 Shaw spent NZ$77,771 on international air travel fares during the period between October and December 2018 while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spent NZ$54,487 during that same period.Shaw clarified that these air travel fares had been spent on attending multiple international climate change conferences.On 14 March 2019, Shaw was assaulted while walking to Parliament, sustaining a black eye and lacerations to his face.