Maharey to retire

Steve Maharey has announced he will both retire from Parliament at the next election, but also step down from Cabinet at the impending reshuffle.

This is a big event.  Not only is Maharey the highest ranked MP after the Leader and Deputy, he was probably the favourite to replace Clark as Leader.

He has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of , which isn't a bad job at all to go into. Not quite as good as though.

This means they now need to find replacements for both and Development – two of the largest .

It also dramatically increases the chance of Phil Goff of becoming Labour Leader. If Labour do lose the next election, and Clark stands down, then there is only a year for alternatives to Goff to impress. That's assuming Mallard isn't a contender, but he may now be a contender again if it is him vs Goff.

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