22 Mar 2018

Shane Jones vs Air NZ: What does it mean for govt coalition?

From Morning Report, 7:25 am on 22 March 2018

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones is claiming success over the storm he whipped up attacking Air New Zealand and calling for the chairman to resign. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had to tell him to pull his head in but the outspoken Mr Jones shows no signs of staying quiet. He says he's successfully raised the issue of Air New Zealand's regional flights and his office is now clogged with people's tales of woe about a degraded service. Ms Ardern appears to expect more of the same from the uninhibited New Zealand First member of the government coalition. What does this mean for the relationship between Labour and New Zealand First? RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins us with her analysis.