3 May 2022

Winston Peters banned from Parliament - what's his next move?

From Lately, 10:18 pm on 3 May 2022

The trespass orders handed down by Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard may yet invite a costly legal stoush. 

One of those banned from parliament for two years is mercurial poltician,  NZ First leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters: banned for two years from a place he has worked for more than four decades.

Constitutional law expert Professor Andrew Geddis from University of Otago weighs up Winston's possible remedies.

Winston Peters talks to protesters outside Parliament on 22 February 2022.

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver