NZ politics at its best!

Headline: "New Zealand First MP in Trouble for Rude Gesture."

From TV 3: MP Ron Mark has apologised for giving National's (another political party) Tau Henare (of Maori descent) the finger during a Parlimentary debate (on August 2)."

New Zealand First is a political party and an MP is a Member of Parliament. Just so you get an idea about this key party--there are 8 major parties here who participate in Parliament--here is what New Zealand First is all about, from Wikipedia (ignore underlines):

"A right-wing, populist, and nationalist party. Its primary goals are reducing immigration, reducing Treaty of Waitangi payments, increasing sentences for crime, and buying back former state assets. Whilst claiming to not be part of the current government, the party's leader serves as the NZ Foreign Minister thanks to a confidence and supply agreement with the Government."

And that Foreign Minister is the same as I told you about in an earlier post, Winston Peters who dismissed the press on his trip to the U.S. with rude gestures and comments, pushing cameras and people aside. A party to look up to, don't you think?? What model behaviour. Gotta love the righties, they do as they say, eh!

For those interested in watching the 4 minute news story, link is here: http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/11827/Default.aspx