I’m confused, he’s not 137 years old, is that allowed?

He has big shoes to fill. Good luck mate, keep New Zealand an example of ethical politics.

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Look at how young he is. Why can’t we have that here in the USA?

Dude looks 16.

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His nickname is Chippy.

He's mid 40's. I'd like to know his secret.

Mayor Pete 2024 advocate over here

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His teeth fit in his mouth so that's a good start.

Wouldn’t that be nice?

Mayor Cheat!

edit: seems many people already forgot about the 2020 Iowa Caucus fiasco...

Hard liquor fast women and cigars

I just think this is awful. NZ deserves a more diverse candidate. Having him feels like NZ is being set back 80 years.

Is diversity so much more important than having the right person for the job? Especially when it comes to being the PM.

I think that if you don’t consider diversity then you’re not choosing the right person.

Who said they didn’t? But you’re not answering my question.

Ah yes, diversity means never letting any white men be in charge of anything ever again.

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As I’ve said. You can’t have one without the other. If you’re choosing to elect a straight white male to replace a strong independent woman for PM then you have to ask if you’re perpetuating violence against women and minorities because you feel you have the “right” person.

So how do you know there’s a more diverse and more experienced person out there that’s able to replace Ardern?

If there isn’t then having the position be vacant until said person is found is the only correct choice. No person is better than the wrong person.

Found our resident boomer

His predecessor was a young woman too.

Which, if you’re going to be honest to yourself, isn’t possible. There needs to be a PM in order to form a government.

So you can’t have it vacant. Now what?

There is no reason any of these members should have been overlooked in the position of PM. They are far more qualified than who was chosen.

Kanongata'a-Suisuiki, Anahila

https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/kanongataa-suisuiki-anahila/

Walters, Vanushi

https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/walters-vanushi/

Sepuloni, Carmel

https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/sepuloni-carmel/

Omer, Ibrahim

https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/members-of-parliament/omer-ibrahim/

You're feeding the troll mate

This isn’t 2012 anymore, buddy. Trolls have been replaced by people who actually believe things like this.

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Besides the two who don’t have or had ministerial positions, why are the two that do more qualified than Chip?

Because they don’t invoke violence against women or minorities by becoming PM.

I’m also sure they’re just overall better people for the job because they didn’t get their original position due to male or colonizer privilege.

Right. Did the women in question have filed a police report for the invocation of violence against them due to them being women?

Sadly the patriarchy doesn’t recognize the violence they commit as violence.

He's from the Hutt so probably roll your owns and RTD bourbon and coke, based on my experience of living there

They exist, but I dispute the fact they replaced trolls. The number of lonely, sad people only getting kicks out of aggressive reactions has gone up since 2012 not down.

Hell, if anything they are even many more of them now, because it's a paid occupation.

It'll be interesting to see what he does in that 9 months. I would hate to see Aotearoa fall to the conservatives this year.

We have to be open minded and tolerant and understand that white men are all shit.

We tolerate Americans ' obsession with numbering their presidents, but can you not start doing it for other countries?

Old people come out to vote. If a vast majority of young people did the same for primaries and elections you'd have younger candidates.

He was all about the popular messaging during covid. He'll be fine https://youtu.be/mLvYWhdaJk4