In his confidential submission to today's disciplinary committee hearing, obtained by The New Zealand Herald, Mr Flavell said both he and Mr Harawira were prepared to take up ministerial positions in the coalition - belying Mr Harawira's recent strong criticisms of his party for staying in the coalition.
"Put it this way: if he was to have received a ministerial position, would he still be writing to criticise the relationship? Answer: I doubt it."
Mr Flavell laid a complaint against Mr Harawira a month ago over a column Mr Harawira wrote in which he criticised the coalition and questioned the leaders and direction of the Maori Party.
Mr Flavell revealed Mr Harawira's original ministerial hopes to counter Mr Harawira's own claims the party had gone off the rails and sold its people out by dealing with National.
Mr Flavell was also scathing about Mr Harawira's criticism of National as "anti-worker" and "anti-environment", saying Mr Harawira had difficulties with his own staff and once told caucus he did not believe in climate change and nobody would tell him to drive a smaller car.
"So he champions the cause and yet abuses the cause as he feels."
Mr Flavell said Mr Harawira had backed the relationship with National at the time and described his column as "lies, mistruths, misleading statements about everything but himself and his part in things".
In the often emotional written statement, Mr Flavell said it was not easy laying a complaint against his friend of more than 40 years and it had taken a toll on his whanau, the Maori Party and the other MPs, who had suffered personal abuse.
However, he said Mr Harawira appeared to have a deliberate strategy to cast the other Maori MPs in a bad light.
He depicted Mr Harawira as "talking himself up" and "big noting" by constantly painting himself as the only true voice of Maoridom.
"That strategy is aimed at putting the rest of us down."
Mr Flavell also depicts brattish behaviour, saying Mr Harawira "spits the dummy" if he does not get his way and had an attitude of "Hone's view is right and everyone else is wrong".
He questioned Mr Harawira's conviction, saying co-leader Tariana Turia left the Labour Party over the first Foreshore and Seabed Act: "She is comfortable enough to support this Bill.
If it is that Hone is so vehemently opposed [to], then surely a belief in that principle would result in his walking as well."
Mr Flavell indicated things were past the point of no return, saying the other MPs "have lost any semblance of trust in Hone and, clearly, he in us".
"I am clear that more hui with Hone or an electorate will not change things. He is his own man."
Party president Pem Bird last week banned all of those involved from talking to the media about the complaint after Mr Harawira apparently breached an earlier agreement by appearing on Marae.
Mr Bird did not return calls yesterday but has previously said the national council will meet tomorrow to decide on any disciplinary committee recommendation made today.
However, it is understood the Te Tai Tokerau electorate now wants to seek another extension, claiming many could not attend today's hui because of Waitangi Tribunal hearings in Waitangi this week.
- Claire Trevett
