George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

So Jacinda Ardern, the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party said that, when she saw reference made to the New Zealand Labor Party, she immediately sought to clarify what those connections were.

I learnt that one of my members of parliament had asked two questions that related to issues around citizenship. Mr Hipkins should never have asked those questions – I have made that absolutely clear to him, and he acknowledges he shouldn't have asked them.

Ms Ardern went on to say:

My hope in this is to have been absolutely clear and transparent with those involved around our level of knowledge, the level of involvement and to be clear again that regardless of whether or not we knew the basis on which those questions were being asked, they should never have been asked.

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