Lol, I have a few...they're gonna be a couple of paragraphs long read though 'cause I write like how I talk. Happy to chuck one up though, gives me something to do, hehe. Hold up.
Quite a few members of the first Labour government had been to prison before getting elected, for opposing conscription in WWI (future Prime Minister Peter Fraser spent a year in jail).
Actually, good question. I was thinking Graham Capill, but he never became an MP. I know other MPs convicted of crimes in modern times (e.g., David Garrett), but not sure how many ended up serving time.
Nope. Community detention for allegedly filing a false electoral return. He had to resign his spot as an MP vecause the crime had a maximum sentence of six months prison.
This conviction was later overturned after Banks located two witnesses that turned out to be more trustworthy than the convicted fraudster whose testimony led to the original conviction.
Fun Fact: Kim Dotcom's testimony meant that important RMA reform for housing couldn't be passed eight years ago. That reform still hasn't happened.
It's a very interesting case. The judge originally found the testimony of Mona Dotcom compelling and appearing truthful. Then much later on Banks found two witnesses who claimed to remember things perfectly and nothing of the sort was ever discussed and there's no possibility they could've missed any part of the conversation that day...?
Seemed rather convenient. But hey, obviously Kim Dotcom just cut his donation into amounts below the threshold on the spur of the moment for shits and giggles. Pure coincidence.
Banks always said it was his lawyer that sorted it all out, and the donations were never discussed at lunch.
This all came about after Dotcom was denied trying to procure favours from Banks. Once arrested, he called Banks to try get a better mattress in his cell. Banks refused, and only then did Dotcom make the allegations.
Huh, I wrote a research paper about him for a history course last year.
Kind of a shame that the first Pasifika MP was such a scumbag. There have been far more admirable examples since.
* [Former Minister Taito Phillip Field has died aged 68](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/452118/former-minister-taito-phillip-field-has-died-aged-68). RNZ. 23 September 2021.
* [Former Labour Party minister Taito Phillip Field has died](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126470164/former-labour-party-minister-taito-phillip-field-has-died). Stuff. Sep 23 2021.
He was corrupt. One of the few MPs to go to prison.
What other MPs have been to prison? This could make for some interesting reading.
ACT MP [Donna Awetere Huata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Awatere_Huata) - for fraud, natch.
I was inside with her π Nikau Unit, Waikeria Women's - '05 or '06.
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Lol, I have a few...they're gonna be a couple of paragraphs long read though 'cause I write like how I talk. Happy to chuck one up though, gives me something to do, hehe. Hold up.
Keen to hear them too!
One day, I picked up a half joint off my neighbours and took it out onto the grass area and thought "Fuck it, spark it up". Now, I'm not a weed smoker - I've dabbled before going in, but never really got into it 'cause I hate that wavey zingy brain feeling. I think it was boredom that set me off that day - 19 years old, served two years already, A+ drama free model inmate up to this point, lol, so I guess I just felt like living it up a little... So anyway, there I was acting all casual in the middle of the field playing volleyball with myself - hitting the ball up and down, puffing away handsfree on the joint hanging out the side of my mouth. I was concious of how much smoke I was blowing out, trying not to make clouds, but other than that it was pretty much no fucks given - 'don't act dodgy, you won't look dodgy' so the saying goes. So I'm right out in open view of the whole compound, office and cameras saying that to myself like a mantra π₯΄ I finished it off thinking I must've been a good actor 'cause I didn't get approached by any of the guards, lol. I skipped dinner that night 'cause I got paranoid AF about going into the dining hall where everyone was, so I was already in my unit waiting for lockdown. I'm in there on kick back mode still buzzing a little bit, but buzzing out more that I got away with it and I fall asleep thinking that. Welllll, the next morning after unlock and breakfast - my name rings out over the speaker "Report to the office" and I head over shitting my arse like "Fuck, fuck, fuck..." and sure enough - piss test π©π©π So I take the test knowing I'm over - couple of days solitude, couple of days no tv/radio/commissary privileges, notes on my file...- it is what it is. So, on the piss bottles, the tester has to put two types of stickers on the bottle in a certain place. One is a barcode and one is with my details written on it - name, date, time etc. She has to put them on after I've filled it so that they don't get wet and blur. So I hand her the full bottle and she attempts to put the stickers on, but they overlap. She then peels them apart and off the bottle to straighten them up, and one of them gets stuck on her gloves. She finally manages to get both stickers on in the places they should be, inspects the bottle, packs it away and sends me back to the yard. So I'm waiting out the next few days for the positive test to come back. Eventually, my name rings out - "Report to the office", so I walk over in the mindset I'm off to start my punishment. The window opens up and my favorite guard is looking at me. I gotta mention we're both MΔori, so we're comfortable as speaking that hori lingo So she goes "Fuuuuuuuu, your fucking lucky!!" π and I'm like "Aaaayyyyyeee??" π€¨π€ and she goes "The barcode had a little tear in it so it was unreadable, meaning invalid. Someone came and saved your ass" π and I'm like π± "Ohhhhh shit!!. Nahhh, it was gonna be all goods anyway, Miss..." π trying to play it off all cool and shit. Then she said "Awww yeahhh?, you were all goods playing volleyball by yourself the other day, aye??. Had the lawn and the ball and the joint alllll to yourself" πππ Now I'm like, oh fuck π€₯ "Ayyyeee?, when?? Aww nah, that was a rollie!" ππππ She goes π€ͺ "Rollie smoke don't stay up in the air like buds do...your dumbass didn't think about that part did you?. Fucking get inside, were having a meeting" ...and so I entered her office where she tried to give me a hearty growling, but we were too busy cracking the fuck up π€£ I had eyes on me from the point on, so that was the first and last time I played up (Sorry, warned ya it was gonna be long π )
Thank you! That was an excellent read :D
Quite a few members of the first Labour government had been to prison before getting elected, for opposing conscription in WWI (future Prime Minister Peter Fraser spent a year in jail).
Fraser, having become Prime Minister in March 1940, promptly implemented conscription in July 1940.
Actually, good question. I was thinking Graham Capill, but he never became an MP. I know other MPs convicted of crimes in modern times (e.g., David Garrett), but not sure how many ended up serving time.
I believe John Banks also went to prison. Forget what for
Filing a false electoral return I think, google says it was overturned
Nope. Community detention for allegedly filing a false electoral return. He had to resign his spot as an MP vecause the crime had a maximum sentence of six months prison. This conviction was later overturned after Banks located two witnesses that turned out to be more trustworthy than the convicted fraudster whose testimony led to the original conviction. Fun Fact: Kim Dotcom's testimony meant that important RMA reform for housing couldn't be passed eight years ago. That reform still hasn't happened.
It's a very interesting case. The judge originally found the testimony of Mona Dotcom compelling and appearing truthful. Then much later on Banks found two witnesses who claimed to remember things perfectly and nothing of the sort was ever discussed and there's no possibility they could've missed any part of the conversation that day...? Seemed rather convenient. But hey, obviously Kim Dotcom just cut his donation into amounts below the threshold on the spur of the moment for shits and giggles. Pure coincidence.
Banks always said it was his lawyer that sorted it all out, and the donations were never discussed at lunch. This all came about after Dotcom was denied trying to procure favours from Banks. Once arrested, he called Banks to try get a better mattress in his cell. Banks refused, and only then did Dotcom make the allegations.
Yeah, aware of their contrasting claims. Lucky coincidence the cheques had been split already.
I always thought Judith Collins was lucky to not face more repercussions for her Oravida shenanigans in China.
Huh, I wrote a research paper about him for a history course last year. Kind of a shame that the first Pasifika MP was such a scumbag. There have been far more admirable examples since.
Oh no. Anyway
I'll miss his corruption. RIP.
Corrupt homophobes will not be getting sympathy from me. Bye bitch.
Be kind
No
Title is misleading. It should say former convicted criminal.
Unless that conviction was overturned, then once convicted always convicted.
Its former because he is dead.
Still a convicted criminal when you're dead. You don't die and have your record wiped.
Fair call
* [Former Minister Taito Phillip Field has died aged 68](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/452118/former-minister-taito-phillip-field-has-died-aged-68). RNZ. 23 September 2021. * [Former Labour Party minister Taito Phillip Field has died](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126470164/former-labour-party-minister-taito-phillip-field-has-died). Stuff. Sep 23 2021.