{"id":18164,"date":"2026-08-07T13:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18164"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:16:56","slug":"we-can-see-your-washing-councillor-joins-meeting-from-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18164","title":{"rendered":"‘We can see your washing’: Councillor joins meeting from bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A New Zealand politician has raised eyebrows after joining a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, her laundry clearly visible in the background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Councillor Jo Galer logged into a meeting of the Dunedin City Council on Monday to a titter from one of her colleagues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“You might want to move your camera,” Mayor Sophie Barker implored her in a video posted on YouTube, where it has been viewed thousands of times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We can see your washing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Can you see me?” Galer replied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“You can see my washing, you can see me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At one point during her speech – which focused on local government reform – a mysterious dark figure can be seen behind a door in the background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Who was in the shower? Was it her man? Was she holding someone hostage?” one comment under the video asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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AFP has reached out to Galer for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is not the first time the council in Dunedin – a city on New Zealand’s South Island – has made headlines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2020 then-councillor David Benson-Pope was caught with his pants down, appearing on a Zoom call while dusting his office in a suit jacket and bare legs.<\/p>\n

Source: AFP & RNZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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