Peter Dunne: Former United Future Leader says the Meka Whaitiri saga has exposed the failures of the waka-jumping ban

Published: May 3, 2023, 7:54 p.m.

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Dunne, who defected from Labour himself in 1994, told Mike Hosking the legislation clearly doesn't work and needs to be repealed.

\u201cWhat it shows is the complete nonsensical nature of the waka-jumping legislation, because it\u2019s never been effectively triggered, even when there\u2019s clear-cut cases.\u201d

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