Andrew Dickens: Is the Greens' co-leadership a thing of the past?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 15, 2026 · 2m · transcript

Yesterday's talkback outrage was all about the MPs and the gangs.

A meeting that was condemned by both the Chrises in the Leaders debate.

But despite this weight of opinion, Marama Davidson doubled down on the visit – and then she promised more funding for gang run social programmes.

Well, I don't think Marama quite understands the issue.

I actually don't mind MPs talking with criminals to better understand where they're at, and I don't mind them talking with gangs.

There are 11,000 gang members now, with tens of thousands of related whanau, many of whom need intervention by the State…