Judith Collins is holding on to her National Party leader role

Speaking to Newshub Nation she says she wants to make it clear she's staying.

Collins says she has a job to do and that's what she's doing.

On Afghanistan, Collins told Newshub it's heartbreaking more New Zealanders and people who helped the defence force weren't evacuated.

She says the time to evacuate them would've been in May or earlier when New Zealand troops were coming out.