Jacinda Ardern sacks immigration minister over year-long affair with staff member

Iain Lees-Galloway fired following a tip off to New Zealand's PM from the opposition leader

Jacinda Ardern has fired her immigration minister after being tipped off by the opposition leader that he had engaged in a 12-month-affair with a staffer in his office.

New Zealand's prime minister said on Wednesday that Iain Lees-Galloway had accepted his situation was untenable, and Ardern was concerned that an abuse of power may have taken place. The affair took place over a 12-month period and ended several months ago, Ardern said.