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Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected
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Rachel Brooking. PHOTO: ODT FILES Chris Bishop. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Regular readers of this column may feel like much of it this year has been about Dunedin Labour MP Rachel Brooking and her National counterparts, especially RMA Minister Chris Bishop.
With National now eight points behind Labour, this wasn’t the send-off to 2025 the government was hoping for.
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The new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport is expected to be stood up by July. Faced with criticism that thousands of public servants face uncertainty over Christmas Bishop said it was better to front the speculation.
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