Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox has stormed out of a TV interview after accusing a tobacco company spokesman of "peddling death and destruction and misery". Ms Fox got into a heated discussion with Imperial Tobacco spokesman Dr Axel Gietz on TV3's The Nation today. Ms Fox became angered during the discussion and accused the tobacco spokesman of "peddling death and destruction and misery on our people". Dr Gietz is in New Zealand to oppose plans to introduce plain packaging. Dr Gietz said if the introduction of plain packaging goes ahead as planned, it could create a tobacco black market in New Zealand.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2016 04:51 UTC