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Winston Peters Ejected From House And Named
During Parliamentary question time moments ago New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters was "named" by Speaker Jonathan Hunt for refusing to follow a direction from the chair to leave the house.
Naming of a member is one of the most serious sanctions that can be taken against a member by the house. It will mean Winston cannot return to the house for 24 hours.
Immediately before he was named Winston Peters
accused the speaker of running a "protection racket" in
preventing him from making a point of order. Winston Peters
was attempting to make a legal point in relation to an
answer given by Minister Margaret Wilson concerning the
recent Court of Appeal decision over Maori Land Court
jurisdiction over customary law claims to beaches and
foreshores.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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