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December 16, 2012
Horan had time off to be at mother’s bedside
Waatea Team
Posted On December 16, 2012
Meanwhile, former New Zealand First MP Brendan Horan is determined to see out his first term in Parliament – and he still has a good word for his former boss.
Leader Winston Peters kicked the former television weatherman out of caucus after failing to get the answers he was seeking about a family dispute over the estate of Mr Horan’s mother, who died earlier this year.
A half brother claims money was missing from her account, and a leaked copy of Mr Horan’s parliamentary cellphone records shows he made 144 calls to a TAB betting line earlier this year.
Mr Horan says it’s been a tough year, but he will be forever grateful for the time Mr Peters gave him to be with his mother before she died in August.
"During the day I was in parliament but at night he allowed me to fly back to my mother's bedside and hold her hand during the night and while the Olympics were on I was there holding her hand and telling her how the Olympians were doing. I'd stay up all night with her in a chair and then fly back to Wellington the next morning. A lot of people don't know that and Winston and I are going to be at loggerheads for a while but there is a side to Winston that I will always respect," he says.
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