'Wasn't appropriate': Chris Hipkins speaks on resignation of Kerrin Leoni
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he wasn't told the full truth about the gathering that led to Kerrin Leoni's resignation as Tāmaki Makaurau candidate.
At a debate this week, Te Pati Māori's Oriini Kaipara accused Leoni of visiting a gang pad a week before she did - which Leoni denied.
Footage surfaced yesterday of her campaigning this month at a family event including gang members, wearing a Labour Party jacket.
Hipkins told Heather du Plessis-Allan that Labour didn't know the extent of the event.
He says it was working off the information she provided - that she had not visited a gang pad, and hadn't done what was alleged in the debate.
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