First published SEP 29, 2023 Updated 3 hours ago Election 2023 Chris Hipkins has condemned the increased risk of campaign trail violence as police investigate an assault on Labour's Angela Roberts Labour's candidate for Taranaki-King Country has confirmed she was assaulted following an election debate at the Inglewood Rotary Club earlier this week.  Angela Roberts explained in a Facebook post after the debate 'we finished up with a cuppa and chat with members of the audience'. 'The last discussion I had, about education policy amongst other things, was with a tall man who had introduced himself to me earlier in the evening.

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