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Inside Parliament: The people behind the National leadership contenders

February 25, 2018

As the National Party leadership race gets to its final stage, the podcast team look at the contenders and share some behind the scene stories. (Source: Other)

This week 1 NEWS Māori Affairs reporter Yvonne Tahana and Sam Sachdeva from Newsroom join political reporter Katie Bradford to discuss the National leadership challenge.

1 NEWS Maori Affairs reporter Yvonne Tahana and Sam Sachdeva from Newsroom join Katie Bradford. (Source: Other)

MPs Judith Collins, Simon Bridges, Amy Adams, Mark Mitchell and Steven Joyce will go head to head next Tuesday, as the party votes for their next leadership team.

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