Has he resigned or not?

I did an update to my article on Fale Andrew Lesa, noting Stuff reported that he said he said he is resigning from all his roles. I remember reading that and thinking he didn’t say he had resigned, but that he had “decided to resign from everything”. My caution in not reporting it as him having resigned was justified, because a further Stuff story reports:

In an email to a Stuff editor, Lesā said he would like to “retract” the story about his resignations.

So he has not resigned from a single thing?

In his statement, Lesā appears to have changed his mind again — back to his original position that he will resign after all.

“Public service has been the highlight of my life,” he wrote, “but it’s time to close the door on this chapter of my story.

So he said he is resigning. Then he said he is not. Then he implies he is again. Unless an actual resignation is received, I think one should assume he is not.