Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on House Speaker Gerry Brownlee backing Maureen Pugh's move to stop unplanned speech
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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MPs are pushing back against the Speaker's ruling on the treatment of a Maori elder in House.
Assistant Speaker Maureen Pugh demanded the Whakatohea kaumatua stop - as he tried to introduce a waiata.
Speaker Gerry Brownlee has supported Pugh - but Labour leader Chris Hipkins says a karakia's often given before waiata - and he's never seen a Speaker interrupt.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper unpacked the controversy here today.
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