Te Pati Maori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has issued a statement - referencing allegations in emails the Party sent members about her activist son, and her

The documents included claims Eru Kapa-Kingi threatened Parliamentary staff last year - and revealed concerns Mariameno would overspend her office budget.

She says the Budget hasn't ever been overspent - and had to be adjusted to accommodate new staff, after Takutai Tarsh Kemp died.

Kapa-Kingi says the leadership approved the first payments without alarm, and she assumed the Party would support further reallocation, but it didn't.