After a disastrous few months for Health Minister David Clark, Jacinda Ardern sat down with him late last week and gave him little option but to give up his seat at the Cabinet table.
She'd already talked with Education Minister Chris Hipkins about taking over the job.
For the second time in just months David Clark offered Ardern his resignation, but this time she accepted it.
RNZ political reporter Jo Moir has this story.
