-the-leaders-debate-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624637\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Penk: The stark choice facing parents at the school gate after the leaders&#039; debate &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxQZVk2MnpYT1Z2emFwUXZURE1CY3FCbFhPZTJWZzJSRllmWTg5WnlBTGRodHUtM1BpYWZDbi1nMVJjYXR3cnJNbGFEZEVBZE0yZlhZaHpVN1N2NkVObXJ0TV9JOGNWUFNwNEZpNnlOdDFFTm1pZWwyaFdHOV9COTJpUGNsYVJzWENQT3c4dWlYcGZyOVFlOHJjS3RhMDRRSkxHMTIwMDZBZkp1bkkwaE5LbXJzQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chris Penk: The stark choice facing parents at the school gate after the leaders&#8217; debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQQkl5VVVrMUdFMmYtdm1rTU5idl9rN2FmMnVHYmt3WEdjd0JnM25FOVd1RTIwMFRIV2dwcEl5eHZ3UUdCWGJJMDNya0R2QnBOZlFzR1JRdTZXRlhINXY4eUdvTldGdWxsWEdCUDVrY1RuU3FmYVY1ZldvQlFjdm5VX2o3dDlxczA1bEhDMUs4M3FLY2tLMTZueGp0UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hipkins edges first New Zealand election debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOYWlQUUtLU0xYR2NmYTJScGpacnYtTXVBaDdSUXZTQklWY1RwRXp3VGRVQlhvMExfU1ZMWDRSby03OVBjOFVaNkFoODhVNFFOaEJhYnRUSy1EakFGZTFmRldsQ0trWDY5aE9vUWNXYUExUGJiQ2wtMTNycl9YR082R3ZNa1NVN2Q4elBydkZCMEdKdFRZblp3OGhDUllSQVlLeDh4R01lVzktX3c2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It\u2019s a bit embarrassing\u2019: The woman in orange who stole the debate explains things<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgJBVV95cUxQVjZZdXBlQ0t4VjBEZTJjSVlPUnhfempFRF8xWGVpVXZxY3JVX3lZMnBvdmxKNFAtRjVmWTNYTG9oMzkzdk4yUHpEeWhQNHdqX2h2UTcyeXBmcU9LdWNBSFBGbk9SRy1kRE5mMFNDTDdMWHFWczVXSS1Ld281VDFsSVpWdEQ0eE1WWmgweHpabmlfN0xuVlFxLVktZFRLd0xSN3ZCWFlKV3Z6bEVraXlBeFFCOUtWR1J3OFU0VVJqWWY5UzZvOEttQ2NrbnZoRmF0Ny00UmZtb0h5dzdXUHZKYllOMlYxQzl2eGhXVHVWcFZzTmtid3lHQS00R3ZOLVA5SEZ2TjQwYy1hcENRQy1CVjdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Behind the scenes of the leaders debate: Who advised Hipkins, Luxon; what happened in ad breaks?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPZ1Z4aHh1TXgzdlNEb1ZrM2lGcWNaSXgtVlMwOHdZY3QxOXpodXg3eXlkMllIWEVvb2F1enowNXZ6UXBhalRXT25UR3ZocGVKang0aUd0ZEE0Vm9XSlBOVGJxajBBSnZROHlXTUVaSXFrbTgwVDVxQk9aY1J3d1VOU0NoNWZhNnhUQWpLVUNjSEY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Would anyone like to be the prime minister?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spinoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Penk: The stark choice facing parents at the school gate after the leaders&#8217; debate&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffHipkins edges first New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,2114],"class_list":["post-624637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624637","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=624637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}