Under fire New Zealand First leader Winston Peters expects to return to parliament in the November 8 election.
In an interview to screen on Maori Television tomorrow Mr Peters says he is confident his name will be cleared, the Sunday Star-Times reported.
Mr Peters faced parliament's privileges committee last week to defend himself against allegations he should have declared billionaire Owen Glenn's $100,000 donation to his legal bills.
The committee's report is expected to be tabled on September 23.
Mr Peters' lawyer, Brian Henry, is due to be questioned by the committee on Tuesday and is expected to be the final witness.
Mr Glenn told the committee last week that he had had a six-minute conversation with Peters about the donation, and then produced an email from Mr Henry which referred to the conversation and gave bank account details.
Mr Peters conceded in the interview that his combative attitude to the media might not have helped his situation.
He also described National Party leader John Key's decision to rule him out of any potential coalition following the election as naive and "foolish in the extreme".
A spokesman for Mr Key told the newspaper National would never work with Mr Peters, whether he was cleared or not.
