The National Party is unaware if Dr Nick Smith will return to Parliament after announcing his resignation while revealing a complaint against him for a ve
National MP Nick Smith quits as an MP, cites employment issue inquiry
National MP Nick Smith quits as an MP, cites employment issue inquiry
National MP Nick Smith quits as an MP, cites employment issue inquiry Mon, 31 May 2021, 4:21PM
National MP Nick Smith is resigning from Parliament on June 10 for personal and professional reasons, including a current Parliamentary Service inquiry into an employment issue.
In a statement, Smith said Parliamentary Service had been conducting a confidential inquiry into a verbal altercation in my Wellington office last July that has not concluded . I was advised on Friday that the inquiry and its details have been leaked to the media for release tomorrow. It is inappropriate for employment disputes to be litigated in public.