"Can you hear me, Prime Minister?" "I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over the bells, John," the Prime Minister went on to say. "Live from the Octagon, which is not even that noisy on a Saturday night when the students are in town!" Host Duncan Garner whose questions were being drowned out by squawking seagulls asked if the Prime Minister could "get rid of them". "Morning media round this morning came complete with an earpiece that failed, a flock of seagulls coming for a visit, and a round of very loud bells," she wrote.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2020 03:10 UTC