29 Mar 2023

Christopher Luxon claims Stuart Nash breach a 'cover-up'

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 29 March 2023

The National Party leader is calling news of Stuart Nash's breach of the Cabinet manual a "cover-up" and demanding a please explain.

It follows revelations the Prime Minister's Office knew two years ago about an email showing former Minister Stuart Nash leaked confidential Cabinet information to his donors.

That email got Nash sacked from all his Cabinet porfolios on Tuesday. It was revealed on Wednesday that the email first surfaced in 2021 as part of an Official Information Request, but it was not publicly released as the then-Prime Minister's Office deemed it outside the scope of the request.

Chris Hipkins says former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her chiefs of staff were never told about it.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon talks to Lisa Owen.