New Zealand main opposition party ousts leader


  • World
  • Thursday, 25 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: National leader Judith Collins participates in a televised debate with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand's National Party opposition leader Judith Collins has been dumped by the party as it grapples with instability that has helped strengthen Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's position even more after her historic election win last year.

The conservative National Party will now have to elect its fifth leader in four years after the majority ousted Collins, hours after she relieved Simon Bridges, a former party leader, from her shadow cabinet following allegations of misconduct.

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