Trevor Mallard

2022 - 10 - 21

Trevor Mallard makes final speech to Parliament (RNZ)

Surrounded by the children of colleagues, Trevor Mallard has bid farewell to Parliament with a final speech that was unattended by many members of the ...

that's not actually the first time I met him, first time I met him was as a young buck 13-year-old in the 1996 Hutt South election race when he was standing for Hutt South for Labour and I was a 13-year-old cutting my teeth in politics and I remember going to a meet the candidates with him ... I think the current speaker's doing a good job." "I will say I have warned the three previous leaders of the opposition who are in this room of this line. He said he felt no emotion about the prospect of Mallard's departure, but reflected on their shared history With the exception of John Key, everyone who has assumed that role in the last quarter of a century has seemingly lost the ability to listen in the House and respond with spontaneity and nimbleness." Both are far too common in this chamber.

'Farcical': Mallard demands Gaurav Sharma release full recording of ... (New Zealand Herald)

Former Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard is challenging resigned former Labour MP Dr Gaurav Sharma to release the full recording of a prior conversation ...

"But the Speaker said, 'Well if you raise anything about Labour colleagues and [they] challenge it, it would be the end of your career', and then the Speaker ended up going to the whip's office right after that to tell them that I had actually laid a complaint," Sharma said in the House Mallard also claimed the recording would prove what Sharma said in the House on the day of Speaker Adrian Rurawhe's confirmation in the role was untrue and a breach of privilege. Mallard gave his valedictory speech in Parliament yesterday afternoon as part of his farewell before taking up a diplomatic posting to the Republic of Ireland. As Sharma tried to continue, the new Speaker cut him off, saying Sharma's grievances were not fit to be debated in the House currently as it had only met for the purpose of electing the next Speaker. Sharma, then an independent MP after being expelled from Labour's caucus, said in the House it was refreshing to hear Rurawhe talk about "fairness", then claimed he spoke with Mallard two weeks ago about the issues he was facing and whether he could get legal support. "I went to see Trevor Mallard because as the Speaker of the House, he was the minister responsible for Parliament but instead of supporting me or investigating the whole issue, he went straight to the Labour Party whips' office after my meeting with him, and told them that I had laid a complaint." Asked for clarification concerning his "career-limiting" comment, Mallard said he meant to indicate to Sharma that his claims were "very serious" and if inaccurate, would be "career-limiting on someone, whatever happened". "If they had carried out an independent investigation as I have repeatedly requested into the bullying I have been subjected to by the Labour whips, I wouldn't have to put this stuff on social media." Speaking to the NZ Herald, Mallard challenged Sharma to release the full recording of the conversation, which lasted about 30 minutes. Former Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard is challenging resigned former Labour MP Dr Gaurav Sharma to release the full recording of a prior conversation between the pair which Mallard claims will prove Sharma breached privilege. In the recording, Sharma could be heard telling Mallard about written complaints he had made about staff members who didn't turn up to work or those who had arrived at work intoxicated. Sharma, who announced his shock resignation from Parliament on Tuesday, yesterday released a 54-second audio clip on social media of a conversation he'd had with Mallard about Sharma's request for an investigation into claims the former Hamilton West MP had made about staffers and Labour Party members.

Trevor Mallard takes parting shot at 'lazy, petty' MPs in valedictory ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Outgoing Labour MP shares some anecdotes, final ideas and a few choice words for his colleagues as he signs out from Parliament with his valedictory speech.

He said he had experienced all the “highs and lows” of politics. They work for you, not the parties or people in power. I was in what might be described as a compromising position. Mallard resigned as Parliament’s Speaker in August and ended a near four decade long career as a Labour MP on Thursday afternoon. Former deputy prime minister Winston Peters also sent Mallard an indirect farewell message on Thursday. Whatever your politics, we can all agree: New Zealand is better off when Kiwis are well-informed. I closed over 200 schools,” Mallard said, in a valedictory speech on Thursday afternoon. The public galleries were full of supporters. "Privately, he's an incredibly generous person. I accept that I’m not a good politician. “With the exception of John Key everyone who has assumed that role in the last quarter of a century has seemingly lost the ability to listen in the House and respond with spontaneity and nimbleness,” he said. He said Ardern’s competence was a contrast to the “lazy, petty high-school debating style” that had become “too common” in the debating chamber, and Opposition leaders – including former leaders he called friends watching his speech – had also fallen short of the mark.

Trevor Mallard's valedictory speech – a broken legacy | The Daily Blog (thedailyblog.co.nz)

A High Court has released a ruling which says outgoing speaker Trevor Mallard was “unreasonable” and “irrational” for trespassing former deputy minister Winston ...

It did not detail the cost of the settlement. To come out and declare a staffer of being rapist using the new definitions of woke micro aggression policing was an example of Poppa Bear Trev getting all growly and over defensive for those he saw protecting. That all changed when Trev had a spurt of blood to the head, and got all grumpy protector bear and ordered the State to clear the lawn… I fear the true legacy of radicalised hate Trevor planted on the lawns of Parliament have yet to bloom their harvest of malice and that he may well be standing at another political memorial in the future asking the exact same question. [publicly apologised to the staffer](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300179293/speaker-trevor-mallard-challenged-to-reveal-details-behind-retraction-of-rape-allegation-against-staffer), saying, in a statement, he had been wrong to describe the allegation as rape, and apologised for the “distress and humiliation” this caused the staffer. I believed he respected the role and the mana of the Speaker. A Muldoon reference here, a David Lange reference there. [after a parliamentary staffer he accused of rape pursued legal action](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300178454/speaker-apologises-to-man-following-rape-comments), and the National Party now says it can no longer support Mallard in the job. A Helen Clark joke or two. …his speech was a back slapping exercise. His first blight was his bewildering desire to get down with the woke kids at Parliament with their new definition of rape which I believed he was passionate about the due process of democracy.

Mallard reveals 'compromising' Helen Clark second in farewell ... (Upjobsnews.com)

Trevor Mallard ended his farewell speech to Parliament at this time by revealing a clumsy second shared with former Prime Minister Helen Clark.