Rodney Hide

in my opinion i think most people are thick and will believe whatever they're told

Jono, No not most, I think the figure is about 25-33%.

Congratulations Rodney. You have exercised good judgement here and I consider it is a genuine apology. Well done.

I apologise for some of my sacastic posts.

I agree Mr Sheep and it also not every day that you see an appology from a quadrupedal ruminant mammal. Nice work!

I realise that many execs get salaries of up to several million dollars. That, to me, just accentuates how out of whack our society is. Most of their salaries are built on that backs of people earning 15 bucks an hour. And I also realise Rodney was only doing what was allowed by the rules.

However, what he did, and what every politician is doing, is screwing the NZ taxpayer. They clearly have no conscience, and no concern for some nz families who are trying to live on the amount mps get for spending money. Meanwhile, they demand more taxes from us because the books arent balanced.

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My concern is that if Rodney wasn't outed he would never have even apologised let alone paid it back. i can't imagine he had an epiphany one night and decided he'd done the wrong thing and went public himself.

Unfortunately he's in a position where once you stuff up it's a hrd road back. The apology smacks of getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. And more unfortunate, he's in a catch 22. Even if his apology is genuine, the trust has already gone and it looks more like covering his ass. Perhaps he could come up with some way to really show his remorse.

It will be a hard road back, but I think the public like it when our MP's show humility and admit to making mistakes. It makes them more human and more like us. This is opposed to the slimy, fence sitting, and completely useless oxygen vampires that most of them are. ie Hone Harawira (I mean this guy can't even tie a tie right).

I was ... Read Moreprepared to write Rodney off before this apology, now I think he deserves a chance to prove, through his work, what a great change agent he can be. God knows this country needs it as apart from ACT the options are somewhat limited.

Dear Mr Shaggy, I have just been up north for the weekend and stopped in a petrol station on the way back to be greeted by the headline that Rodney also took his "girlfriend" to Hawaii. Your right when your in a hole stop digging, unfortunately Rodney has hit rock bottom and is still digging. And I am all for Narcisism, I dont call myself "... Read MoreKing Mike" for my royal heritage.

Rightly or wrongly Polictics is about perception and credibility. Rodney had this in spades until this recent fiasco. The crying shame is that government, both local and national is plagued with waste of money policy advisors, and administrative drones that wouldnt last 1 minute in a commerical environment. I had faith that with Act some efficiency and best practice would be introduced to an underwhelming, ineffective and expensive system of government. This I still believe in, Rodney however may as well join the rest of the Muppets that run this country.