MP calls submitter “fucking racist”

The Herald reports:

Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris is under fire after he was heard saying “f***ing racist” following a submission at a parliamentary select committee on amendments to foreshore and seabed legislation.

Act says it has raised the remarks with the Speaker as a matter of privilege. The privileges committee is already considering whether Ferris misled the House with comments he made last month.

This goes beyond rudeness. Select Committees are about allowing members of the public to have their say on proposed laws. To have an MP verbally abuse submitters like this is disgraceful.