National's David MacLeod has admitted to making a high-profile slip-up.

Macleod has lost his select committee roles for failing to declare 19 candidate donations, worth $168,000.

He says he mistakenly believed those 2022 donations were already logged.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this could set MacLeod's political career back.

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National's David MacLeod has admitted to making a high-profile slip-up.
Macleod has lost his select committee roles for failing to declare 19 candidate donations, worth $168,000.
He says he mistakenly believed those 2022 donations were already logged.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this could set MacLeod's political career back.
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