9 Aug 2022

National's deputy leader on new MP's school beating incident

From Morning Report, 8:14 am on 9 August 2022

Another MP and another headache for the National Party over its candidate selection.

It's newest MP in Tauranga, Sam Uffindell, has admitted he was kicked out of his boarding school as a teenager for beating a younger student.

Deputy leader, Nicola Willis, says neither she, nor leader Christopher Luxon, were told by the party about Uffindell's admission before he was selected.

In fact, she only found out yesterday.

She spoke to First Up's Nick Truebridge.