Parliamentary Service has confirmed MPs' Koru Club memberships are paid for by Air New Zealand.
It comes after unseated Labour MP Dan Rosewarne claimed his post-parliamentary life was made real when he saw the “red lights of doom” upon trying to swipe himself into the lounge and being rejected.
Unlike most MPs’ perks, lounge access isn’t actually paid for by the taxpayer, instead it's gifted by the airline itself
Victoria University School of Government Senior Research Fellow Max Rashbrooke told Mike Hosking that the membership should be declared.
He says any gift given to MPs has to be declared in the register of pecuniary interests so members can provide transparency.
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