Labour MP Willie Jackson, who joined Stanford on AM, said he agreed with “a lot of what Erica just said”.
“The reality is you’ve got a couple of idiots here. You’ve got [David] Seymour and Winston [Peters] who are trying to sidetrack…segregation…what a load of nonsense. As Erica said this has been in place for the last 35 years.”
Jackson accused Seymour and Peters of trying to distract from their own failings by attacking the university.
“Universities have an obligation to look after minorities, to look after women, to look after rainbow, to look after Pasifika, to look after Māori.
“Tell Seymour and Winston let’s get rid of the rooms here [Parliament] then because we’ve got a rainbow room here, we’ve got a Māori room here, we’ve got a women’s room here, we’ve got a Pasifika room here. Absolute rubbish.”
Jackson also complimented his opposition MP saying Stanford was right to focus on lifting Māori academic achievements and not “going down this mad route talking about Apartheid”.
The University meanwhile has stayed tight-lipped refusing to confirm to Newshub that the sign is official. However, Chris Lynch media reported on Wednesday that the University had confirmed the sign was authentic and had removed it.