Mallard then made Hipkins withdraw and apologise which is meant to be done without embellishment.
Hipkins: "I apologise for calling the Leader of the Opposition a chauvinistic pig."
That apology earned National an extra five supplementary questions from Mallard before Hipkins was ordered to withdraw and apologise properly.
Bridges' question that sparked the controversy was over the primary teachers' pay claim: Why did her Government prioritise $2.8 billion for a fees-free tertiary policy that isn't delivering any extra students over additional funding for teachers' pay…."
After all the kerfuffle, Ardern resume the answer to Bridges' question: "The Minister of Finance, for those are interested in what he muttered, said 'We didn't.' I'm going to expand substantially on that answer because in the last Budget we prioritised funding for 1500 more teachers. We gave a 45 per cent increase for operational funding. We provided the first core early childhood education funding increase in nearly a decade. We tripled learning support funding to $272 million. That is called prioritising education."
Comment has been sought from Ardern and Bridges.