Embattled Education Minister Jan Tinetti says she deeply regrets not fronting up about misleading Parliament earlier - a matter that has landed her before the privileges committee today. When she discovered this was incorrect, Tinetti did not immediately correct the record but waited 14 sitting days to do so. “It is for the Privileges Committee to determine whether the delay in correcting an inaccurate statement in this instance amounts to contempt. The question, therefore, stands referred to the Privileges Committee,” Rurawhe said. In 2008, Winston Peters was referred to the Privileges Committee over whether he should have declared a $100,000 donation from businessman Owen Glenn in 2005 towards his legal costs.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 08, 2023 03:22 UTC