Bad Faith

Very rare for me to back NZ First, but it appears Labour is acting in very bad faith with regards to the agreement thay had over the foreshore legislation.

NZ First backed the law on the condition that there would be no extension of legal aid eligibility.

However Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta has now introduced a private members bill to do just that.

Now let me assure people that in most parties, and certainly in the Clark-ruled Labour Party, an MP only introduces a private members bill after it has been approved by the party leadership and/or Caucus.

So it is purely semantics to claim this will not be a breach of the agreement with NZ First. Just really reinforces you can’t trust Labour. If I were the Greens I would be very worried about having this as an example of how Labour honours promises.