In light of Thomas Coughlan today describing Chris Penk as a "top performer", a reminder that in 2024 he lied about the cost of insulation standards to new builds and Coughlan's employer NZME never corrected the record.

April 01, 2026 - 19:37 UTC

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In fact, NZME and the rest of the media instead just dutifully reported Penk's new savings number of $15,000.

So Penk said we'd save $50k, it was really $2-15k, the media (sans RNZ) ignore his lie, and then give him praise for saving (the upper limit of) $15k.

"Top performer"
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Oh, and Chris Penk is also this guy.

If the media wanted to, they could cast him as "out of touch" and "error-prone", and encourage Luxon to dump him, but because they know he's gonna be promoted today, they praise him.
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Why would you expect a National party lobbyist employed by a right wing extremist newsletter to provide balanced assessment of National party MPs?
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