When Bill English referenced new Speaker Trevor Mallard's robust debating style in Parliament today, he was most likely referring to his 2007 dust-up with Tau Henare which happened in a corridor just outside the debating chamber.
The two men came to blows after a personal exchange saw then National MP Tau Henare goading Labour's Trevor Mallard over the fact he had recently separated from his wife.
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Mr Mallard made the traditional "let's take this outside" hand motion before the two stepped into an adjacent corridor where they came to blows.
Mr Henare can then be seen in 1 NEWS' unearthed video of the incident, returning into the chamber to tell his colleagues all about the fisticuffs that had just taken place.
Mr Mallard will be hoping for a more sedate time in charge now he's Speaker of the House.
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