Te Tai Tokerau MP and Mana Party leader Hone Harawira has ruled out working with Kim Dotcom and his proposed Internet Party - for now.
Mr Harawira had meetings with Mr Dotcom recently amid speculation the pair were trying to sew up a deal ahead of September's general election with a view to getting list MPs from Mr Dotcom's Internet Party into Parliament on Mr Harawira's coat-tails.
But Mr Harawira said no deal would happen now and the Internet Party needed to sort out what it stood for.
"Dotcom would have to commit to getting rid of National and changing the government before Mana would consider any deal with his Internet Party.
"That's a bottom line for Mana. I resigned from the Maori Party because their relationship with National was, and continues to be, destructive to Maori. We won't be going back there for anyone."