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Politics
Ben McKay

NZ Labour boots renegade MP Sharma

Renegade MP Gaurav Sharma has been suspended from the New Zealand Labour caucus after what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "repeated breaches of colleagues' trust".

After a damaging week for party unity, Ms Ardern attempted to draw a line under the episode on Tuesday, sanctioning Dr Sharma for going public with unqualified claims of bullying and wrongdoing.

Dr Sharma, the first-term Hamilton West MP, attacked Ms Ardern and former whip Kieran McAnulty, in a series of missives including one 2624-word Facebook post.

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