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Contested 8 races — 2 elected 6 not elected
National’s MP for West Coast-Tasman Maureen Pugh has announced her intention to resign at the election - just three years after winning the seat she has been battling for since 2014.
Country music, audiobooks, a Hollywood hard man, and a natural beach art competition are some of the West Coast-Tasman MP’s best cultural experiences of the year.
A National MP has had their name replaced with an insult on her own party’s website. It’s unclear whether the governing party’s website has been hacked or whether the change to National MP Maureen Pugh’s name was done internally. In a newsletter on the National Party’s website from June 2021, Pugh’s name had been edited to “Dumbass Poogh”.
National MP Maureen Pugh has refused to say she believes in man-made climate change. Asked if she believed in climate change caused by human actions, Pugh said she hadn't seen evidence.
National MP Maureen Pugh has been struck by lightning three times, she's revealed - once so powerfully it cooked her flesh and another time leaving her like "a vegetable" for six weeks.
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