Andrew Dickens: Is casual clothing in the house acceptable?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 27, 2025 · 1m · transcript

Winston Peters turned into a grumpy old conservative man in the house yesterday.

A role he assumes to hoover up votes from his constituents rather than the stately Foreign Minister image he shows to the rest of the world.

He complained that Ricardo Menéndez March, the Green MP, wore a leather jacket in the house. It was a glossy little number, but was it disrespectful?

It raises the question about clothes in the workforce.

If you wear a $1,500 designer leather jacket, is that less respectful than a $300 suit from Laidlaw + Leeds from Farmers?

Things have obviously loosened. Our big boss wears…