Heather du Plessis-Allan: This is the consequence for Ghahraman's actions

Yesterday, after we talked about Golriz Ghahraman's guilty plea, I got a text from someone listening which said something along the lines of- we should feel sorry for Golriz Ghahraman and the media need to back off.

Now, the first part is fair to a point.

I do feel sorry for Golriz, I feel sorry for her in the same way that I feel sorry for my two-year-old when he gets put in his bedroom for time-out and he cries about it.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 16/1/24

Ghahraman resigns as an MP while a report on our electoral system favours making it harder to abolish Māori electorates

The media are bound to be abuzz with news that emerged not from the Beehive, but from the Green Party.

One press release was headed Statement from Golriz Ghahraman, in which she mentions her mental health problems, then declares: