Former spy minister Andrew Little has announced he will not be taking up his list seat in the new parliament. Good. As justice minister he failed to deliver on a promised review of the OIA, as spy minister he presided over a further expansion of spy powers, and as defence minister he over-rode a bipartisan select committee to impose secrecy to protect NZDF war crimes. So I'm not at all sorry to see the back of him.
The downside? He'll be replaced by the next candidate on Labour's list - in this case, Shanan Halbert, who is a known bully. It would be good if he did the decent thing and stood aside too.
