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Thu, 05 May 2011 9:42p.m.

The documentary is based on the Nicky Hager book of the same name (NZPA)

The documentary is based on the Nicky Hager book of the same name (NZPA)

Labour is handing out free copies of the Hollow Men film as the party seeks to embarrass new ACT leader Don Brash.

The film is based on Nicky Hager's book of the same name which covered the sometimes tawdry tales behind the National Party's 2005 election campaign, drawing on 475 emails between then National leader Don Brash and other political players.

Dr Brash resigned as party leader in November 2006, the same month the book was published.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard gave copies to the Parliamentary Press Gallery and other journalists who wanted a copy. More than 100 had been given.

His local electorate committee was paying for them and they were getting a discount price. The spending would not come out of election spending as it was outside the three month campaign period but Mr Mallard said he would check that.

"I just think it's really important that people understand what is driven John Key and Don Brash, their values, the people who support them, the way they've been supported and the lies that the New Zealand public have been told."

Dr Brash last week ousted Rodney Hide as leader of ACT.

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06 May 2011 09:21a.m.

Canada wrote:

Scraping the bottom of the barrel, aren't we Paddy?

06 May 2011 01:02a.m.

TWE wrote:

As far as breaking the election spending rules go, Labour and National are as bad as each other and Hager even says as much. If someone wrote a similar book about Labour it would be just as bad if not worse.

05 May 2011 10:05p.m.

Mike wrote:

The Labour party no longer has the SIS reading parlimentary emails for Helen Clarkes office, so they nolonger have a source for current info.

The Labour party has no leadership so they resort to the standard negitivity campaign. Nothing new here.

Labours internal parlimentary emails have more dirt in them than the 2005 emails in Hagers book. There was the Sanlu coverup which is in Labour emails where they priced 'PR' above human lives of Chinese babies. There was troops in Afghanistan where Labour priced our troops lives lower than the cost of getting some new bullet proof vests that would stop Taliban rounds! Mallard isn't bringing those emails into the media - was he not involved in cabinet with both of those?

We have Mallard who cares more about PR and throwing dirt than about lives of babies or our troops. Lets compare the types of people for each one of our politicians. Those yelling dirt or yelling for this/that enquiry are the ones with the history of least clean hands.