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Colin Craig taking defamation case to the Supreme Court

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 5:43PM
Colin Craig at the Auckland High Court to defend his defamation accusation by Rachel MacGregor. (Photo / Michael Craig)
Colin Craig at the Auckland High Court to defend his defamation accusation by Rachel MacGregor. (Photo / Michael Craig)

Colin Craig taking defamation case to the Supreme Court

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 5:43PM

Colin Craig is heading back to court - this time, taking the case to the Supreme Court.

The former Conservative Party leader last month failed to overturn a High Court finding that he sexually harassed his former press secretary.

The Court of Appeal rejected Craig's attempt to unseat a High Court finding in a defamation case he took against former staff member Rachel McGregor, which prompted a counter-claim alleging he had defamed her.

The decision marks yet another failed attempt by Craig to challenge a finding he had "engaged in moderately serious sexual harassment" of McGregor, who worked for the Conservative Party from 2011 to 2014.

Craig is now taking the case to the Supreme Court. 

Meanwhile, incoming National MP Harete Hipango says there's always room for improvement on diversity.

Nick Smith's leaving Parliament after revealing he's facing an employment investigation into a "verbal altercation".

Hipango takes his place as the next on National's list.

She was a one-term MP for Whanganui before losing to Labour last year.

Hipango says she's stepping in at a time of Party discourse over Maori representation.

Listen above as Barry Soper runs through the day's political news with Heather du Plessis-Allan

 

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