National MP Nick Smith booted from the House again

Wellington: New Zealand Parliament’s longest-serving MP Nick Smith accused the government of being a “Nazi establishment’’ in the House as he was removed from the chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. Earlier in the day during Question Time, Smith - who has been an MP since 1990 and is known as the father of the House - was made to leave the chamber by Speaker Trevor Mallard after claims he was bias towards the government.

Once ejected an MP isn’t allowed to return until the Speaker says, but it’s understood Smith came back into the House on at least two other occasions during the evening, and it was on his third return that Deputy Speaker of the House and Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe asked him to leave.