National MP Tim Macindoe has been caught appearing to joke about domestic violence during a Facebook livestream.
But Macindoe said the joke was a reference to a British political television show and had "nothing remotely" to do with domestic violence.
During a Facebook livestream of the Justice Select Committee yesterday, Macindoe was caught joking: "I did push my first two wives off the balcony of our upper-floor apartment."
Other MPs laugh and Labour MP Clare Curran replies with a grin: "Oh, stop it."
National MP Nick Smith then interjects: "I think we are in public session."