I want to put on record for the House three things that have not yet been made public relating to the sorry affair I've just outlined. They are shocking and, I believe, make the case overwhelming for Mr Mallard's resignation or for the House to lose confidence in him. Earlier this year, I applied to the High Court of New Zealand for access to the statements of claim and defence filed by the parties in the now settled defamation action. The statement of claim says that, after Mr Mallard's morning media interviews on 22 May, where he spoke of rape, his staff advised him that claim was wrong. Despite being told that, he then repeated the claim in the afternoon of the 22 May in another media stand-up. Let me be clear: having gone on radio and TV in the morning and, effectively, accused someone of rape, Mr Mallard was then told by his general manager that was wrong. He did a media stand-up and was specifically asked about whether he stood by those statements. He said, "Yes. And anyone who's been involved in looking at the rape law would be aware of the definition of 'rape' in New Zealand." That is appalling. Mr Mallard knew it was wrong; he said it anyway.