How to make the Labour abuse scandal worse
How to make the Labour abuse scandal worse Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she learned only in the past few days that complaints against a Labour staffer were of a sexual nature. So who knew what, and when? Andrea Vance takes a look at how events unfolded. who-knew-what-and-when-on-labour-abuse-scandal One blustery April Friday, a gang of nine young, idealistic political activists climbed into a mini-van to make the long drive north from Wellington to Hamilton. Just a few weeks earlier prime minister Bill English had announced the general election would take place on September 23. Former union boss Andrew Little was Labour's leader and trailing in the polls. But the most recent Colmar Brunton poll had given the party a four-point bump, and popular MP Jacinda Ardern had just won the Mt Albert by-election and been appointed deputy leader. SIMON MAUDE/STUFF Ardern with former party president Nigel Haworth, who resigned on Wednesday. The group were heading to a Young...