Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

What I can't understand about the trans activist coming into the country is how she's been given so much coverage and publicity. She's clearly a hateful woman just touring around spreading vitriol, I have no idea what the point of her is, or why she’s doing it, and I had never heard of her prior to this week - I doubt many of us had.  But the outraged made sure we did hear of her, and in doing so, helped publicize her brand and her message. I think we can all agree it’s just an attention-seeking tour on her part. And I think Chris Hipkins fell right into her trap when he said he’d get Immigration to look at not letting her in – that’s just the sort of headline she was looking for clearly.. and it certainly helped publicize her cause even more, and galvanise her base. So that was naïve bad form on his part. But she seems to have garnered way more publicity than is necessary.  The screaming and yelling about not letting her in has only promoted her presence and her message more. I’m not sure why the media and p