Field was found guilty this week at the High Court in Auckland of 11 charges of bribery and corruption as an MP and 15 charges of willfully trying to obstruct or pervert the course of justice.
The convictions relate to him accepting work on his homes from Thai tradesman in return for immigration assistance, and his attempts to derail investigations.
Having entered parliament in 1993, Field is still entitled to claim for up to 12 free domestic return air fares a year, along with a 90 percentdiscount on international travel as long as it does not exceed the cost of a return business-class flight to London on Air New Zealand — about NZ$10,000 ($6,728).
Speaker Lockwood Smith admitted there appeared to be no rules suggesting former MPs convicted of criminal offenses were exempt from general privileges, The New Zealand Herald reported.
But he said, under the circumstances, he was “willing to explore how provision could be made to address the situation.”
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who is in Cairns at a Pacific Islands Forum meeting, said morally the entitlements, which include perks for Field’s wife, were inappropriate.
