'Untenable' for Labour's new candidate to continue as superintendent - Police Commissioner

The ups and downs of Labour’s list announcement

Who’s on the ascent, who’s on the decline, and what signals does the party give about its future based on where it put first-time candidates, asks Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Yesterday, the Labour party released its party list for the forthcoming election. You can read it on 1News, whose latest poll (on 19 April, so not exactly up to the minute) would give Labour …

‘Untenable’: Labour’s top cop candidate to be placed on leave from duty

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has expressed disappointment that one of his top cops didn’t tell him he was going to stand for Labour and says its “untenable” for him to continue in his current role.

Police boss 'disappointed' not informed of Labour candidacy

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers (left) and Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo. Photo: RNZ Russell Palmer of RNZ The head of police is "very disappointed" by Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo's failure to give earlier notice of his intention to stand for Labour.

'Untenable' for Labour's new candidate to continue as superintendent - Police Commissioner

Police Minister Mark Mitchell says Rakesh Naidoo has been privy to sensitive information.

Stability over sparkle in Labour’s candidate list as policy question looms

Comment: Any opposition party putting together its candidate list after a term in the wilderness faces a delicate balancing act. Bring back too many of your existing caucus, and you risk looking like you haven’t learned from your failures in government. Go for a dramatic overhaul, and you may be seen as too untested to return to power. So it is perhaps little surprise that Chris Hipkins and Labour have had a bob each way, with a few first-time c…