Todd Barclay

Disgraced MP Todd Barclay is not giving interviews, but says he will continue working hard for Queenstown.

Contacted by the Mountain Scene, the Clutha-Southland MP said he was ''very keen'' to talk, and invited specific questions.

He was sent 12 questions - including how he has filled in the past three weeks, whether he was leaving with regrets, whether he will give a statement to police and what he planned to do after the election.

He ignored those queries, however, addressing only his work on local issues in a lengthy emailed reply.

Mr Barclay said that until the election he was ''totally focused on, and passionate about, remaining actively engaged in issues, looking out for the people of Clutha-Southland's interests and advocating on their behalf''.

Three weeks ago, he said he would stand down at the election in September after a scandal blew up about the alleged secret taping of a former staff member, which embarrassed Prime Minister Bill English.

Mr Barclay subsequently pulled the plug on public appearances.

Police have reopened their investigation into the matter.

In his emailed statement, he said he had doubled the hours his Queenstown office was staffed, and that it actioned 100 cases in 2015, 255 last year 205 so far this year.

In the wake of the Government's announcement this week of loans for three Wakatipu housing infrastructure projects, he claimed he had ''tirelessly'' advocated for them.

Mr Barclay reiterated that for 18 months he had been in ''close discussions'' with Building and Construction Minister Nick Smith about the sale of the Wakatipu High School site, being vacated next year, ''to fast-track a worker accommodation project''.

He also said he was working hard on other options for infrastructure investment.

-By Philip Chandler