This Maori claim must be pole-axed

Alf has advised Mrs Grumble to keep a close eye on the Human Rights Commission over the next week or so, now that a stroppy bloke called David Rankin is kicking up a fuss over a bit of flag pole.

Mrs Grumble triumphantly came home from a visit to rellies in the Waikato with a pair of undies.

Not any old undies. These are Tuku Morgan’s infamous $89 underpants (or so she was led to believe).

For now they are on display in the Grumble household, laundered, ironed, framed and resplendent on the lounge wall.

Mrs Grumble paid $5600 for them at a school auction.