National's 'Mr Fixit' Steven Joyce resigns after failed leadership bidROSS GIBLIN/STUFF As Steven Joyce leaves Parliament he muses his family will be expecting more veggies from the vegetable garden at some point. National Party senior MP Steven Joyce has announced his retirement from Parliament, saying it had been a "blast" but he'd reached a "fork in the road". CAMERON BURNELL/STUFF Steven Joyce has announced his retirement. He spent eights years as an effective apprentice to former Finance Minister Bill English, before becoming Finance Minister when English became Prime Minister. And I will also continue to use him as a sounding board as the National Party looks to 2020.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2018 00:55 UTC