Former United Future Leader Peter Dunne says the Meka Whaitiri saga has exposed the failures of the waka-jumping ban.
Dunne, who defected from Labour himself in 1994, told Mike Hosking the legislation clearly doesn't work and needs to be repealed.
“What it shows is the complete nonsensical nature of the waka-jumping legislation, because it’s never been effectively triggered, even when there’s clear-cut cases.”
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