The clandestine taping of an employee by Government MP Todd Barclay resulted in a secret payment from former Prime Minister John Key’s leader’s budget to make the issue "go away".

Then-Prime Minister John Key’s parliamentary budget was used to pay part of a confidential settlement to Dickson, in an attempt to avoid “potential legal action”. 

Current Prime Minister Bill English knew about the payment and the illegal recordings, National Party board members and the Parliamentary Service also knew about the secret recordings.
Glenys Dickson and others in the Southland Gore electorate have been threatened and intimidated by others since falling out with Barclay.

This has cast a dark and shameful cloud over the integrity of Her Majesty's New Zealand Government.
There is clear evidence of a Conspiracy to Obstruct, Prevent, Pervert or Defeat Justice. 

We, the undersigned People of New Zealand, humbly request that the Governor General of New Zealand calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to fully and transparently investigate this and all related matters...