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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

New Zealand justice minister Kiri Allan resigns after crashing car ‘while drink-driving’

New Zealand’s justice minister has resigned after she crashed into a parked car while reportedly over the legal alcohol limit.

Kiri Allan has been charged by police with careless driving and refusing to accompany a police officer following the incident, which is understood to have happened in the country’s capital, Wellington, shortly after 9pm local time on Sunday.

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