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Nick Smith resigned from Parliament citing an employment issue over a verbal altercation.

Claire Trevett: National Party's review a double-edged sword 10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Judith Collins comments on the party's review into the election result. OPINION: The National Party's determination to keep the juicy bits of the review into its abysmal election result secret has led it to Harry Potter lengths. MPs can enter the Room of Secrets, in an undisclosed location in Parliament, to read the report. They cannot take phones or other communication devices into the room. Presumably the Obliviate (forgetfulness spell) is then cast upon them before they ex...

1.       Covid-19 lockdown announcements and the 1pm briefings Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield Source: Getty On March 23, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country we were "facing the potential for devastating impacts" as the Covid-19 pandemic swarmed the world. We had just 48 hours before the country was plunged into a strict lockdown for weeks. It was just the start of the tense 1pm briefings, where the country sat on the edge of its couches for the daily Covid-19 numbers. By the end, New Zealand had seemed t...

Artist impressions of how the Countdown Supermarket at the new Showgrounds Hill development will look. The go-ahead for a retail development for Showgrounds Hill, the SC RSA building's demolition, and the return of a beloved cat missing for two years, all made the headlines in December, as Doug Sail discovered in the final instalment of our series looking back at the year that was. The controversial Timaru retail development proposal at Showgrounds Hill was granted resource consent on December 11, less than a day after a ruling that the application was not headed for public consultation. Pe...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Election night joy as Labour's Jo Luxton, with husband Matt, and supporters celebrate her win in the Rangitata electorate. A general election and a devastating fire dominated October’s headlines, writes Doug Sail in the 10th of our series looking back on the year that was. Jo Luxton was feeling ‘‘pretty damn good,’’ after winning the Rangitata electorate for Labour in a surprise general election result on October 17. Luxton, who lost to Andrew Falloon in 2017 by a massive 6331 votes, secured an election night total of 18,876 well ahead of National candidate Megan...