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Francesca Rudkin: Wellington deserves better than what we heard from Ray Chung on Friday - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

On Friday afternoon, when I heard that Ray Chung, Mayoral candidate for Wellington, was going to appear with Ryan Bridge on Newstalk ZB’s Drive to discuss the gossipy email he sent regarding Tory Whanau, I thought good on him for fronting. 

7 minutes and 20 seconds later, I was as speechless as Ryan Bridge. 

What a bumbling, embarrassing trainwreck of an interview. 

First there was the comment it had been a hard couple of days for Ray Chung since the email was publicly released. Well, yes, when you’re running in a local body election and caught spreading salacious gossip it can make for a tough day. But considering Mr Chung had been on the phone since 4am on Friday, and spent the day talking to media about the fiasco, you’d expect him to have crafted a tight message by 5pm. 

I expected him to apologise for spreading gossip, clarify what happened, accept responsibility. You known, to demonstrate some, well, leadership potential. Some mayoral potential. 

I’m a big advocate for voting in local body elections. I want to have a say in who runs my city. I know it’s not the cool thing to do and most people can’t be bothered. But I love and appreciate everything my city has to offer and I want it to be a great and affordable place to live. 

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Francesca Rudkin: Wellington deserves better than what we heard from Ray Chung on Friday - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin