Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Two things that have come to light out of the weekend that I think shed a real insight into how shallow we are as a country.   And don't worry I include myself in this, I’m as shallow as the best of them, and in fact I was front row for both of these sideshows.   One, whose Toni?   And two, Luxon’s wife’s arms.   I mean when Chippy said he wanted to thank a new special person in his life and then went on to announce a new partner by the name of Toni, I almost fell off my chair. Mic drop moment. Was this the outgoing PM coming out? Would someone so intent on family privacy be doing this now? On election night? During his concession speech? Inviting the whole of NZ into his private life?   I wondered if it was just me frantically googling Toni, but then I saw a story saying Google searches for Toni spiked Saturday night – so fess up, come on, we were all doing it. Not that there’s anything wrong with him having a new partner of course, just that it was odd he would announce a marriage break up a year ago and as