National Party leader Judith Collins. Surviving and outgoing MPs have started arriving at Parliament this morning, and many are blaming an email leak for the election result. While there's been speculation that Collins' job may be on the line, it appears National MPs are still backing their leader for now. National MPs from the class of 2008 met for a farewell dinner last night. She advised any National MP who was leaking to media about Judith Collins being dumped as leader to "shut up".

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2020 21:33 UTC