I think he felt he was defending a woman's integrity - a woman who had been quite wrongly and unfairly named in Parliament by Mr Henare as involved with Mr Mallard, but it should not have got to fisticuffs," Helen Clarke said on Newstalk ZB.
Oh yes ... 'fisticuffs,' let's minimise it.
Yes ... "He has been under a lot of stress as I think anyone is such a situation would have been. His very long term marriage of more than three decades had dissolved. His father had just died." Mitigatory factors... in a very high-profile job you need to get some support and it may be professional support and no one should feel ashamed of that. Aha, so pride stopped him seeking professional help, none the less he is a strong and reliable minister... but he would be held accountable for his actions in the upcoming reshuffle.
So, possibly not 'squeaky clean,' but it looks like it could all end up being a little like 'water off a duck's back.'
Update: Indeed the move to 'sanitise' Mallard's excess gains in intensity ... 'That Tau is a provocative sod,' remorse, other mitigating factors, anger and stress management ... and Mallard resurfaces smelling of roses ... no impediment to reappointment here.
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