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Parliamentary Service has confirmed MPs' Koru Club memberships are paid for by Air New Zealand.\xa0

It comes after unseated Labour MP Dan Rosewarne claimed his post-parliamentary life was made real when he saw the \u201cred lights of doom\u201d upon trying to swipe himself into the lounge and being rejected.

Unlike most MPs\u2019 perks, lounge access isn\u2019t actually paid for by the taxpayer, instead it's gifted by the airline itself\xa0

Victoria University School of Government Senior Research Fellow Max Rashbrooke told Mike Hosking that the membership should be declared.\xa0

He says any gift given to MPs has to be declared in the register of pecuniary interests so members can provide transparency.\xa0

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