5 May 2022

Mallard holds on to Speaker role after trespass controversy

From Checkpoint, 6:06 pm on 5 May 2022

Trevor Mallard is safe in his job as Parliament's Speaker for now - with the Prime Minister continuing to express her support.

The Speaker performed a major backdown yesterday - withdrawing five trespass notices sent to former MPs - including the former deputy PM Winston Peters.

The Opposition parties say the notices should not have been issued in the first place - and are yet another reason for Mallard to go.

Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.