Goff and Anderton challenge PM to show evidence for hints over $10m farm deal.
Former ministers Phil Goff and Jim Anderton are challenging Prime Minister John Key to release any documents he has suggesting the Labour-Progressive Government considered settling a grievance with Saudi investor Hamood Al Ali Khalaf.
They say they would welcome such a release because they have no idea what Mr Key was hinting at in Parliament yesterday.
Mr Key launched a staunch defence of Foreign Minister Murray McCully, who got Cabinet approval in 2013 to spend $10 million to settle a grievance with Mr Al Khalaf, a businessman left out of pocket when live sheep shipments were banned on animal welfare grounds.
Answering questions from Labour leader Andrew Little, Mr Key said Mr McCully had done an outstanding job.