Michael Laws is a New Zealand former politician, broadcaster and writer/columnist. He served two terms as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, representing the National Party 1990–96. He was elected as Mayor of Whanganui in 2004, and was re-elected in 2007. Before the October 2010 elections he announced his retirement from the mayoralty, but in 2013 entered the "race" for the Whanganui mayoralty again. He was elected a Whanganui district councillor and district health board member, was a Radio Live morning talkback host and a longstanding The Sunday Star-Times columnist, but resigned all positions in 2014 to take full-time care of his youngest children, after their mother suffered a severe stroke.
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Broadcaster, Writer, Columnist
