The dust may be settling on Stuart Nash's dismissal but questions remain over why it took so long for his transgression to come to light.
Nash's email, leaking confidential Cabinet information in March 2020, went on to be considered and ruled out of scope of an Official Information Act request the following year.
The Prime Minister is now under pressure to explain how this didn't trigger alarm bells in his predecessor's office.
Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.
