On Sunday, Bishop Brian Tamaki defended his convenant and the practises of his Destiny Church in a Sunday Star Times article.

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By Alastair Bull of NZPA

Auckland, Oct 6 NZPA - Taito Phillip Field created history in 1993, when he became the first Pacific Islander to be elected a New Zealand member of Parliament.

(re-issues previously networked feature updating with today's sentencing)

BY: Alastair Bull of NZPA

Auckland, Oct 6 NZPA - Taito Phillip Field created history in 1993, when he became the first Pacific Islander to be elected a New Zealand member of Parliament.

Auckland, Oct 6 NZPA - Disgraced former MP Taito Phillip Field was today jailed for six years for bribery and corruption and perverting the course of justice.

Auckland, Oct 6 NZPA - Disgraced former MP Taito Phillip Field was today jailed for six years for bribery and corruption and perverting the course of justice.

Auckland, Aug 4 NZPA - Timeline of the Taito Phillip Field saga.

By Alastair Bull of NZPA

Auckland, Aug 4 NZPA - Taito Phillip Field created history in 1993, when he became the first Pacific Islander to be elected a New Zealand member of Parliament.

The Government must start recognising that the Auckland region's local governments aren't just business units to be broken up and put on the auction block for sale, says Labour's Associate Local Government spokesperson Su'a William Sio.

The National Government's newspaper ads this weekend headlined 'Have Your Say on Auckland Local Government' is an insult, given that the Bill in question is already being rammed through Parliament under urgency, says Su'a William Sio, Labour's Associate Local Government Spokesperson and MP for Ma

Auckland's Pacific community expressed strong concerns about the Government's Super City plans at a Pacific Fono in Manukau last night and have resolved to support the hikoi in favour of Maori seats, says Labour's Associate Pacific Island Affairs Spokesperson Su'a William Sio.