Knees-Up Events Before Budget

I think the public would be surprised the extent of the chummy relationships that the night before the budget, the big set piece event, they're all having a knees up in the Minister of Finance's office and that will surprise a lot of New Zealanders. But this, I thought this was all a little bit tawdry until today, I think it is much more significant. And that isn't that this isn't a story that, you know, Mikey Schumann's a bigot, which I'd heard the rumours like everyone else for a long time about. about that particular event and some other stuff but for me it's that Television New Zealand executives have apparently tried to cover it up because if they haven't denied it I mean the extraordinary thing is is Television New Zealand have come out and said you know as I understand what said to be reported this morning that this is an employment matter we're not commenting so that implies that there's been some sort of investigation or that they've looked that they've looked an into it yeah so then why would you write so the state broadcaster writing to your competition saying don't you dare go public with this