Judith Collins rolled – new leader yet to emerge

Judith Collins took over National from Todd Muller in July last year. (Image: Getty)

Thu, 25 Nov 2021

Judith Collins has taken to Twitter to announce she has lost the leadership of the National party.“I am pleased to say that I am just the MP for Papakura again. It’s been a privilege to take over the leadership of @NZNationalParty during the worst of times and to do so for 16 months. It has taken huge stamina and resolve, & has been particularly difficult.”The tweet at 12.35pm followed more than three hours of behind-closed-doors caucus discussions at Parliament this morning.MPs entered the party’s caucus room at Par...

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