New Zealand politician admits leaking Covid-19 private details to media

Hamish Walker says he sent list of cases to media to expose government's shortcomings'

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A New Zealand politician has confessed that he leaked the private details of all of the country's active cases of Covid-19 to the media, which decided not to publish or use them.

Hamish Walker, an opposition MP from the centre-right National party, said in a statement he was the source of a list of private information about the 18 active cases, which was provided to several news outlets this week.