Jones outs himself first

The Herald reports:

MP Shane Jones is expected to be one of the more embarrassed former Labour Cabinet ministers when details of credit-card spending going back six years are released today.

Before leaving office, he is understood to have repaid about $6000 for spending deemed outside the rules.

This included hiring a plane from Auckland to make a speech in Tauranga, movie rentals, and the purchase of magazines and expensive wine.

hope we get to learn the titles of the movies, and the quality of the wine!

This will dent Shane's leadership aspirations.

UPDATE: Stuff reports more:

Former Labour government ministers racked up taxpayer-funded credit card bills for a massage, new clothes, wine, pay-per-view movies, a $600 set of golf clubs and chartering a private plane,

A massage and golf clubs!

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