{"id":1970,"date":"2022-12-22T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T03:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2022-12-22T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T03:24:37","slug":"jacinda-arderns-arrogant-prick-insult-aimed-at-david-seymour-raises-more-than-100k-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1970","title":{"rendered":"Jacinda Ardern&#8217;s &#8216;arrogant prick&#8217; insult aimed at David Seymour raises more than $100k for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-sub-nav c-sub-nav--inline \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content__primary u-divider-bottom@until-medium\">\n<div class=\"article article-news article-news-481278\">\n<header class=\"article__header c-story-header\">\n<div class=\"c-story-header__meta\">\n<div class=\"c-social\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<nav class=\"c-social__menu\">\n<div class=\"c-social__buttons\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rnz-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/s---AZ8uaqk--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/4LGP0Q7_David_Seymour_Jacinda_Ardern_TradeMe_prick_jpg\" alt=\"David Seymour and Jacinda Ardern pose after signing a Hansard transcript for charity.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">David Seymour and Jacinda Ardern&#8217;s signed transcript of a contentious exchange sold for more than $100,000.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0David Seymour \/ Trade Me \/ Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern&#8217;s muttered insult about ACT leader David Seymour has raised more than $100,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation through an online auction.<\/p>\n<p>The framed copy of the infamous Parliamentary debate in which Ardern&#8217;s microphone picked up the words &#8220;arrogant prick&#8221; directed at Seymour has become one of the most viewed items ever on TradeMe, with nearly half a million views.<\/p>\n<p>More than 280 bids were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trademe.co.nz\/a\/marketplace\/art\/nz-artists\/listing\/3909337579\">made on the auction, which closed just after 1pm today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final bid came in at $100,100.<\/p>\n<p>The remark &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/480658\/ardern-apologises-after-calling-seymour-arrogant-prick-in-parliament\">muttered by Ardern to her deputy<\/a>\u00a0after a combative question from Seymour on the second-to-last sitting day of the year &#8211; was picked up faintly by the debating chamber&#8217;s microphone and preserved in the official Parliamentary transcript.<\/p>\n<p>Seymour said earlier that it was great that political foes can put their differences aside to champion a cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taking the particular politicians out of it, it makes me so proud to be a kiwi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Political commentators have said to me they couldn&#8217;t imagine this in any other country, not even Australia, and I think that says something special about New Zealand&#8217;s culture and politics that we should always seek to hold on to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before the auction closed, Seymour said the amount raised far exceeded his expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Source &#8211; RNZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Seymour and Jacinda Ardern&#8217;s signed transcript of a contentious exchange sold for more than $100,000.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0David Seymour \/ Trade Me \/ Supplied Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern&#8217;s muttered insult about ACT leader David Seymour has raised more than $100,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation through an online auction. 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