Tamihere outski

The Herald reports:

The Labour Party has refused to renew the party membership of Auckland mayoral candidate and former Cabinet minister John Tamihere.
Tamihere said he is considering a legal challenge to the decision because he had been given no just cause for it.
He sent in his application from the Labour Party website in December with a $100 donation.
It was returned to him this week after a decision by the party’s ruling New Zealand Council at the weekend to reject his membership.

“I’ve been ex-communicated,” said Tamihere. “I feel like I have been thrown out of my church.”
“I haven’t been a member of any other political movement in my life.”
Labour Party president Nigel Haworth declined to make any comment, saying a process was in train.

I presume it is because he is standing against Phil Goff for Auckland Mayor. A good reminder that Goff is not independent, despite his nominal status.