ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF MPs gathered with their political gloves firmly on for the powhiri at Waitangi. PM DEFENDS RECORDThe most important speech of the day was again delivered from the porch of the upper marae by the prime minister. In her speech last year, Jacinda Ardern specifically asked that she be judged on her record a year later. I'd like to think we might have made that possible by taking away that barrier to education with fees-free," Ardern said. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF National leader Simon Bridges promised to work on policies outside of Government in his speech.

Source: Stuff February 05, 2019 02:50 UTC