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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Elle Hunt

With a text message sent to the wrong group chat, New Zealand’s Greens have never been so relatable

Young man looking shocked as he looks at phone
A stock image. A New Zealand Greens MP shocked her colleagues by apparently calling another MP a ‘crybaby’ in the wrong group chat. Photograph: Ivan Chiosea/Alamy

It has been described as “everyone’s worst nightmare” and a “wrong group-chat horror”, which you might think a bit melodramatic – only if you’ve never experienced it yourself.

As it is, political scandals are rarely so relatable. New Zealand’s Green party is in highly public turmoil after one politician sent a message seeming to criticise a colleague to a group of their other colleagues, apparently by mistake.

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