Should Parliament cut ties with ties? Shaw asks for rule change
Green Party co-leader James Shaw made one of the cheekier requests during Parliament's opening day when he asked speaker Trevor Mallard to bin rules requiring male MPs to wear ties.
Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro went to find out whether people think it's time to free the neck.
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Should Parliament cut ties with ties? Shaw asks for rule change
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