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Podcast: Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast
Episode: Maurice Williamson: Former MP and former diplomat on Trevor Mallard's ousting from Ambassador to Ireland
Description: Former Speaker Trevor Mallard is returning early from Ireland, ending his job as Ambassador. Winston Peters has appointed senior foreign affairs staffer Angela Hassan-Sharp as his replacement, saying his behaviour during the anti-mandate occupation at Parliament should've disqualified him from the role. Peters says only experienced diplomats, not former politicians, should be posted overseas. Former MP and former diplomat Maurice Williamson told Kerre Woodham the idea that politicians should never be appointed as diplomats is too black and white. He says that often those with political weight behind their name have adva...