"The [National] party is working to distance itself from Falloon - saying that his actions don't speak to the party's culture."

Jami-Lee Ross - was party Whip when these things happened https://www.newsroom.co.nz/go-back-into-a-room-with-a-predator-no-thank-you

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‘Go back into a room with a predator? No thank you' | Newsroom

The latest investigation into MP Jami-Lee Ross has substantiated a number of claims made by former staff including harassment and a toxic office culture. Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner report

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/go-back-into-a-room-with-a-predator-no-thank-you
Michael Woodhouse - then and now a National MP - this from 2012's National Party Mainland Region Conference

Also present and possibly implicated - Nick Smith (still a Nat MP), Jacqui Dean (recently promoted Nat MP), Eric Roy (no longer an MP) https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-07-2020/clare-curran-interview-donna-chisholm/
'I physically felt like I was going to die': Clare Curran opens up on politics, toxicity and trauma

Sacked cabinet minister Clare Curran speaks for the first time about the brutal end to her political career – and what she calls the toxicity and bullying that marked her years in parliament. By...

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-07-2020/clare-curran-interview-donna-chisholm/
John Key's issues with consent and ponytails

http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2015/04/open-thread-prime-minister-pony-tail.html
Young Nats culture of harassment and degrading of women exposed in Dirty Politics back in 2014.

http://thehandmirror.blogspot.com/2014/08/national-party-alleged-rape-culture.html

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Chris Bishop, still a National MP and indeed recently promoted - inappropriate snapchatting w teenage girls

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11992215

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National MP Chris Bishop changed Snapchat settings after learning of concerned parents

Parents have complained after National MP Chris Bishop messaged teenage girls on Snapchat.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11992215
Richard Worth, National MP & Minister eventually sacked as a Minister, but we never really found out why from then PM John Key.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10576545

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Worth scandal: Friend tells of minister, woman and hotel room

The woman who laid a complaint with police against Richard Worth says he invited her to Parliament, hosted her in his ministerial capacity then took her to

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10576545
Mike Sabin, National MP resigned soon after general election, again never really found out why other than vague mentions of a police investigation possibly for assault.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/northland-mp-mike-sabin-resigns

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Northland MP Mike Sabin resigns

Northland MP Mike Sabin has announced he has resigned as a member of Parliament, effective immediately.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/northland-mp-mike-sabin-resigns
Todd Barclay - forced to resign after taping a female staffer, who then got a hush payment from John Key, Bill English knew too.

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The politicians, the police, and the payout

The clandestine taping of an employee by MP Todd Barclay has resulted in a secret payment from ex-PM John Key’s leader’s budget to make it go away.

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/summer-newsroom/politicians-police-and-the-payout
Unknown Male National MP - called the PM a "stupid little girl" in Parliament - in 2018

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/05/newshub-investigates-which-national-mp-made-a-very-sexist-remark-about-jacinda-ardern.html

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Newshub investigates: Which National MP made a 'very sexist remark' about Jacinda Ardern? | Newshub

It came from a seat behind Simon Bridges.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/05/newshub-investigates-which-national-mp-made-a-very-sexist-remark-about-jacinda-ardern.html
Paul Goldsmith, senior Nat MP - tells PM to "stick to [her] knitting" LAST MONTH

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2006/S00067/on-why-women-with-opinions-can-be-so-annoying.htm

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That's 10 different MPs, possibly more (see the toilet seat, the "stupid little girl" comment) that WE KNOW PUBLICLY have had issues on the spectrum of misogyny, in the last 11 years.

Then take a look at the imbalance of their caucus, the selections to safe seats... 11/n
And a recently announced top 20 that has only FIVE women in it - sitting at 1, 10, 14, 15 and 17.

I'm not even looking at policy & political decisions like underfunding the Ministry for Women for years, just the people side of the party.

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I think the National party has a misogyny problem.

Having a woman as leader hasn't changed that. It can't change that without them accepting they have a problem and need to seriously address it, over time consistently.

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They can start by releasing the "culture review" publicly and openly discussing the recommendations therein and what they are going to do about them.

National is NZ's biggest political party. That makes this a problem for NZ as a whole, not just them.

FIN

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