Labour has confirmed nine nominations, including two list MPs, have been received from candidates wanting to represent the party in the Te Atatu seat from the next election.

Outgoing Labour MP Chris Carter has told the GayNZ.Com website that media unfairly targeted his travel expenses because of his sexuality.

Independent MP Chris Carter has decided to step aside from the Labour candidacy for Te Atatu for the 2011 election.

Now that Chris Carter is well enough to be back at work at Parliament, the Labour organisation is making plans for him to front up and explain his actions and face possible expulsion from the party.

Vaughan Smith, a DJ on radio station The Edge, moved to Te Atatu only this winter with his fiance Sharde Thanatharakij, and already the couple are in love with their slice of country so close to town.

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Labour's nominations for the Te Atatu seat have been reopened in the wake of disciplinary action against sitting MP Chris Carter.

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An Auckland woman's court-imposed driving ban for drink-driving has been overturned because she was escaping a sexual assault at the time.