Backstory: Shane Reti reflects on his journey from Hamilton to Harvard and to the Beehive

How well do we really know our politicians, and the personal values and experiences they bring to decisions that affect us all?

Welcome to Backstory, where Newshub Nation brings you the private lives of our MP's to find out what shaped and motivates them.

This week a doting grandad who plays guitar and was once a Harvard Medical School professor. Politics is a third career for National's Deputy leader Dr Shane Reti.

Newshub Nation travelled to Whangārei to hear his Backstory.

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