Ele Ludemann: What if replacement’s worse?

The Greens have ensured that the Darleen Tana saga will drag on for several more weeks:

The Green Party will decide whether to eject former Green, now independent MP Darleen Tana from Parliament at a Special General Meeting (SGM) on September 1.

Kerre Woodham: Exactly what kind of work will Darleen Tana do now?

So there she was yesterday, 2pm House of Parliament, one Darleen Tana.

Bold as brass as Sister Mary Claire would have said, sitting up the back in the naughty girl's seat lonely as Herb Alpert’s bull.

Well, until the leader of Te Pati Maori came by and dropped a hongi on her, or them sorry, she's now a they/them, because she never walks alone.

Mike's Minute: Darleen Tana - time for more professionalism

This has been the battle of the psycho babble and cliches.

Parliament returned yesterday and with it, the return of Darleen Tana: political disgrace and reprobate.

She was back to "do the mahi" whatever that means. She is not in a party and she doesn’t have an electorate. Who is she "doing the mahi" for?

Cam Slater: She Ain’t Going Anywhere Anytime Soon

Just as the Greens release a summary of their inquiry’s findings on Darleen Tana, her husband’s bike shop in Newmarket goes into receivership.

Mike's Minute: How long will Darleen vs the Greens go on for?

The executive summary changes little if anything.

Firstly, it's not the full report. We paid for the full report. The full report is about being transparent.

The Greens can't claim transparency and honesty when they play dumb games like the ones they are.

Mike's Minute: The more Darleen mucks around, the worse it is for the Greens

As Darleen Tana continues her "woe is me, I have been wronged” roadshow, we might look to a bit of history for advice, or instruction.

We have been here before.

I believe it began with Alamein Kopu many years back, another woman with very similar grievances to Tana. For Alamein it wasn't fair, woe is me and I'm hard done by.