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Both the President and the Secretary General have resigned from NZ First.
The resignations of President Kristin Campbell-Smith and Secretary General Liz Witehira were confirmed by party member Darroch Ball on Sunday.
Ball said he will take over as interim president, likely until the party’s annual general meeting next year.
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He has been involved with NZ First for the last ten years and before entering Parliament he was the vice president of the party in the North Island. As with all early New Zealand MPs, he lost his seat in the general election in
Ball said the resignations were “always a planned post-election retirement for both roles” and Campbell-Smith had already delivered the news to NZ First members last Wednesday.
