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NEWSFLASH: Dover Samuels Stood Down
Maori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels has been stood down from his ministerial responsibilities following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Mr. Samuels has stood down after a letter about the matter was sent to the Prime Minister’s Department yesterday. Radio New Zealand is reporting that ACT leader Richard Prebble has also written a letter to the PM in relation to the allegations. Mr. Prebble is making no comment at this time.
According to reports police
investigated the allegations last year but no charges were
laid.
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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