This week's gone from bad to worse for Stuart Nash -- with the country's top watchdog reopening a probe.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is investigating whether an email revealing Cabinet discussions should have been released two years ago under the Official Information Act, also known as the OIA.

Boshier says while an inquiry was discontinued last May, the complainant has now asked him to reopen the case.

Newstalk ZB's Political Editor Jason Walls told Andrew Dickens Chris Hipkins and the government  were hoping the story would stop getting headlines, but there is plenty more to come. 

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