Opinion - Peter Dunne has decided to step down at the election after 33 years in Parliament.
Originally elected to Parliament in David Lange's Labour party in 1984, he left and became a founding member of United Future in 1994 after a second lost election for the party.
Toby Morris offers his take on the end of Mr Dunne's long career.
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