ACT leader Rodney Hide was forced from parliament this afternoon after he claimed Winston Peters and New Zealand First received $50,000 to go quiet over allegations of corruption.
Hide claimed, under parliamentary privilege, that New Zealand First had received the money from Simunovich Fisheries to shut up during an inquiry into the scampi industry in 2004.
Initially Hide would not leave the house, determined to ask questions about Winston Peters and how he gets his funding.
Peters first sat and listened as Hide read out his claims, but as he went further into details, Peters took exception, calling Hide's questions a "half-baked Serious Fraud Office inquiry".
Peters also appeared to have said the party had indeed received cheques from Simunovich.
Hide went on, but Peters demanded a stop be put to it, saying the matter was before the courts and parliament could not discuss it.
Speaker Margaret Wilson then ruled in Peters' favour.
"We all know we take the members word... if there's a matter before the courts we take the members word," Ms Wilson said.
But Hide still fought on.
"I'm going to ask my question madam speaker if you don't allow me to ask it you better get rid of me now."
And the speaker did just that.
Hide did not go quietly though - he may get another chance to ask his questions again tomorrow.
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