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MPs taking advantage of the taxpayer-funded travel perk to take partners abroad could earn free flights on trips that cost them next to nothing in the first place...While MPs are free to choose their preferred carrier, Air New Zealand is the most frequently...
Tags: Hawaii, Rodney Hide, acted leader, Mr Hide, Europe, seriously damaged, credibility seriously, Louise Crome, prime minister
Act leader Rodney Hide took his girlfriend, Louise Crome, to an amusement park in Los Angeles during their taxpayer-funded trip that was also timed to coincide with her brother's wedding near London. The Herald has learned Mr Hide squeezed in a visit...
Tags: Louise Crome, Rodney Hide, leader rodney
Another senior politician has used his MP's travel perk to sidestep a prime ministerial order that globe-trotting ministers leave their partners behind or pay for the trip themselves...Despite the cost to the public, Mr Key has deemed use of the travel...
Tags: Louise Crome, Rodney Hide, travel perk, Maori Party
So far this year the sum has been just over $3.9 million. Maori Party MP Hone Harawira remains one of the country's most expensive MPs, as his three month bill stands at just over $53,000. That is slightly more than the almost $52,000 incurred by Labour...
Tags: Rodney Hide, funded trip, Labour, government minister, Louise Crome