27 Sep 2018

Report detailing Whaitiri shoving claim leaked

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 27 September 2018

More information has come out about what happened between former Minister Meka Whaitiri and her press secretary. Ms Whaitiri was stripped of her ministerial responsibilities after a ministerial services report found an incident had occurred. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the decision after receiving that report but ordered personal details about the press secretary be redacted before it was publicly released. The New Zealand Herald has got a hold of the draft copy of that report, which says the incident left the staffer with bruising to the upper right arm. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins us to discuss.