Over the next few pages, you'll read a sizeable portion of John Tamihere's interview with the Serious Fraud Office. These are the actual documents:
From the magazine's perspective, we'd like to confirm that Investigate made a direct request to John Tamihere for an interview prior to Easter as we wanted to profile the MP in the magazine. His response was an enthusiastic 'yes'.
The interview was conducted at an Auckland cafe, and no request was made by either party for it to be off-the-record.
As an ethical rule within the media, all interviews with journalists - taped or untaped - are to be regarded as "on the record" unless specifically and explicitly stated otherwise.
After the interview, Tamihere posed for cover shots for the magazine's cover.
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