Photo: RNZA panel investigating the behaviour of a judge accused of disrupting an NZ First event has heard from its first witnesses today, members of the NZ First party. Later in the afternoon, panellists heard evidence from Dorothy Jones, an NZ First board member and the person who organised the event. He asked about a report of the incident made by NZ First to the Northern Club following the incident. Dorothy Jones denied that, to which Jones KC did suggested she hadn't mentioned it because it wasn't important enough to actually say. Dorothy Jones said she had privacy concerns for the donors present at the event.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2026 18:01 UTC