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flag Former NZ MP Jackie Blue quit National over 2025 pay equity law repeal, joining Opportunity Party to support 2026 campaign.

flag Former New Zealand MP Jackie Blue has left the National Party, citing the government’s handling of the 2025 Equal Pay Amendment Act as her breaking point. flag She resigned and joined the Opportunity Party, where she will mentor new leader Qiulae Wong. flag Blue criticized the law’s cancellation of pay equity claims affecting about 180,000 workers, mostly women, calling it a “hatchet job” and condemning MPs for ignoring affected individuals and using procedural tactics to silence them. flag A former Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Blue emphasized her commitment to gender equality and social justice, now supporting the Opportunity Party’s 2026 election campaign. flag She joins former Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway in advising Wong, while an informal group of former female MPs, including Dame Marilyn Waring, is examining the pay equity changes through public evidence gathering.

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