Hide defends the canary jacket

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ACT Party leader Rodney Hide says his bright yellow jacket isstylish and he will continue to wear it throughout the electioncampaign despite it being lambasted as a fashion disaster.

The Newmarket Business Association has asked Mr Hide not to wearthe canary-coloured garment which bears the ACT Party logo.Spokesman Cameron Brewer says it is an "intolerablesight" and does not help promote Newmarket as New Zealand'sfashion capital.

"For sure we see the occasional fashion faux pas around theplace, but this is completely unacceptable from someone in aleadership role. To be getting around in a crass canary campaigncoat is simply offensive to Newmarket, particularly during schoolholidays."

Mr Hide says it is not the first time someone has told him to putthe jacket back in the closet. He says Helen Clark has also triedto shut him down because the jacket has not been authorised underthe Electoral Finance Act.