New Zealand government minister Clare Curran has had to resign her portfolios after failing to explain why she used a private Gmail account to conduct government business.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/106851077/embattled-minister-clare-curran-struggles-to-explain-using-personal-email-for-government-business

Curran was privately communicating with Derek Handley regarding the Chief Technology Officer role. Her inappropriate communication with him resulted in him losing the role which he had already been offered. He was compensated with over $100,000 of taxpayer money.

Now the government is refusing to release the private gmails, fueling speculation that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was also communicating with Handley and conducting official business with a private email account, to avoid official information requests.

Ardern previous attended an party with Handley prior to him being offered the government position.

It has drawn comparisons with Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.