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What a bloody mess. Hopefully, with Peter Goodfellow gone, National can get their house in order once and for all. This ridiculous hoo-ha over a new electorate MP should never have come to pass and would never have come to pass if National's systems and processes were better when it comes to selection. Party leader Christopher Luxon sounded as exasperated as he probably gets when he was talking to Mike Hosking this morning. It beggars belief that Luxon and his deputy Nicola Willis would be left playing catch up after revelations Uffindell had been expelled from school for beating up a younger student. And then once those revelations were made, of course, it became a pile-on. The allegations Luxon was referring to in the interview are from a woman who flatted with Uffindell, who said he was an aggressive bully who once pounded on her bedroom door, screaming obscenities until she fled through the window. She said that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Her father came to Dunedin to help her move out of the flat the next day and gave the flatmates a piece of his mind. I would prefer to see any allegations of bad behaviour handed over to the police and let them decide whether a threshold has been crossed. We are all imperfect people. Parliament is made up of people just like us; imperfect. There is not a pool of perfect, blameless souls from whom we can select to make up our Parliament or our police or whatever it might be, and in a way I'm glad there's not. I would prefer people to have lived a bit of life, made mistakes and known what it's like to be humbled. I'd rather people like them were running the country and creating policy. Would I seek out the company of a man like Sam Uffindell? No, I wouldn't. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Party is starting the new week with a new party president. Sylvia Wood, an employment relations specialist, was elected to the position yesterday at the annual conference in Christchurch. She replaces Peter Goodfellow, who has stepped down after 13 years in the role. Already she's talking about using her position to deliver "an absolute obsessive focus on the party vote" at next year's general election. She spoke to Corin Dann.

Employment relations specialist Sylvia Wood has been elected National Party president at the party's conference in Christchurch. Wood takes over from Peter Goodfellow, whose 13 years in the job make him the party's longest-serving president. Wood has over 25 years' experience in human resources and employment relations. National leader Christopher Luxon said he was "delighted" to announce Wood had been elected "unanimously" by the party's board. National Party delegates elect their board, and the board elects the president. Wood said it was a "great privilege" to be elected president. "Thank you to all our members for the support, passion and commitment to our party," she said. Wood paid tribute to Goodfellow for his passion and commitment. "I welcome your support and knowledge for the work we have ahead of us," Wood said. "In January this year, the board set the strategic direction for the party: a total focus on winning in 2023." She said the party needed unity in caucus, good data, and sufficient funds to win in 2023. Wood also said the party needed a relentless focus on the party vote - not just electorates. "An absolute, obsessive focus on the party vote, because that is what we need to win," she said. - by Thomas Coughlan, NZ HeraldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All eyes will be on Chris Luxon going into his first National Party Conference as party leader. However, it hasn't been a good week for the National Party, with doubts from commentators on his leadership. And the Party President role is up for grabs, with Peter Goodfellow stepping down. It also wasn't a good week for James Shaw. Shaw was the only candidate named for their leadership contest, there are questions over whether he will get past the 75 percent threshold to retain his leadership. Rotorua locals are standing up to their council. More than 3600 submissions have been received on the issue of using motels for emergency housing. Newstalk ZB Political Editor Barry Soper joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Goodfellow has resigned as National Party President after 13 years at the helm.However, former senior MP Maurice Williamson has criticised the announcement, which came after the party's board nominations had closed, saying it reeks of the "old boys network".Nanaia Mahuta's family members are under investigation.It comes as three of her family members, including her husband Gannin Ormsby, were appointed to Māori advisory rōpū on waste management.The other family members are part of the Ormsby family, and Mahuta was described as the pair's aunty in another contract application.Newstalk ZB Chief Political Reporter Jason Walls joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.LISTEN ABOVE

Former National Party MP David Parker wants to see party president Peter Goodfellow resign from his role after yesterday's leadership debacle. National MPs will elect the party's fifth leader in four years next Tuesday, after a vote of no confidence went against Judith Collins on Thursday. The implosion comes after a late Wednesday night press release from Collins, where she accused MP and former leader Simon Bridges of " serious misconduct" at a party event in Premier House five years ago. Bridges said this was "truly desperate stuff" from Collins who would go to any length to hold on to her leadership. She was forced to step down after her caucus issued a motion of no confidence in her. Parker, who resigned from his role on the board in August after unsuccessfully challenging Goodfellow for the role of president, told Morning Report the board was too involved int eh disaster. Collins said in her press release she had the "unanimous support" from the board for demoting Bridges, later that day the board said in a release it had agreed to look into the matter but had not decided on any other actions to be taken. "He shouldn't have been involved with the board in yesterday's mess, they shouldn't have been speaking with Judith Collins about portfolio lineups and demoting Simon Bridges the night before, the board needs to function on its role and stop playing politics." Parker said Goodfellow's resignation is "long overdue" and blamed him for Nationals poor performance in 2020. "He's an incompetent chairman of the board. I was there on the board for nine months. I couldn't stand it any longer once they reelected him as the president. He's overseen two election failures." As for who should take over from Collins, Parker said it would be a battle between Bridges and first-term MP Christopher Luxon. Mark Mitchell has also suggested a tilt at the leadership, but Parker was not sure he would have the support. Whatever happens he would have preferred the matter sorted out this week rather than next. "Now they've got everybody chattering about it for the next three or four days. Whilst I agree that the retirement or the firing of Judith was sudden, there's been rumors of leadership change going on now for weeks. I would have thought caucus was in the position to have a decent discussion yesterday, unite behind one person and get on with it. "Listen, I'm not part of caucus, they didn't do it that way, so now they're going to hopefully, sort a bit more out over the weekend and announce a leader on Tuesday and get on with the job."

Former National Party MP David Parker wants to see party president Peter Goodfellow resign from his role after yesterday's leadership debacle. National MPs will elect the party's fifth leader in four years next Tuesday, after a vote of no confidence went against Judith Collins on Thursday. The implosion comes after a late Wednesday night press release from Collins, where she accused MP and former leader Simon Bridges of " serious misconduct" at a party event in Premier House five years ago. Bridges said this was "truly desperate stuff" from Collins who would go to any length to hold on to her leadership. She was forced to step down after her caucus issued a motion of no confidence in her. Parker, who resigned from his role on the board in August after unsuccessfully challenging Goodfellow for the role of president, told Morning Report the board was too involved int eh disaster. Collins said in her press release she had the "unanimous support" from the board for demoting Bridges, later that day the board said in a release it had agreed to look into the matter but had not decided on any other actions to be taken. "He shouldn't have been involved with the board in yesterday's mess, they shouldn't have been speaking with Judith Collins about portfolio lineups and demoting Simon Bridges the night before, the board needs to function on its role and stop playing politics." Parker said Goodfellow's resignation is "long overdue" and blamed him for Nationals poor performance in 2020. "He's an incompetent chairman of the board. I was there on the board for nine months. I couldn't stand it any longer once they reelected him as the president. He's overseen two election failures." As for who should take over from Collins, Parker said it would be a battle between Bridges and first-term MP Christopher Luxon. Mark Mitchell has also suggested a tilt at the leadership, but Parker was not sure he would have the support. Whatever happens he would have preferred the matter sorted out this week rather than next. "Now they've got everybody chattering about it for the next three or four days. Whilst I agree that the retirement or the firing of Judith was sudden, there's been rumors of leadership change going on now for weeks. I would have thought caucus was in the position to have a decent discussion yesterday, unite behind one person and get on with it. "Listen, I'm not part of caucus, they didn't do it that way, so now they're going to hopefully, sort a bit more out over the weekend and announce a leader on Tuesday and get on with the job."

Peter Goodfellow re-elected National Party President by Q+A

Disarray in the National Party after the re-election of Peter Goodfellow as President.After the vote at National's annual conference over the weekend, former MP David Carter resigned, saying he had zero confidence in his leadership.Carter says he has zero confidence in Goodfellow as President.A Newshub poll also shows half of National voters want Collins out and rural New Zealanders are saying National is no longer the party for them.Political commentator and former National staffer Monique Poirier told Kerre McIvor the membership isn't happy with Goodfellow."He is a good fundraiser and I think that has to be acknowledged, but it is probably fair to say membership is disappointed with his re-election."LISTEN ABOVE 

Neale and Brigitte join Kathryn to look at the National Party's annual conference at the weekend, with Peter Goodfellow retaining his job as president and the Young Nats turning on the party over its bulk vote against the proposed ban on gay conversion therapy. Where does this leave Judith Collins' desire for unity in the party? An announcement on the 'road map' out of Covid is due this week - how much is riding on this? And is the government backpedaling on the cycling bridge - was it ever a real prospect? Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government.

Neale and Brigitte join Kathryn to look at the National Party's annual conference at the weekend, with Peter Goodfellow retaining his job as president and the Young Nats turning on the party over its bulk vote against the proposed ban on gay conversion therapy. Where does this leave Judith Collins' desire for unity in the party? An announcement on the 'road map' out of Covid is due this week - how much is riding on this? And is the government backpedaling on the cycling bridge - was it ever a real prospect? Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government.

The National Party has come out of its annual conference with the same leader and president, but new problems. A disgruntled former MP lashed out at the party on Sunday after losing a bid to unseat sitting president Peter Goodfellow. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson.

The National Party's annual conference has exposed further division within the party. Senior Party member and former speaker Sir David Carter figure quit the board on the spot after he failed in his bid to replace Peter Goodfellow as Party President. Sir David says it'd be hypocritical to stick around when he had "zero confidence" in the chair. Peter Goodfellow and leader Judith Collins both fronted the annual conference over the weekend, telling members a win in 2023 is possible. But Sir David told our political editor Jane Patterson that won't happen while Goodfellow is at the helm.

National Party leader Judith Collins promised unity to party faithful on Day 1 of their annual conference. But before Day 2 was over, board member David Carter had resigned after issuing a broadside against president Peter Goodfellow. Newstalk ZB chief political reporter Jason Walls gave Tim Roxborogh and Tim Beveridge a blow-by-blow. LISTEN ABOVE

National Party leader Judith Collins promised unity to party faithful on Day 1 of their annual conference. But before Day 2 was over, board member David Carter had resigned after issuing a broadside against president Peter Goodfellow. Newstalk ZB chief political reporter Jason Walls gave Tim Roxborogh and Tim Beveridge a blow-by-blow. LISTEN ABOVE

NewstalkZB's chief Political Journalist Jason Walls chatted to Francesca Rudkin about the decision to re-elect Peter Goodfellow as National Party President, David Carter's possible retirement, and what to expect from Judith Collins's keynote speech.LISTEN ABOVE

It's a big weekend for National and Judith Collins. She'll front for the second time as leader to a full annual conference since the 2020 election. There's also major pressure on the current President Peter Goodfellow, and whether he should stay on in that position. National's still rebuilding after the distrastrous election loss, but members are expected to turn up in droves for the conference in Auckland, that kicks off later this morning. Political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Susie Ferguson.

National's leader Judith Collins is pulling no punches in her public condemnation of former party candidate Jake Bezzant - describing the allegations against him as one of the most disgraceful things she's ever seen in politics. The way the party selects its candidates is under scrutiny, after allegations the party's former Upper Harbour candidate posted naked pictures of an ex-girlfriend and impersonated her online. Speaking to media today, Judith Collins says she was unaware of the allegations until Tuesday. Collins still has confidence in party president, Peter Goodfellow. Instead, she blames the selection process for Bezzant slipping through the cracks. Collins says party discussions about changing selection process are expected to happen at its conference next month RNZ has contacted Jake Bezzant to offer him a right of reply on Collins' comments - but we are yet to receive a response.

The National Party's AGM delivered mixed messages last weekend as the president claimed the media lined up against the party at election time - while former PM John Key said the poor performance  at the polls was the party's own fault.

National Party leader Judith Collins hopes her party's leakers are long gone.Former Prime Minister John Key warned members at the party's Annual General Meeting yesterday, in a speech on what the Party"Here is my very simple advice to those who like to leak to the media – if you can't quit your leaking, here's a clue: quit the party.""The public look at it and say 'for goodness sake, if they can't run their own party, how on earth will they run a country'."He told MPs that it was okay to disagree and to debate ideas but he said that should be done privately."We shouldn't do it by going behind people's backs."Collins told Tim Beveridge that people lapped up the speech and agreed with his sentiment about leakers.However, she told the Weekend Collective she's not going on a hunt for them."I haven't seen anything myself of any importance leaked since the election, and I hope that whoever it was is gone." A speech that was less well-received was that from National Party president Peter Goodfellow, who compared the 1pm press conference as being like "gospel", and says that democracy was replaced by tyranny.Collins says that Goodfellow was just expressing his view, and that National did struggle to get air time. "It's really hard to have the Prime Minister up every day at 1pm talking about what's happening." She says that there were similar complaints after the Christchurch earthquake, when John Key was on the news regularly after the disaster. Collins says that it was a "surprisingly good mood" at the AGM, with people more accepting of the defeat than they were in 2002 when she and Key both entered Parliament, and more aware of what needs to be done to right the ship before the 2023 election. She says that the party needs to think forward and more boldly than the Labour Party. 

National could learn a lot from John Key this weekend - and that may involve being more like Jacinda Ardern. The former Prime Minister and National leader spoke to party members at the AGM yesterday in Wellington, saying a victory for National in 2023 is possible/Sir John says National needs to believe in a New Zealand, that gives people the encouragement and freedom to take risks, and work hard.He says the party needs to show the contrast between National and a Government fixated on increasing taxes, printing money and spending more than it could ever earn.He says voters need to be reminded that the Government failed on every major policy it campaigned on in 2017.His speech came at a direct contrast to what followed from National's president, Peter Goodfellow.In his speech, Goodfellow took aim at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, saying the election was all about "a race of celebrity leadership".He referred to the 1pm press conferences, often fronted by Ardern, as "televangelist – like gospel to the masses"."Democracy, for a period of time, gave way to temporary tyranny."That was the reality in a "Jacindamania world", Goodfellow said.Discussing the speech on The Sunday Panel with Francesca Rudkin, journalist Jo McCarroll and ZB host Andrew Dickens both agreed that Key is on the right track, while Goodfellow's speech did not gel with the reality.She says that rather than focusing on what National needs to do differently from Labour, she says you can draw a lot of similarities between John Key and Jacinda Ardern - charismatic leaders very strong communication skills, and both are centrists. "For all the talk of a transformational government, we haven't seen much. That's what we need to see now - for things to happen."However, Newstalk ZB host Andrew Dickens said that now isn't the time for transformation - and that's what New Zealanders want. "I reckon that Ardern, after three years, has figured a lot of this out, and the big old bravado talk they did in their first year will be out. Ever since Helen Clark, every Government has been a centrist government that has barely changed a thing. They've been a little bit socialist, a little bit capitalist, and that's just how New Zealanders like it." He says that National failed by not appealing to those in the centre, by focusing too much on tribalism. He then turned to the media, calling some of the coverage of the election "infectious, click-bait journalism".LISTEN ABOVE

National's long-serving president Peter Goodfellow has held onto to the position, beating off a potential challenge from former MP David Carter at the National's party annual general meeting.Goodfellow was chosen as president again by the party's board on Saturday night.Earlier in the day, the party's delegates had re-elected him to the board along with Rachel Bird.Carter, who was an MP for 21 years before retiring in 2020, was elected to the board for the first time and was understood to be pushing to become president as well.Goodfellow started in the role in 2009 and is now National's longest serving president.In a statement he thanked the party for its "vote of confidence" in him and said the board was "strong and united.""I have made commitments that I will honour covering the campaign review, fundraising and delivering the change needed to win the 2023 campaign."Goodfellow's experience in fundraising and connections with potential donors was likely a critical factor, as well as his base in Auckland.He had pushed for the need for the party to have some stability and continuity as it embarked upon a review of its election result. There had been criticism of the board's handling of some candidate selections, including controversy in Auckland Central.Former Speaker of the House and Minister, and now National presidential hopeful, David Carter has been elected by delegates to the party's board.Goodfellow has held the role for 11 years.Former Speaker of the House under National, David Carter. Photo / Mark MitchellPrior to tonight's election, both Carter and Goodfellow had been lobbying delegates for support for weeks.In a flyer to members, Carter told National's faithful that changes at the board level are needed or "we risk history repeating itself".Goodfellow – who is the longest-serving president in National's history – addressed supporters directly this morning in a set-piece speech.He took aim at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, saying the election was all about "a race of celebrity leadership".He referred to the 1pm press conferences, often fronted by Ardern, as "televangelist – like gospel to the masses"."Democracy, for a period of time, gave way to temporary tyranny."That was the reality in a "Jacindamania world", Goodfellow said.He then turned to the media, calling some of the coverage of the election "infectious, click-bait journalism".Speaking to party faithful at the AGM, National leader Judith Collins was mostly forward-looking but she did take time to reflect on National's election loss."While the country was focused on the Covid-19 challenge this year, I felt the National Party was far too focused on itself," she said."We did not spend enough time talking about the things that matter to New Zealanders. The consequence of that can be seen in our election result and our reduced caucus."Going forward, she said the only way the party will recover is by being united and sticking to its values of individual freedom, personal responsibility, limited government and equal citizenship and opportunity.National also needs to present itself as an "inspiring alternative", to put forward bold ideas and to set the agenda.But, above all else, Collins said National "need to listen"."We have three years to do this work and to bring New Zealanders on board with our vision, to be bold, and to give New Zealanders a reason to vote blue."Three years will come and go very quickly. There is much work to do to come back stronger. But we have done it before and will do it again. New Zealand needs us to."Speaking to media after her speech, she said National needed to focus on the people – "that's who are voting for us"."Everything we talk about needs to be focused on the people, less about ourselves, more about the people."text by Jason Walls, NZ Herald