National's Judith Collins speaks to media after mask breach, leadership rumours

  • 21/09/2021

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Judith Collins is speaking to media at Parliament where she's expected to address her Queenstown mask breach and leadership rumours. 

The Opposition leader was filmed at a Queenstown café ordering ice cream without a mask on, which she accepted was against COVID-19 alert level 2 rules, according to NZ Herald

It came after Collins called microbiologist and New Zealander of the Year Dr Siouxsie Wiles a "big fat hypocrite" for visiting a beach with a friend without a mask on. 

Collins is also facing rumours of a leadership challenge, after disappointing poll results and some National MPs telling Newshub they were not pleased with their leader's recent performance. 

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