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Ryan Bridge: Yes to four year terms · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Yes to a four year term. Please, our politicians are
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  Speaker 1: too short sighted. Think about infrastructure, think about productivity, think
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  Speaker 1: about immigration settings. Basically, take your pick at any long
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  Speaker 1: term problem in this country. We need longer terms. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: it will suck if it's not your party that you
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  Speaker 1: like in at the time that it's introduced, but it
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  Speaker 1: needs to happen for the better of the country, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 1: The government's looking at this because it is in the
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  Speaker 1: coalition agreements with both AT and New Zealand First. No
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  Speaker 1: strict timings in those coalition agreements. But on Friday, Luxon
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  Speaker 1: was talking to a Bloomberg Q and A and seemed
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  Speaker 1: to indicate that we might have a referendum on this
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  Speaker 1: at the next election. It's a no brainer. We have
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  Speaker 1: big problems in short terms in this country. The big
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  Speaker 1: question is who will get the first one? Will it
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  Speaker 1: be you know that lot? Will it be your lot?
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  Speaker 1: Those are the big questions, and also will it be
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  Speaker 1: a binding referendum, which is what New Zealand First is
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  Speaker 1: obviously pushing for. Nine two nine two is the number
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  Speaker 1: to text, I say, just do it, get it done.
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