21 Jun 2023

Greens co-leader on 'a very serious accusation'

From First Up, 5:53 am on 21 June 2023

Tuesday's question time in Parliament turned tense after Greens co-leader Marama Davidson was asked to leave the House. It all started when ACT MP James McDowal asked why ethnicity was a factor on the surgical wait list tool. But, before the question could be anwered, Ms Davidson raised a point of order saying the question was intended to incite racism. Speaker Adrian Rurawhe called it "a very serious accusation" and asked her to apologise and leave the House. Marama Davidson spoke with Nathan Rarere.