Māori academic weighs in on necktie row, arguing there are bigger issues of disparity

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 7 p.m.

When New Zealand's Speaker Trevor Mallard ejected the Leader of the Maori Party Rawiri Waititi for not wearing a tie in parliament this week, it started a conversation that travelled around the world. A Maori academic tells Pacific Beat he doesn't have a problem with the requirement.