It was revealed on Wednesday that staff in the former Prime Minister's Office knew that Stuart Nash had leaked Cabinet details in an email to his political donors.
In 2021 an Official Information request revealed the email. It was refered to Prime Minister's Office but was never publicly released after that office decided it was outside the scope of the OIA request.
But last night that same email got Stuart Nash sacked from all his Ministerial porfolios for an eregious breach of trust.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says neither he nor the former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern were aware of the leak.
It comes as Mr Nash took to social media this afternoon promising to avoid an 'unnecessary, messy and expensive' by-election in Napier.
Here's our political reporter, Katie Scotcher.
