𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 ≋2≋0≋1≋4≋ - ℂ𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕪 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕦𝕤𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒.

One News reported that while Ms Collins was in China last October she visited the offices of Oravida, a New Zealand company which exports milk products to China. Her husband, David Wong Tung, is a director of Oravida and the company later put up a photo of Ms Collins claiming she had tasted and endorsed their products.

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It is against Cabinet Manual rules to endorse any product. Labour MP Grant Robertson said there was a perception of a conflict of interest. "Ministers have to be up front. Perception matters.''

Ms Collins said she was not aware of the photo and would ask for it to be removed if it breached Cabinet guidelines.

"I certainly don't endorse any products other than the fact I always try and help New Zealand companies trying to export.''

Prime Minister John Key said he did not believe Ms Collins' husband's directorship of Oravida created a conflict of interest.

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"It doesn't preclude her dropping in. There is no commercial value there.''

Ms Collins told One News she visited a lot of New Zealand companies and it was "completely appropriate''.

Oravida has donated to National in the past.

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