It's really important this story is followed up. If the vaping industry is bribing our government as these staff said, we need to know who, and how. It's not just about the tobacco and vape industry, it's about preventing corruption. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... - ThreadSky

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lucytelbar.bsky.social • 23 days ago

It's really important this story is followed up. If the vaping industry is bribing our government as these staff said, we need to know who, and how. It's not just about the tobacco and vape industry, it's about preventing corruption. https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360563464/bribe-allegations-about-nz-vape-kits-employee-secret-recordings

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mshooper.bsky.social•23 days ago

#nzpol

anneleise.bsky.social•23 days ago

I'm sure we are getting poor quality, banned elsewhere stuff dumped here. They've also upped the nicotine level in products again, from the reductions that were brought in by the previous Govt.

lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social•23 days ago

Maybe we need a petition & then another to dissolve this Coalition of Corruption.
If there are bad faith actors inside the coalition then it's time for an election.

#nzpol

lucytelbar.bsky.social•23 days ago

I mean, one thing that's not clear from the bribery comments is when any bribery might have happened. Was it before the election, or after, or both? If the current government has nothing to hide, I'd have thought they'd strongly support having an enquiry to establish the full facts of the matter.

lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social•23 days ago

Circumstantial evidence would point to it being a party associated with the current coalition government. Given Labour was looking to review & reduce the type of vape products, the nicotine content & the range of flavours.
We won't know until there is a thorough investigation & frank conversations

nzkatya.bsky.social•23 days ago

Presumably money was paid to the TPU but we do need an independent inquiry

ponderbooks.com•23 days ago

💯we do
We need the SFO all the way into this

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