1 Mar 2023

National's Mark Mitchell on Hawke's Bay crime

From Checkpoint, 5:37 pm on 1 March 2023

National says the government's been way too slow in bolstering police numbers in cyclone-hit Hawke's Bay.

The Prime Minister has announced more police are being sent in despite initially hosing down residents concerns saying there was "no state of lawlessness".

Today Chris Hipkins says people have a right to feel nervous, anxious and angry. National Party police spokesperson Mark Mitchell talks to Lisa Owen.