The Prime Minster has swept through Taranaki today fending off questions about Parliamentary sex scandals as she went.
Along the way Jacinda Ardern launched - and renamed - the national new energy development centre and doled out another $48 million in infrastructure spending - including a $20 million bailout of the faltering Yarrow Stadium repair project.
She even found time to pay an overdue to visit to students at Manukorihi Intermediate.
RNZ Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.
