Details of hush money, paid out to Parliamentary staffers, to secretly settle employment disputes with MPs, have been revealed to RNZ.
In a highly unusual move Parliamentary Service has released a year by year breakdown of payouts that are usually accompanied by gagging clauses.
This practice was criticised in the recent Debbie Francis report as contributing to the culture of bullying and abuse of power in Parliament.
RNZ political editor Jane Patterson talks to Susie Ferguson.
