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Political dystrophy

New Zealanders let down by the political party system

27 August 2022

9:00 AM

27 August 2022

9:00 AM

The contempt in which so many hold politicians is unfair to those with integrity and high ideals. However, the revelation that Sam Uffindell, the New Zealand National party’s winning candidate at the recent Tauranga by-election, has conceded he was a bully at King’s College, a prestigious private school with its own reputation for a history of bullying, is a blow to National.

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