'Big distraction': Hipkins admits question that led to c-bomb was 'mistake'

'Big distraction': Hipkins admits question that led to c-bomb was 'mistake'

Chris Hipkins admits it was a “mistake” for Labour to ask a question in Parliament yesterday that directly quoted from a newspaper column that labelled...

A brief history of swearing in parliament

In light of the first-ever record of a c-bomb dropping in the debating chamber this week, we take a look back at the potty mouths of our parliamentarians. During question time on Wednesday, a wave of shocked murmurings swept across parliament’s debating chamber as workplace relations minister Brooke van Velden enunciated a word not often heard in such a hallowed setting: cunts. It was, of course, referring to Andrea Vance’s controversial Sunday …

Controversy as Government Minister swears in Parliament

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden, pictured during question time in Parliament today. Photo supplied ACT Party deputy leader and the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke van Velden, has sparked controversy by swearing during question time in Parliament today, May 14. Van Velden was responding to a question from Labour Party MP Jan Tinetti, who asked her how “unilaterally stopping 33 pay equity claims wa…

Brooke van Velden drops C-word in Parliament

It's thought to be the first time the word has been recorded in the debating chamber.

Minister drops C-word in Parliament

Brooke van Velden. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone By Craig McCulloch of RNZ Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has dropped the C-bomb in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her in a newspaper column.

Hipkins admits Labour’s mistake over quoting column using c-word in Parliament - Daily Telegraph NZ

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has reversed his earlier stance and taken responsibility after Labour MP Jan Tinetti quoted a Sunday Star-Times column in Parliament that used the c-word to describe female ministers, sparking uproar. Initially refusing to condemn the language, Hipkins now admits the move distracted from the core issue of pay equity for low-paid women. He conceded the party should have cited a different source and acknowledged the que…