"We are (pleased) but we don't think Tuni should have been put through this.
"She will be able to carry a pocket Bible with her in the future that's not obvious to the punters at SkyCity,'' he said.
He has also asked SkyCity to review its policy around uniform breaches and to "clarify the nature of disciplinary letters''.
SkyCity general manager group services Grainne Troute said earlier that a written warning was the maximum penalty for the breach of uniform standards, and was confident the issue would be resolved without any disciplinary action.
The breach extended to items such as mobile phones, books and other things which might interfere with staff fully engaging with their customers, she said.
"Initially the issue with Tuni was she was carrying a Bible that was much larger than the small pocket Bible that she's now carrying. The Bible that she's carrying now is much smaller - she can fit it into her pocket - and it does appear that she can carry it without it being visible to customers and, therefore, from an appearance standpoint, it fits with our uniform policy.
"I think what we're finding here is that the policy is flexible enough to allow something small like a pocket Bible but it's not flexible enough to allow a large Bible, like the one that was previously being used.''
Ms Troute said this afternoon that the decision made today would have been communicated to Ms Parata on Monday if a meeting that day had gone ahead as scheduled. It had been pushed back by the union.
Ms Parata was never in danger of losing her job over the Bible, she said.
"We were unequivocal right from the start that this wasn't a dismissal issue.''
Ms Parata had originally carried a much larger Bible and while that was not suitable, the smaller Bible she was now carrying was.
"For us it is a pragmatic solution for her. As long as she has the small Bible that she can keep on herself that doesn't interfere with the look of her uniform in any way ... fine,'' Ms Troute said.
