Stuart Nash has resigned as police minister, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says.
Megan Woods will be the acting minister of police.
It comes after the opposition demanded Nash resign after criticising a judge's decision and revealing he phoned the police commissioner to discuss whether it would be appealed.
Nash was not police minister at the time of the conversation, but the government is expected to remain independent from judicial and police prosecutorial decisions.
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