of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter trust. July: National Party MP Andrew Falloon quit politics after sending an indecent image to a young woman. NZ Police subsequently reopened their investigation into Falloon after a number of other women came forward with complaints. 2022 - August: New National MP Sam Uffindell had historic bullying events as a 16-year-old, which led to his expulsion from King's College, made public. Having offered the victim an apology in 2021 he stood for parliament at the 2022 Tauranga by-election nine months later and declared the event to the National Party selection committee, however it was not mentioned to voters. Soon after another bullying allegation was made against Uffindell by a former flatmate. He was stood down from the National caucus pending an investigation. The investigation, conducted by Maria Dew KC, found that the allegations could not be substantiated and Uffindell was reinstated into the caucus. National's party president, Sylvia Wood, said the investigation would not be released for privacy reasons, but Uffindell's former flatmate who had accused him of bullying and her father said they would agree to a redacted version of the report being publicly released. Labour MP Gaurav Sharma made several public accusations of bullying in parliament by his own party, their whips and Parliamentary Services revolving around employment issues in his office with staff turnover. Little evidence was provided and his accusations were disputed by Labour and Parliamentary Services. Counterclaims were made by former staffers of Sharma alleging he was bullying them though he stated their contracts were not renewed due to poor performance. For bringing the party into public disrepute Sharma was suspended and later expelled from the Labour caucus. See also List of Australian political controversies Notes References Political New Zealand Scandals