WELLINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Friday it would commission an independent review to assess parliament's workplace culture after a study three years ago found widespread bullying and harassment.<\/p>\n
A 2019 report uncovered systemic harmful behaviour in New Zealand's parliament, including by and between staff, managers, members of parliament, the media and the public.<\/p>\n
Speaker of the House of Representatives Adrian Rurawhe said in a statement he believed the parliamentary workplace had improved over the past three years, and had commissioned the author of the 2019 study to review its progress.<\/p>\n
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\"It is important that we take stock, as an institution, of the effectiveness of that work,\" said Rurawhe.<\/p>\n
In August, a member of parliament from the ruling Labour Party accused other lawmakers from the party of bullying. Labour has denied the accusations and the member of parliament has been suspended.<\/p>\n
Rurawhe said the review would catalogue gains made to date as well as areas where there was still room for improvement.<\/p>\n
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