NZ Deputy Leader Chastises Falling Standards After Expletives Used in Parliament’s Question Time

‘Our House of Representatives has become a House of Chaos,’ the veteran MP and Deputy Prime Minister wrote on X.
NZ Deputy Leader Chastises Falling Standards After Expletives Used in Parliament’s Question Time
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 28: Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First Leader Winston Peters looks on at Parliament on January 28, 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand. Parliament has resumed with it's first sitting day of 2025 following the summer break. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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Deputy prime minister and leader of one of the three parties in New Zealand’s coalition government, Winston Peters, has taken to social media to chastise fellow MPs for professional standards following the use of offensive language during Question Time.

He outlined his concerns in a post on X, saying, “From relaxing the dress standards in our House to now having utter disorder and the worst of offensive words uttered in question time ... with no reaction or repercussion. We have MPs wearing t-shirts and sneakers, hats, sunglasses, and jerseys, and even occasionally barefooted.”

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