stated that "custard is more dangerous than second-hand smoke. ...[and] milk ... is worse than second-hand smoke". He also attracted criticism in February 2008 from Winston Peters for suggesting that New Zealand First had received large anonymous donations. On 15 February 2008, Jones was returned to Parliament as a list MP once more, replacing Brian Donnelly, who had been appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. He was tenth on the New Zealand First party list in . Two people ahead of him on the party list, Susan Baragwanath and Jim Peters, declined the position, and he resigned as party President after becoming an MP. In March 2008, he was critical of fellow NZ First MP Peter Brown's views on Asian immigration. In the , Jones was 14th on the New Zealand First party list, but the party lost all its parliamentary seats, winning no electorates and polling below the 5% threshold. He left politics after this election. Honours In the 2006 New Year Honours, Jones was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for public services. Notes References Works cited External links Dail Jones, New Zealand Parliament website Living people 1944 births Companions of the Queen's Service Order Karachi Grammar School alumni New Zealand First MPs New Zealand National Party MPs 20th-century New Zealand lawyers University of Auckland alumni Pakistani emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand list MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates People educated at St Paul's College, Auckland Unsuccessful candidates in the 2005 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 2008 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1984 New Zealand general election 21st-century New Zealand politicians