Mitchell Mark: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMitchell Mark: General Debate[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17335. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney): I stand in this House today to make a statement. Late last year my family had been at a property in my electorate where my stepson had been testing his rally car in preparation for competing in his father’s memorial rally. Later that evening my wife Peggy and I attended a barbecue at the same property. While there I was confronted by Mr Kim Dotcom who was also a guest. I can only describe the conversation as chilling. Direct threats were made by Mr Dotcom towards our Prime Minister. He stated that he could and would destroy the Prime Minister and that he already had members of our Parliament working with him to achieve this. We left immediately.Because I had had many years of dealing with and being exposed to violent and intimidatory people I did not immediately recognise the seriousness of the situation.But sadly in our vehicle with my wife it was obvious that she was shaken and that the nature of the threats had frightened her. I did not believe Mr Dotcom’s claims that members of our New Zealand Parliament were actively collaborating with him. A good Opposition’s job is to challenge the Government to ensure that the Ministers remain laser-focused on their portfolios to challenge policy ideas and to present an alternative Government. I watched in amazement as it became apparent that members of Parliament were collaborating with Mr Dotcom at his mansion in Coatesville. I felt that a sinister corner had been turned for the first time in our country’s history when Opposition parties appear to have given up on challenging our Prime Minister through debate and policy ideas and have instead turned to assisting Mr Dotcom in his mission to destroy the Prime Minister.Every time one of the Opposition MPs drove into that Dotcom mansion they were driving past people and being served by people who were scared who had not been paid who were struggling to support their own families. Imagine what they were thinking when they saw our country’s political leaders bowing down to that same person. Where could they turn to for help when the country’s political leaders appeared to be in the back pocket of Mr Dotcom? Is it true that Mr Dotcom tasked Labour with the further development of an IT policy he had been working on? Come to this House and tell us. Is it true that Mr Norman co-leader of the Green Party was tasked with challenging his extradition to the United States? Come to this House and tell us. Is it true that Mr Peters was given questions by Mr Dotcom to bring to this House to attack our Prime Minister? Come to this House and tell us.I have now had time to reflect on the abusive behaviour of Mr Dotcom at the function I attended in my electorate last year. The violence of the threats towards our Prime Minister has not left me. Today I felt that it was important to place these matters on the record in this House. I believe that the people of this country are beginning to question the real motives of Mr Dotcom. From my own experience he is a man who uses threats and intimidation on people to get what he wants. I wait to see the next instruction or order given from the Dotcom mansion to members of this House. Thank you.