Judith Collins is no longer leader of the National Party after being ousted in a crisis caucus meeting on Thursday. Her deputy Dr Shane Reti will be the interim leader until next week, when a decision on the full-time replacement will be made. Earlier, MP Simon Bridges had accused Collins of trying to hold onto the National Party leadership at any cost, describing her demotion of him on Wednesday as "truly desperate stuff". A group of National MPs including Bridges, Jami-Lee Ross and Todd McClay were together with Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean. The allegation is that something was said to her of a sexual nature that Dean found humiliating and designed to dominate.

Source: Stuff November 25, 2021 00:34 UTC