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Contested 6 races — 3 elected 3 not elected
The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party has been secretly recorded calling one of his own party's MPs "****ing useless". National Party leader Simon Bridges said Margaret Pugh had accepted his apology for the remark directed at her and he will not resign over the matter.
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