Herald says Tizard will be back

Not an April Fools joke, but it seems $162,000 in return for knitting in the chamber for a few months, is going to be too hard to resist. The Herald reports:

Former Judith Tizard is widely expected to announce tomorrow she will take the seat in Parliament left vacant by Darren Hughes. …

Ms Tizard is next in line on the party's list and is expected to announce her decision on TVNZ's Q+A tomorrow morning.

Sources said they understood she was leaning towards taking the seat despite Labour Party president Andrew Little's clear preference for , the former list MP is standing in the safe seat of Manurewa.

If is true, Phil Goff will be a very unhappy camper, and a happy camper.

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