Claudette Hauiti National MP Claudette Hauiti says she "made a really big mistake" in hiring her own wife in her electorate office, saying she didn’t know it was against the rules. The Dominion Post reports Hauiti's wife, Nadine Mau, was employed as an issues assistant in Hauiti's electorate office in Auckland from April 7 until last Wednesday when she was sacked. Under direction from Speaker David Carter, MPs are not allowed to employ their spouse or partner, either in or outside Parliament. Hauiti said she was unaware of the prohibition on employing spouses when she contracted her wife to work in her office. "I'm really disappointed that I didn't know the rules, I've only been here a year and I should have kept up to speed with that and I didn't. "I made a really big mistake." Read more here
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First published: Thursday, 15th May 2014 - 8:33am