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Mallard backs down, retracts trespass order on Peters, others

17:22 pm on 4 May 2022

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Parliament's Speaker has performed a major about-turn, dropping the trespass orders he'd slapped on Winston Peters and four other former MPs.

The former Deputy Prime Minister yesterday revealed he'd received a letter barring him from Parliament for two years due to his attendance at February's protest.

He threatened legal action - Trevor Mallard has now backed down.

Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.