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Speaker 1: Right, as we have been talking about Darling, Tana has

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Speaker 1: MP for now. The Greens have asked that she resigned

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Speaker 1: from parliament all together, but Tana is yet to respond

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Speaker 1: to that request. A report into allegations of migrant exploitation

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Speaker 1: at Tana's husband's e bike company was handed to the

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Speaker 1: party on Friday night, but neither the report or a

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Speaker 1: summary have been released. Chloe's Warbrook is the Green Party

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Speaker 1: co leader and she joins me, Now, Hi Calder, why

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Speaker 1: can't you say what's in the report?

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Speaker 2: So, just to be crystal clear, our preference mine and

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Speaker 2: Matama's and our caucuses is for immediate release of that report,

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Speaker 2: but we have to continue to follow good practice in

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Speaker 2: privacy rights and law to that effect. It's basically about

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Speaker 2: consulting with all of the named parties here. We're not

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Speaker 2: just talking about Darling, but those who are involved and

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Speaker 2: you know, making those allegations in other ways. So for

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Speaker 2: sake of clarity as well, we as of this morning,

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Speaker 2: expediency in releasing that as practically possible.

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Speaker 1: Is Darlne Tana taking legal action against you or the

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Speaker 1: party to prevent publication of the report.

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Speaker 2: I am not aware of that at this point in time.

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Speaker 2: We have gone out for consultation and obviously asked for

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Speaker 2: release of that report.

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Speaker 1: Chloe, how bad was the conduct that was detailed on

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Speaker 2: Frankly, it was bad. It was bad to the extent

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Speaker 2: that myself from Adama have come to the conclusion that

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Speaker 2: our very strong view that she misled us as co leaders,

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Speaker 2: which could have curtailed the need for this independent expert

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Speaker 2: of course reflected in us taking that kind of unprecedented

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Speaker 2: her resignation as a member of parliament in entirety.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that she went against the values of the

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Speaker 1: Green Party. What values in particular are you talking about?

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Speaker 2: So look at the stand up today. Obviously myself town

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Speaker 2: we all know is Altamartha waker Martin and PACIFICA Caucus

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Speaker 2: You know, there's plenty that is out there in the

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Speaker 2: her behavior and her actions and her inability to acknowledge

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Speaker 1: Does Darlene accept the findings of the report?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, Francisca, this is something which I would really encourage

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Speaker 2: it's honestly not quite clear what her position, view or

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Speaker 2: we believe has to happen here, which is for her

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Speaker 2: And that would be my plea. You know, if she

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Speaker 1: So, Chloe, if she doesn't resign from parliament, will you

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Speaker 1: try and force this by invoking the Walker jumping law.

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Speaker 2: So this is not a discussion that we've yet had

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Speaker 2: that's why it's important that everybody knows that right now

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Speaker 2: this ball sits in Darlene's court and we would expect

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Speaker 2: there is due scrutiny now on Darlene Tana and her position.

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Speaker 1: But if her behavior is as bad as you say

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Speaker 2: What I'm saying to you right now is that we

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Speaker 2: The Greens very proudly make decisions in a collective basis.

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Speaker 2: So where darline to put us in a position where

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Speaker 2: telling you that we haven't yet investigated that, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Darlene is a listing piece. She got less than three

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Speaker 1: thousand votes. She doesn't have the public backing to be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And look, the reality is politically, legislatively or otherwise.

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Speaker 2: This is really now a matter not only for the

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Speaker 2: we could have robust, evidential findings that didn't have any

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Speaker 2: to very clear decisions on what needed to happen next

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Speaker 2: without kind of anybody, as I said before, putting their

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Speaker 2: is to whether she has the public mandate to stay on. Look,

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Speaker 2: she was as she was elected, rather as you say,

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Speaker 2: as a Green List MP. All of our List MPs

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Speaker 2: Punner's actions and our very strong view has breached all

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Speaker 1: Finally, Chloe, is there anything in this report that would

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Speaker 2: No, there's nothing in the report that would currently make

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Speaker 2: in terms of getting justice in this out in this process.

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Speaker 1: That was Choe Swarbrick there, the co leader of the

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Speaker 1: Darlene Taner. I can confirm that I received a copy

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Speaker 1: of the Green Party. I'm reading you that the press

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Speaker 1: The report does not say that migrant exploitation has occurred,

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Speaker 1: let alone that I am responsible for it in any capacity.

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Speaker 1: I have only a short time to consider this report

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Speaker 1: and am taking some time to consider it before making

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Speaker 1: any further comment so that has just been released. That

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Speaker 1: is the statement from Darlene Tana. For more from Heather

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