Facelift - Series Three, Episode One

Instead of a speech, I’ve been advised simply to say words that provoke a negative response towards Labour: hip hop tours, speeding motorcades, political correctness, an endemic culture of systematic fiscal irresponsibility.

– Don Brash (Alan Brunton) during an election debate with Helen Clark, where negative audience reactions can result in electric shocks

Ah yeah, I’m so sick of Don introducing me as "my wife from Singapore". People think my name is From Singapore.

– Don Brash's wife Je Lan complains with fellow politicians' spouses

If we paid $50 less tax a month we could afford basic necessities like a second DVD player, a panini maker…

– A "struggling middle New Zealander" (Dena Kennedy explains why she needs reduced taxes