David Seymour's ACT briefing takes a detour into electric bikes

RNZ captures a photo request, a party-vote chant and a question about whether the ACT leader is the mayor.

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Why this story? One of RNZ's most watched videos since yesterday, with 5,571 views.

ACT media conference interrupted by teenson bikes | RNZ

David Seymour stops addressing reporters to ask a group of teenage cyclists about their electric bikes. Before he returns to the microphones, there has been a group photograph, a campaign chant and a small misunderstanding about his job.

RNZ's outdoor press-conference clip shows the ACT leader greeting the riders and asking, jokingly, whether they are a gang. The conversation moves to their bikes and how far they have travelled, before one cyclist requests a photo.

Seymour agrees, adding a political joke: "A lot of politicians have had their photo taken with bikies this election, they get into trouble."

After posing with the group, he asks them to say "Party vote ACT" for the camera. They oblige. The clip has drawn roughly 5,600 views since yesterday, the largest audience over that period among RNZ's new uploads.

As Seymour heads back to resume the conference, someone asks whether he is the mayor. "Am I the mayor? No, no, I'm hoping to be deputy prime minister, but there you go," he replies.

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The numbers

The interrupted briefing was RNZ's most-watched new upload since yesterday.

subscribers

253,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

151,329,061

views per day

93,114

typical day: 113,345

the video

views

6,666

likes

109

comments

68

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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270,000

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265,000

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256,000

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253,000

Washington Week PBS

247,000

Royal Exclusive

243,000

As of November 1, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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