{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_bsqlmwfastny6463cgyq","title":"Barrett hits out at NZ First deputy leader over gender, pronoun comments","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/barrett-hits-out-at-nz-first-deputy-leader-over-gender-pronoun-comments-bsqlmwfast","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_bsqlmwfastny6463cgyq","seq":463489,"kind":"article","title":"Barrett hits out at NZ First deputy leader over gender, pronoun comments","url":"https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/361088222/barrett-hits-out-nz-first-deputy-leader-over-gender-pronoun-comments","summary":"First-term New Plymouth District councillor EJ Barrett has taken exception to comments made by Shane Jones during a New Zealand First meeting, describing his rhetoric around gender pronouns as “vile”.","published":"2026-09-28T15:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T15:29:13Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-thepost-co-nz-d7e02d","name":"thepost.co.nz","domain":"thepost.co.nz"},"via":"kite-thepost-co-nz-d7e02d","authors":["Will Johnston"],"entities":[{"id":"Q302370","name":"Barrett","type":"person"},{"id":"Q180059","name":"New Zealand First","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.thepost.co.nz/media/images/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DZ3Ef+IdbOiYlvIROR5vlqUSeZYZbm+SU0zjMnNqDfql8Yk4r+Ht43oxrl86VwI5IF7k1TZFVP%2FGWCLS2aI+JHFmJGh%2F6CjrxddCyj7yHngnbLZeysP67PIkgTKjqvqbQyP4xmWlBUpCoXEwy1IOFhYt1W4rvDnHknhSopJskxpuYpsng7D8m8gFwro0qFp2eP7EnOqUTH5JgLJgnB0Q6joKlLgHcAsbX30%2FoFEctZWA7fQrneKVGyVLt+2hWMA9yU0tS2lKZmRJDlCtEoT8i251OWIxSf2a28BMH5IHjjJQEMaX2l8YV0jQFDp2Zjzds2OUCCpE0f2rfpKePlQQm2z5RII83jz71h8wotu60JdnfRlJSMcuauX%2FNDuudbmSDZWKwB%2F5EOgjAElmnZVhzSnkvfCSF4RZJxjgoGKFs3d%2FDpfY3q6EITk5z8EI5qFLXWld5TX6CVjNDXgabFlF18z5AQ2u8QJ+%2FVaY1ICsFjO4XsBwIny+YeBFS6Ey3zIs4ksE778WrnQVJHfUZ+SGTtg=?resolution=1240x700","story":"st_bsqlmwfastny6463cgyq","category":"politics","category_p":0.8299999833106995,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5299999713897705,"political":0.8999999761581421}]}