Journalists Told to Sit on it

The Honourable Merv Wellington has accused Press Gallery journalists of never having done an honest day's work in their life.

A small group of journalists, unable to totally suppress their mirth at the Minister for Maori Affairs, Ben Couch's inept delivery of a speech supporting the Springbok Tour, were shouted at from the Debating Chamber by the Minister of Education - a method of communication which is 'just not cricket'.

The journalists, who represented some of New Zealand's more established news services, were told by the angry Education Minister, "You have never done an honest day's work in your life!"