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Dress code or cultural identity ... which comes first?

New Zealand's parliament has backed down after ejecting a Maori politician because he refused to ...

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17.25 10 Feb 2021


Dress code or cultural identity ... which comes first?


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17.25 10 Feb 2021


New Zealand's parliament has backed down after ejecting a Maori politician because he refused to wear a tie.

They will now allow him to speak without an accessory he labelled a "colonial noose".

Should there be a strict business dress code for legislators or should cultural identities come first?

Amanullah De Sondy is Head of the Study of Religion at University College Cork, and Sean Barrett is a former Fine Gael TD and Ceann Comhairle.

They joined Kieran to discuss whether what happened in New Zealand was appropriate.


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