威利斯在听到记者对同事使用冒犯性语言后离开了一场饮料活动. Willis left a drinks event after hearing offensive language used by a journalist against a colleague.

财政部长尼古拉·威利斯去年五月在办公室举行的一场预算前饮酒活动被突然终止，原因是据称听到了TVNZ政治编辑迈基·舍曼对《Stuff》记者劳埃德·伯尔使用的侮辱性语言，包括恐同的侮辱性言论。 Finance Minister Nicola Willis abruptly ended a pre-Budget drinks event in her office last May after allegedly hearing offensive language, including a homophobic slur, used by TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman against Stuff journalist Lloyd Burr. 威利斯证实她回到房间听取评论,后来检查了伯尔,他拒绝继续这件事. Willis confirmed she returned to the room to hear the comments and later checked on Burr, who declined to pursue the matter. 工党领导人克里斯·希普金斯表示他无法发表评论. TVNZ and Stuff declined to comment on internal employment matters, while Labour leader Chris Hipkins said he could not comment.