Labour leader Chris Hipkins has criticised Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's handling of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly resignation.
Bayly, National MP for Port Waikato, resigned his ministerial positions after what he said was an "animated discussion" that ended with him putting a hand on a staffer.
Bayly said he took the discussion "too far", and described his own behaviour as "overbearing" and "inappropriate".
Hipkins told media on Monday afternoon, Luxon "should have acted sooner".
"Christopher Luxon has once again set the bar for ministerial behaviour so low, that it would be almost impossible to get over it.
"In this case, we now got ministers sacking themselves when the Prime Minister should have shown leadership and done that months ago.
"Andrew Bayly should have been sacked when he called someone a loser for working late and told them to 'f off and go home'."
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