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Party leader Hone Harawira should stop playing games and sign
parliament's oath of allegiance like all the other MPs, Prime Minister
John Key says.
Mr Harawira says he's still considering how he'll
respond when he's called on to swear allegiance to the Queen on Tuesday,
and he's been in trouble over it before.
After winning the Te Tai
Tokerau by-election earlier this year he made up his own oath and swore
allegiance to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Speaker Lockwood Smith ordered him to leave the debating chamber, and he came back the following week to do it properly.
"I'm not sure how I'll respond when I'm called upon the give the oath," he said.
"But rest assured I will pledge allegiance to the things that matter."
Mr Key says Mr Harawira is playing games.
"I think he does it to grandstand, not because he genuinely doesn't support the constitutional monarchy we have," Mr Key said.
"Hone Harawira is notorious for playing games, he should get on with it like every other MP."
The swearing in ceremony begins at 11am, conducted by Clerk of Parliament Mary Harris.
Dr Smith will be elected Speaker for a second term after MPs have been sworn in."
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