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Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Takuta Ferris' apology after Privileges Committee report - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Not everyone's happy about an apology from Takuta Ferris last night, delivered in Māori.

In September, Te Pati Maori MP said describing MPs as 'masters of obscuring the truth' wasn't calling them liars.

The Parliamentary Privileges Committee called that a contempt - and recommended he apologise.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Shane Jones called for a second apology in a language 'most Kiwis understand'.

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Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on Takuta Ferris' apology after Privileges Committee report - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive