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OPINION: Premium subscribers react to the Sam Uffindell saga.

Sonya Bateson: Sam Uffindell - will we see an arc of redemption or fall from grace?

OPINION: Putting your leader in such a quandary is not a good look for MP of two months.

Luke Kirkness: The public had a right to know about Uffindell's past

OPINION: Fledgling MP's tattered career remains on a knife-edge.

The Premium Debate: Mixed views on whether Tauranga's Uffindell should resign or stay

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