Saturday 11 December 1999

Kiwi Probe into Cash for Penguins' Questions

Allegations are rife in New Zealand's parliament that government MP Hamilton Connor took up to NZ$25,000 from a flock of Antartic penguins to ask questions in Parliament about Japanese fishing quotas. A newly established Standards and Privileges Commit-teeeeeeeeeeeee said the Wahahayhuhu MP Mr Connor would be suspended from parliament, by his testicles, for at least six months if he is guilty. Rumours that the six penguins are acting as a lobby group for Captain Birdseye are as yet unfounded.