National health spokesman, Dunedin list MP Michael Woodhouse, did not even get the satisfaction of confronting his Dunedin North rival, Health Minister David Clark, in the House. While horns may not have been locked just yet, consider this a postponement rather than the end of the matter. "Why are we coming to update this Act now, as there has been no recent documented evidence that FGM is actually occurring and being practised here in New Zealand?," Dr Craig asked. Mr Patterson, who called the incident a travesty of justice, said he was accused of misuse of a screwdriver, and summarily marched outside and caned by the future National cabinet minister. Northland MP Matt King interjected that Mr Brownlee said that was not true, to which Mr Patterson replied: "I bet I remember it better than he does.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 13, 2019 15:32 UTC