Comeback kid stands for NZ First

Former National MP Dail Jones now standing for New Zealand First, was a controversial figure in Parliament who was once stabbed with a chisel by a constituent.

The lawyer is contesting the seat of Helensville, which he held during the Muldoon era, because he wants to end Treaty of Waitangi claims.

He suffered a punctured lung when he was attacked in his electorate office in June 1980 during a Saturday clinic by pensioner Ambrose Tindall, who was obsessed about a $15 traffic ticket.

Mr Jones resigned as junior Government whip in October 1980 over his opposition to new divorce laws.

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