Newstalk ZB recording starts at 0.40 – Mike Hosking comments: Let me just precis this for you. So, this bloke who’s been stood down – here’s what Mallard said: Quote. “We are talking about serious sexual assault.” End of quote. Trevor Mallard Well, that for me – that’s rape,
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‘I’m in a very dark place’: Man stood down from Parliament after Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape claims […] Referring last week to the alleged assaults, Mallard said: “We’re talking about serious sexual assault. Well that, for me, that’s rape.” […] A colleague at the centre of an unsubstantiated
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