When Parliament
resumed Speaker Lockwood Smith said he has been informed by
the Maori Party that Hone Harawira was no longer a member of
the party and would now be treated as an independent
MP.
Prime Minister John Key made a ministerial statement
on the earthquake in Christchurch with party leaders
speaking in reply.
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