John McLean: Verrall in peril?

Labour Party Member of Parliament Ayesha Verrall has accused Health Commissioner Lester Levy of corruptly inflating the size of Health New Zealand’s financial deficit, and of having a “reputation for cooking the books”. Essentially, she’s falsely accusing Levy of being a crook.

Verrall made her accusations at a Parliamentary Health Select Committee hearing on 3 December 2024, as Labour’s shadow Health Cabinet Minister.