Labour MP Clare Curran was absent from Parliament today after taking personal leave.
It comes after the MP was rattled in Parliament when asked yesterday by National MP Melissa Lee about the use of her personal email for Government business.
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters defended Ms Curran's performance in the House today, telling Paula Bennett that "we all have an off day, and no one would understand that better than the member asking the question".
National MP Melissa Lee yesterday pressed Ms Curran with questions and she was forced to admit that she had conducted Government business on her personal Gmail account "from time to time".
When asked "what Government business has she conducted via her Gmail account", Ms Curran appeared flustered and said she had just answered that question. She was told by the Speaker to answer the question.
Ms Curran responded: "To the best of my recollection, um, ah, ah, I haven't, um, I haven't used my, um I've answered um OIA, ah, ah, OIA responses and personal, um and parliamentary questions correctly and to the best of my recollection, um, ah, you know, that, that has, that's what I've done."
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