National Party MPs will spend a few more tense hours as the potential leaders of the party to replace Bill English announce their intentions. Mr English caught many of his caucus colleagues off guard yesterday when he announced his resignation without warning. Mr English said at a press conference in Parliament it had been an enormous privilege to serve New Zealanders since being elected to Parliament in 1990. Over a 27-year stretch, Mr English said, he had been privileged to work alongside so many different people to help improve New Zealand. Mr English was a compromise who lived in Wellington but was seen as a South Islander.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 13, 2018 16:52 UTC