By Sarah HarrisSmoking weed, dirty undies and boring leaders were hot topics of the night at the first election debate of the year. Political journalist Patrick Gower hosted the light hearted event at Auckland University Business School which saw hundreds of students filling the auditorium to see the parties go head-to-head. He also attempted to defend Prime Minister Bill English when Gower asked him to explain how the leader isn't boring. "Red undies, blue undies. The heaviest moment of the night came when Harawira explained how increasing the age of superannuation affected Maori.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 09, 2017 09:33 UTC