Police closed a 10-month investigation after Barclay's former electorate agent, Glenys Dickson, claimed he secretly recorded her conversations, saying there was insufficient evidence. That was despite Prime Minister Bill English providing a statement that Barclay told him he left a dictaphone running in his electorate office, recording his staff. This morning, Labour leader Andrew Little said Barclay's statement last night - and refusal to answer media questions - was "an expression of arrogance". "There clearly is something going on inside the National Party. Barclay told reporters he would co-operate with the police but his lawyer later said he would not.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 20, 2017 21:57 UTC