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New Zealand Parliament drops tie rule after Māori lawmaker ejected
Māori Party Co-leader Rawiri Waititi in New Zealand s Parliament in Wellington after being told to leave on Tuesday, wearing a traditional taonga pendanti. Photo: Lynn Grieveso/Newsroom via Getty Images
A long-held New Zealand requirement for male Members of Parliament to wear ties has been changed after an indigenous leader was ejected from the chamber for refusing to wear one.
Why it matters: Māori Party Co-leader Rawiri Waititi said after Tuesday s incident that wearing a tie, which he likened to a colonial noose, breached indigenous people s rights. Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard said Wednesday most of the standing orders committee voted to remove the rule.
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 1:06 pm
Hindus have expressed dismay at the reported ejection of
Māori member of New Zealand parliament for refusing to wear
tie.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in
Nevada (USA) today, said that New Zealand needed to grow up
and show some maturity before ejecting a Māori MP from the
Parliament which was built on land discovered by his
ancestors.
Inflicting the dress code and fashion
traditions imported from Europe on the original settlers of
New Zealand was simply unjust and should be universally
condemned; Zed, who is President of Universal Society of
Hinduism, pointed out.
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 8:48 am
Maori Party Co-leader Rawiri Waititi is emerging as one
of the stars of the 53rd Parliament. This is not yet because
of the profundity of his comments – that may be still to
come – but because of the style he has brought to his
role. Already, he would be one of the most well-known
Members of Parliament, a considerable achievement for
someone elected from a minor party, currently Parliament’s
smallest, for the first time at last year’s
election.
In this is because of his physical presence
– he is the first MP with a mataora moko or full facial