25 Nov 2021

National Party caucus meeting extends to four hours

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 25 November 2021

National Party MPs are still locked away in a caucus meeting after internal issues erupted into the public arena around 9.30pm last night, while Parliament was sitting under urgency.

Party leader Judith Collins' office released a statement saying former leader Simon Bridges had been demoted and stripped of his portfolios due to a five-year-old complaint relating to Waitaki MP, Jacqui Dean.

Māni Dunlop is joined by RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson to discuss what's happening within parliament's second largest party.