{"id":7501,"date":"2023-08-29T12:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:39:27","slug":"luxons-encounter-with-man-on-fence-immortalised-with-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=7501","title":{"rendered":"Luxon&#8217;s encounter with man on fence immortalised with memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">The moment a Vision New Zealand candidate popped up from behind a fence to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2023\/08\/28\/watch-heckler-pops-up-over-fence-and-derails-luxon-media-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heckle National&#8217;s Christopher Luxon<\/a>\u00a0and Simeon Brown has become immortalised on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Karl Mokaraka, who also heckled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2023\/08\/19\/chris-hipkins-heckled-by-protesters-at-auckland-market-walkabout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labour leader Chris Hipkins<\/a>\u00a0while he was at \u014ctara Market earlier this month, appeared yesterday during a National press conference in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">After several minutes of back-and-forward, it prompted Luxon and Brown to move inside, where the media opportunity resumed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The moment has sparked comparisons with 1990s&#8217; sitcom Home Improvement, in which a neighbour repeatedly popped up from behind a fence, and Rudy Giuliani&#8217;s much-derided press conference at a suburban landscaping company called Four Seasons rather than the well-known Four Seasons Hotel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Mokaraka is listed on the Vision New Zealand website as a candidate for Ot\u0101huhu-Panmure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">After popping up from behind the fence, Mokaraka said, &#8220;We haven&#8217;t seen you in \u014ctara Mr Luxon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;Hey buddy why can&#8217;t we just be respectful of everyone,&#8221; Luxon responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;I think you are a candidate for Vision right?&#8221; Luxon inquired as Mokaraka had a Vision NZ pin on his jacket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;We are part of Freedoms New Zealand and we would like you to turn up to our communities,&#8221; Mokaraka replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Freedoms NZ is a new political party co-led by Brian Tamaki and Sue Grey, which is linked with the Hannah Tamaki-led Vision NZ party.<\/p>\n<p>Source: 1 news<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-outer  oembed-twitter\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moment a Vision New Zealand candidate popped up from behind a fence to\u00a0heckle National&#8217;s Christopher Luxon\u00a0and Simeon Brown has become immortalised on social media. Karl Mokaraka, who also heckled\u00a0Labour leader Chris Hipkins\u00a0while he was at \u014ctara Market earlier this month, appeared yesterday during a National press conference in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga. 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