The phones are running hot in the National Party caucus as MPs frantically try to figure out whether to replace Simon Bridges as leader.
It comes after a massive backlash to a Facebook post and media release criticising the Prime Minister's decision to extend Alert Level 4 for another week.
Bridges accused the government of not having "done the groundwork" to safely release the country from the harshest level of lockdown.
RNZ's Political Editor Jane Patterson speaks to Philippa Tolley.
