Recap: United Future's Peter Dunne to go

United Future leader and Ōhāriu MP Peter Dunne will resign from Parliament at the election, saying voters in his electorate want a change.

• Peter Dunne, 63, has held the Wellington electorate since 1984.
• A 1 News Colmar Brunton poll released on 13 August showed Labour candidate Greg O'Connor 14 points ahead, with 48 percent of the vote compared to Mr Dunne's 34 percent.
• Mr Dunne, in his statement today, said his "best wishes for the future" went to Ōhāriu-based National Party list MP Brett Hudson.

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