New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern caught on microphone insulting opposition leader - 'Arrogant pr**k!'

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand Parliament
Carl Bennett

By Carl Bennett


Published: 13/12/2022

- 12:47

Updated: 13/12/2022

- 12:49

The New Zealand PM was challenged to give an example of making a mistake and fixing it

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been caugh on a live microphone calling a fellow politician an "arrogant pr**k*

During question time in the New Zealand parliament, David Seymour, the leader of the libertarian Act party, challenged Ms Ardern if she was able to “give an example of her making a mistake, apologising for it properly, and fixing it."


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she attends the 29th APEC Economic Leaders? Meeting (AELM) during the APEC 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 November 2022. Thailand hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC 2022, the summit for economic cooperation comprising 21 leading member economies to promote free trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Rungroj Yongrit/Pool via REUTERS
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In response, the New Zealand PM said: “There’s been a number of occasions where we acknowledge that we will not have perfect responses.”

Defending herself, Ms Ardern said: “I stand by the work that we’ve done as government over this last year, and over this past term.

”We’ve always made decisions that we’ve believed to be in the best interests of New Zealand at the time.”

The New Zealand promptly sat down and called Mr Seymor “such an arrogant pr**k”.

Ms Ardern has apologised for the comment.

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