Disgraced former minister Iain Lees-Galloway has returned to Parliament for the first time since he was sacked for having an affair with a former staffer.
The Palmerston North MP announced he would retire at the election after being stripped of his Ministerial portfolios because of the inappropriate relationship.
He used his final speech in the debating chamber to describe the "traumatic" events of the past few weeks and said he is ready and happy to be leaving Parliament.
Iain Lees-Galloway spoke to RNZ's political reporters Yvette McCullough and Katie Scotcher following his valedictory and told them coming back to face Parliament wasn't that difficult.
