The Foreign Affairs Minister, currently stood down from the position, is back on the defensive after official documents released to NZPA yesterday showed an e-mail trail in which he pushed the ministry hard to have Mr Glenn appointed to the position.
Mr Glenn, who is based in Monaco, donated $100,000 to NZ First but Mr Peters had denied there was any connection between that and the expatriate billionaire's lobbying for the post.
Mr Peters, who was found in contempt of Parliament for not disclosing the donation, said Mr Glenn nominated himself for the position.
He said Mr Glenn first showed an interest in the honorary consul's position in 2002 and he "inherited" that application when he became foreign minister after the 2005 election.
Mr Peters said today that he only ever asked the ministry to investigate the merit in appointing an honorary consul in Monaco, and he did not push for any particular person to be appointed to the role.
However, the documents released by the ministry yesterday under the Official Information Act, show otherwise.
A memo on April 19, 2007, from Mfat chief executive Simon Murdoch said Mr Peters "wants to appoint an honorary consul in Monaco. It is a distinguished expat of his choice".
A memo the next day said the name mentioned was Owen Glenn... "I have no further details except that he is a mega-rich NZer living in Monaco. Presumably someone can google him".
In the face of delays from officials Mr Peters asked for updates.
At one August 27 meeting, an official warned embassy staff in Paris that Mr Peters was "clearly annoyed that this issue had not made faster progress".
Mr Peters today said the decision on an appointment in Monaco was subject to the same "tardy" decision-making by Mfat that he experienced over a decision on a similar appointment in the Ukraine, and the organisation of his trip to North Korea.
"You'll find similar correspondence (on these issues), saying `when you're asked to do something, do it now'," he told Radio New Zealand.
"I wanted them to give me the answer -- do we need a consul today, in 2007, in Monaco and, if so, would you check this man (Mr Glenn) out."
When the ministry came back and said a consul was not needed in Monaco " that was the end of it", Mr Peters said.
ACT leader Rodney Hide said last night the documents showed Mr Peters had wanted to appoint Mr Glenn.
"He vigorously denied ever seeking a consulship for Owen Glenn which we now know to have been untrue," Mr Hide said in a statement headed Cash for Consulship.
National Party leader John Key said Mr Peters had denied pushing for Mr Glenn to get the position and the papers showed that was what he did.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said there was "no issue" because no appointment had been made.
