National Attack Ads Against Labour Use Crime Footage From Government's Own Term

National attack ads against Labour use crime footage from government's own term

National is defending the use of footage showing violent crime under its own government in attack ads against Labour.

Crime footage in ad accusing Labour of 'gaslighting' happened under National's watch

Christopher Luxon has brushed off criticism of National using crimes from its own term in an anti-Labour ad, saying the focus should be on falling crime figures.

National's anti-Labour crime ad uses footage from Government's own term

The video, posted on multiple social media platforms, was captioned "never forget how they gaslighted you".

National defends use of coalition-era crime footage in Labour attack ad

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Lillian Hanly of RNZ National is defending the use of footage showing violent crime under its own government in attack ads against Labour. But Labour says it is dishonest and desperate from National. It comes after the National Party posted a campaign video on social media showing clips of violent crime. It stated Labour was soft on crime and Kiwis will be safer under National. But some of the footage is from crime com…