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- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Maori Party co-leader, used a slur in the House of Representatives.
- Casey Costello of New Zealand First claimed the slur targeted Labour MP Pugh.
- Willie Jackson called Pugh a “bloody hypocrite” after the exchange.
- Pugh asked the clerk to have the Sergeant-at-Arms escort Jackson from the chamber.
- Ngarewa-Packer admitted she had used the word twice before in the House, citing precedent.