King Annette: General Debate 
King Annette: General Debate 
[Volume:639;Page:9270] 
Hon ANNETTE KING (Minister of Police) 
: 
 I move  
That the House take note of miscellaneous business 
. Everyone knows that members of Parliament are fair game when it comes to public scrutiny. In fact MPs are often under the spotlight from the media from lobby groups from opponents and supporters alike and sometimes even from their neighbours. The same applies to public servants particularly to those who hold senior positions and the scrutiny can include both their public and personal lives. We know that to be the case before we come to this House or before we take up high-profile public positions and I have no issue with that. Most of us are hardened enough to withstand it even though occasionally it hurts like hell when our families who do not have the same opportunities as we have to defend themselves are brought into the public arena. The truth is we know that to a large extent we have to accept that. 
But I believe there is a line over which a media subculture in New Zealand has crossed and it is epitomised by the  
Investigate 
 magazine in its latest edition published on Monday. In it was an article that made the most outrageous accusations against Labour members of Parliament past and present against former and serving police officers including the Commissioner of Police and against church leaders business people judges and so on. The said story was hawked around the mainstream media by a Mr Wayne Idour in an attempt to promote the magazine before it went on sale and to the credit of respectable media they refused to print the story. I suspect that was because the wild accusations—the claims of corruption cover-ups and conspiracies—were not backed up by evidence. Who knows who will be in the next edition? It could be about anyone who is in this House right here today and on any matter. 
The modus operandi of that magazine is to base a story on a half-truth and from that to build an entire menu of fantasies. There was a party in Dunedin in 1981. There was an objectionable pornographic film shown at it. The basis for the story came from information provided about the party by an unknown person. Mr Wishart said that he did not identify the informant at the time because the informant had a sick family member. When has Mr Wishart ever given a damn about the family members of his targets? His informant was outed and subsequently Wayne Idour has had to own up. 
That man was a former police officer in Dunedin. He is the same man who was employed by the Exclusive Brethren to dig up dirt on the Prime Minister and on Labour MPs and their families. He is a proven liar. Wayne Idour lied to TV3 about working for the Brethren and I believe he is now lying again. I believe he is lying when he says he did not take the bestiality movie to the party. I believe he lied when he said he did not show the pornographic film. I believe he lied when he said he saw Howard Broad watching it. Interestingly enough Wayne Idour’s lawyer said on the radio this morning that the party was so long ago he wondered who could even remember it. Wayne Idour was prepared to remember it a few weeks ago even if he cannot today. The reason I believe he has lied is that people are now coming forward to speak publicly on this issue. They do not have to; they have chosen to—people like former police officer Peter Gibbons who is held in high regard in Dunedin. He has a very clear recollection that Mr Idour brought the pornographic movie to the party and showed it. 
That has been backed up by information I have received today from a serving police officer who is prepared to put his name to it. This is what he had to say: “Last night watching the late news on TV3 I saw an article relating to our Commissioner and ex Sergeant Idour. I started work in Dunedin in 1985 and after 2 years I was acting as a relieving photographer for Dunedin. I was relieving in photography just prior to the new Sale of Liquor Act 1989 being introduced. At that time Sgt Idour was the Team Policing Sergeant. He had been tasked to deliver training to both the Police Staff and the Hotel owners on the new Act. He approached me as a photographer wanting to put together a video training tape. He had in his possession two tapes one being a pornographic one … and the other was his training tape. His request was that I ‘dub’ ”— 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: I call— 
Hon ANNETTE KING 
: This man is well known for his ownership of such tapes and his constant reference to the material. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Order!