More scrutiny of disgraced former Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash.

The damning email between Nash and one of his donors, which led to the Cabinet Minister's sacking, wasn't released under the Official Information Act as requested.

Officials declined to release the email, on the basis Nash wrote it as a local Napier MP and not as a Cabinet Minister.

National Deputy Leader Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking the idea he wasn't acting in his ministerial capacity is "laughable".

“Here’s the thing, the email was about what happened at cabinet and last time I checked, local MPs don’t get to go to cabinet.”

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