National shadow treasurer Andrew Bayly has apologised to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta. Photo / Mark MitchellNational MP Andrew Bayly has apologised to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta for getting her name wrong at the National Party's Northern Regional Conference earlier this year. Bayly insists he wasn't trying to mock Mahuta, but simply to cover for the fact that he stumbled over her name by accident during the conference. Bayly said he gets on with Mahuta and that he'd recently sat down with Mahuta to talk about policy relating to Antarctica. Stuff has also reported that former National leader Don Brash has been fundraising for the party.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 13, 2021 01:09 UTC