Barclay affair: What the board knewELIAS RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGES National Party president Peter Goodfellow and Prime Minister Bill English at the National Party annual conference. The board and the selection committee knew Barclay had:- already broken National Party rules by releasing the name of a challenging candidate. Worried that the board was doing nothing, National Party members from Gore sent further letters to Goodfellow and the board on December 21, 2016, January 24, 2017, January 30, 2017. According to Davie, both the board member and the regional chair wanted "to shoot the messenger" rather than deal with Barclay. As well as going to the regional chairperson he turned to the Southern electorate National Party Board member Kate Hazlett.

Source: Stuff June 25, 2017 07:40 UTC