Ah....he's such a funny bloke, that Paul Henry, eh?
He makes a big thing live on-air (my friend who was a few metres away and who related the story to me didn't know if it was live on-air at that particular moment) about offering to donate $10,000 in return for a Skyhawk (even has the cheque in his hand), then when the Prime Minister says, “no he cannot have a Skyhawk,” but that he (the PM) will instead match Paul Henry's cheque with one of his own, Paul Henry decides to give the country the impression that he is a dick just so he can then secretly donate the $10,000 out of the public gaze (after making such a big thing about wanting to public donate $10,000, just so long as he got a Skyhawk in return) because he likes making himself appear to be on a big ego-stroking wankfest.
Yep, that Paul Henry sure is a funny chap!