3 News - Internet Mana Launch

This extraordinary moment in New Zealand political history occurred during the 2014 election campaign. Kim Dotcom, a colourful German-born file-sharing mogul exiled in NZ, had helped form a political party — Internet Mana — to “disrupt” the campaign. The party’s 24 August launch went awry when Dotcom fled from reporters keen to follow up a remark made during his speech (he hinted he could hack Prime Minister John Key’s credit rating). Internet Mana press secretary Pam Corkery infamously berated reporters, calling TV3's Brook Sabin a “puffed up little s**t.”

We've talked about jobs today and people living in poverty. You want to interview Kim, who said no interviews, about a 19-year-old story. You work in news, you puffed up little s**t.

– Internet Mana press secretary Pam Corkery to reporters

Key Cast & Crew

Pam Corkery

Subject

Brook Sabin

Reporter

Carolyn Robinson

Newsreader