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A former High Commissioner to the UK says while they feel bad for Phil Goff, Winston Peters was right to sack him.
The Foreign Minister stepped in to fire Goff over comments made questioning Donald Trump's understanding of history at a public event.
Sir Lockwood Smith was in the role from 2013 to 2017 and told Mike Hosking those kinds of comments aren't acceptable.
He says the High Commissioner acts as the voice of the New Zealand Government and so needs to be very careful.
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