Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has sacked Iain Lees-Galloway as a minister over an inappropriate relationship with a staff member in one of the departments he headed. The Prime Minister did not want to identify the woman involved, but added that she wasn't an intern. Arden announced that Carmel Sepuloni will become the Minister for ACC, Andrew Little will become the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety and Kris Faafoi will become Minister for Immigration. Position as minister 'untenable'The Prime Minister called Lees-Galloway into her office at 5.45pm yesterday, when he admitted the relationship with a staffer in his office who was based in one of his agencies. Ardern's impromptu 11am press conferenceArdern called her unscheduled 11am press conference after National leader Judith Collins revealed today that she had forwarded information about alleged "inappropriate behaviour" by a Labour minister to the Prime Minister.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 21, 2020 23:03 UTC