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Chloe Swarbrick discusses increase in threats to MPs

Oct 22, 2026 · 5m

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In three weeks over September to October, Parliament's specialist security team handled 216 requests, and some form of security response was deployed in almost a third of them. Speaker Gerry Brownlee called the rise "astronomical" and told RNZ he's concerned about the safety of MPs. Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick spoke to John Campbell.