WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand male lawmakers are no longer required to wear a necktie in parliament after the rule was dropped following a Maori MP's protest, calling a tie a 'colonial noose'.
Speaker Trevor Mallard prevented Rawiri Waititi from asking questions in the debating chamber on Tuesday and eventually ordered him to leave for not wearing a tie.
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