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Why a phone call cost Stuart Nash his job as Police Minister
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Stuart Nash has long been known as tough-talking, hardline politician. Now his loose lips have landed him in hot water and out of a job.
Nash revealed in a Newstalk ZB interview that two years ago he phoned Police Commissioner Andrew Coster to suggest appealing a sentence that had been given to an offender.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls explains to Damien why these comments broke a cardinal rule of cabinet, and what the scandal says about Chris Hipkins' leadership.
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Host: Damien Venuto
Producer: Shaun D Wilson
Executive Producer: Ethan Sills
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