Meka Whaitiri's Parliament return without Cabinet role

Meka Whaitiri will be expected back at Parliament next week, despite the Prime Minister stripping her of her Ministerial warrant on Thursday. Jacinda Ardern says she's lost confidence in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP, on the back of an investigation into an altercation with her press secretary at an event in Gisborne in August. Ms Ardern has seen the final report - on which she's based her decision to strip Ms Whaitiri of her portfolios - but the public will have to wait until Internal Affairs has been through it before they get to see it. Here's political reporter Gia Garrick.