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Timeline - National's new MP for Tauranga has been suspended from the caucus over accusations of bullying and violence.

He says boarding schools in the '90s were full of 'rough and tumble', but is quick to defend King's College. He contacts the man he attacked at the boarding school to apologise. We need friends, family, and, in particular, parents, to step up and show what is right. At the time, the man said he would never forgive the boy who hurt him, but forgave the man Uffindell had become. 15 March 2022: Former National party leader Simon Bridges announces his retirement from politics. One, a young woman, has accused him of a pattern of heavy drinking and drug use and intimidatory behaviour.

If National had really sorted its selection problems, the MP for Tauranga today would be Tania Tapsell.

But at the same time, if ever there was a chance to show a party turning a corner, a byelection in the safe seat of Tauranga, with all the attention it attracts and a brand new party leader, was it. In the catalogue of awkward headlines, “National tries to avoid repeating mistakes in Tauranga” ranks pretty highly. Consider the hall of shame National candidates of recent years, as sounded out to Luxon by Guyon Espiner this morning in a list that echoed like sepulchral bells. This might seem a tangential, off-topic point but it goes to the heart of questions around National Party candidate selection. None of the above is remotely Luxon’s responsibility. The potential for reform, redemption, absolution – these are precious social and cultural ideals, and few would deny them to Sam Uffindell. But New Zealanders cling, too, sometimes in spite of the evidence, to principles of egalitarianism. Did Uffindell get the same shot at turning over a new leaf that a kid in a state school might have? But for Luxon, the question is in one way straightforward: does he believe he has been misled by the new MP? Does he still have confidence in him? But they are very serious, not just in substance but because of the assurances Uffindell offered that there was nothing more to come. It is not obvious whether the woman will wish to take part in the Dew investigation, nor whether any further allegations may emerge. This simply did not happen.” 11.37pm: a statement from the new president of the National Party, Sylvia Wood, the same information, no further comment. If true, they cast into doubt the MP’s assurances to National Party leader Christopher Luxon, and to the public, that there were no other serious historic incidents he needed to disclose.

National leader Christopher Luxon admits his trust in the party's newest MP Sam Uffindell is shaken after more allegations of bullying emerged against him.

A woman who flatted with Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell at university in 2003 has told RNZ's Morning Report Uffindell was an aggressive bully who once pounded on ...

Uffindell on Tuesday described himself as a "16-year-old thug" but said he was now a changed person. he was out of control." "It was clear... Her father travelled to Dunedin the next day to help her move out, she said. I was scared." "This was intimidation.

Footage has emerged of the grungy Dunedin flat Sam Uffindell lived in at university, which includes an image of women's underwear prominently displayed, ...