Sun 7 Oct 2012 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
John Tamihere Homophobic ex-MP and talkback host John Tamihere says he is considering making a run for Parliament at the next election. Tamihere was a Cabinet Minister in the Labour-led government from 2002 to 2004 when he resigned from cabinet following ongoing accusations of impropriety regarding his time with the Waipareira Trust. He lost his seat in 2005. On his Radio Live talkback programme he has repeatedly voiced homophobic slurs and has also made derogatory comments about Labour's gay MPs. This morning on TV One's Q