Outgoing National MP Michael Woodhouse claims being male cost him his position, the number of gang members on home detention sentences increases and the passengers stranded in a broken cable car are finally rescued. Video / NZ Herald / AP
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Experience v diversity
Michael Woodhouse says being male has cost him - and many other National MPs - a higher slot on the party list.
The former Cabinet minister, who has served National for 15 years, says there was a contest between diversity and experience - and in his case, diversity won.
National MP Michael Woodhouse has taken himself off the National list. Photo / Mark Mitchell
National is putting it down to the Government wanting to reduce the prison population by 30 per cent, saying it filters through to the justice system and results in more people serving home detention for serious offences.
Operations on hold
The use of surgical mesh to treat a common childbirth injury has been suspended because of safety concerns.