PM Hipkins puzzled but determined after losing another cabinet minister

PM Hipkins puzzled but determined after losing another cabinet minister
Prime minister Chris Hipkins announcing Michael Wood's resignation. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Jem Traylen
If he knew he was about to lose his warrant, Michael Wood wasn’t showing it when he appeared before a select committee on Wednesday morning in his final official outing as a minister.The rattled figure defending himself in the House when he was first stood down only two weeks ago was entirely absent as he calmly answered questions on the immigration and workplace relations portfolios, reassuring his parliamentary colleagues that he would be working to try and clarify the government’s position on such matters as overstayer amnesties...

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