The agony and the ecstasy – one MP is whooping with delight, another is in deep despair
One female MP was ecstatic at the weekend. Green MP Chloe Swarbrick was cheered after the government announced a conditional contribution of $15 million towards the conservation of the St James Theatre in Auckland.
Another female MP was deeply dispirited. Kiri Allan had been involved in a car crash – and a career crash – on Evans Bay Parade in Wellington last night.
This resulted in the PM issuing a statement early today to say the Minister of Justice has relinquished this and other ministerial posts after being taken into custody and held in the Wellington Central Police station.
