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Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington

New Zealand Labour expels MP Gaurav Sharma from caucus

Jacinda Ardern surrounded by microphones and tape recorders at a media conference
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern speaks to media before a caucus meeting at which Labour members voted to expel MP Gaurav Sharma. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

Jacinda Ardern and her Labour colleagues have expelled MP Gaurav Sharma from caucus, the first time in more than a decade that the party has taken such action.

The expulsion of Sharma, who was elected as the member for Hamilton West in 2020, came after nearly two weeks of the MP making public allegations of bullying and misconduct against his own party.

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