Office of the Speaker of the NZ House of
Representatives Rt Hon Trevor Mallard
MEDIA
RELEASE For release: 15 October 2018
Leak Inquiry
Report - Point of Clarification
Rt Hon Trevor Mallard
today said “I note that Paragraph 37 (o) of the
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report indicates that Jami-Lee
Ross communicated with me on the 23rd August.
Mr Ross
only communicated with me following a call that I made to
him in the mistaken understanding that he was to be my
contact on the leak inquiry while Paula Bennett was on
leave. In fact, the contact was the Leader of the
Opposition’s Chief of Staff. Mr Ross was not able to take
my initial call, and undertook to call me back. I
accidentally cut him off and he called back a second
time.
I informed the office of the Leader of the
Opposition of my error in this matter a few minutes later. I
was not approached by either PwC or John Billington QC at
any stage.
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