Labour MP Greg O'Connor has apologised and said he got it wrong after he publicly criticised the handling of Clare Curran's resignation.

O'Connor told Newstalk ZB's Heather Du Plessis-Allan yesterday, he felt things could have been done better.

Now, he says it's pretty important to get it right - and he got it wrong - saying he's apologised and he's got the message.

O'Connor repeatedly admonished himself when speaking to media today - saying eight times in just 90 seconds that he got it wrong.

The Ohariu MP says his understanding of the events was wrong, the Prime Minister has spoken with him, he's apologised, and he now knows what was right.

Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper has doubts though.

"Well in my book she [Jacinda Ardern] actually got it wrong and O'Connor got it right."

"She deserved to be criticised for her handling of the Curran debacle, particularly when she declared on Newstalk ZB on Friday morning that Curran had paid her price and wasn't going to be cut loose, knowing full well that she had resigned as the minister the night before."

Soper says O'Connor was simply saying things could have been handled better.

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