  pamela "pam" corkery (born 1956) is a new zealand journalist, broadcaster, and former politician. ==private life== corkery (nÃ©e mc nutt)was born in the south island and grew up in dunedin. she has been married three times, and has two children. ==member of parliament==    a well known journalist in new zealand, she first entered politics standing as an independent candidate for the auckland mayoralty in 1995. she then became a high profile candidate for the alliance party and was elected to parliament as a list mp in the 1996 elections. in 1999, she decided to leave politics after one term. her book pam's political confessions was published in 1999. on page 9 she writes: "politicians are, by and large, far more self-deluding, devious, bloated, insecure, egocentric wankers than i had feared." ==professional career== she returned to her previous work as a journalist, and talk-back host at radio pacific. corkery presented the live interview show the last word on tv one from march 2003 until the show was cancelled in september 2003. she appeared in a 2008 episode of the tv travelogue intrepid journeys, being shot at point-
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