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Darleen Tana has made their choice to remain in Parliament.\xa0

They have declined the Green Party\u2019s request to resign, leaving the Party to deliberate over whether or not to enact the waka jumping legislation.\xa0

Tana revealed to Mike Hosking that they\u2019re surprised the report into the allegations of migrant exploitation in their husband\u2019s business hasn\u2019t already been leaked.\xa0

They said that it\u2019s very clear that they don\u2019t recognize the findings of the report, and while others can read it and come to a conclusion, it doesn\u2019t necessarily represent what actually happened. \xa0

Tana told Mike Hosking that direct evidence was not taken into account in the full investigation, saying that they\u2019ve heard the words \u201cwitch hunt\u201d be used in relation to the situation. \xa0

They said that it\u2019s very clear upon looking back on how everything happened that the decision to get them to resign was premeditated.\xa0

Tana says their husband's staff shouldn't have gone public with their allegations of exploitation.\xa0

The now independent MP told Hosking the workers should be leaving it up to the Employment Relations Authority to resolve the dispute.\xa0

Tana says the authority is the appropriate place to deal with that, rather than going public to the media because the owner of the business is married to an MP.\xa0

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