Prime Minister John Key last night rubbished allegations of corruption by Winston Peters who suggested in Parliament the PM's office had been in cahoots with the police to seize Mr Peters' phone records during the teapot tape inquiry.
"He is completely and utterly wrong as per normal," Mr Key said.
The police also issued a statement saying it had neither accessed Mr Peters' phone records nor had there been any application for a warrant to access his phone records.
Police spokesman Grant Ogilvie said Mr Peters' name had come up during the inquiry because of public statements he made at the time about knowledge of the tape's contents.
"The Prime Minister was the complainant in this case. As is normal practice, the complainant was kept updated on the inquiry."