Kevin Hague

Green Party Sport spokesperson Kevin Hague says Murray McCully has no option but to sack Andy Haden as a Rugby World Cup ambassador.

"These ambassadors should be people we all respect and have pride in, and Andy Haden clearly doesn't meet that standard."

"Andy Haden was a poor choice for a Rugby 2011 ambassador due to his organisation of the 1986 Cavaliers tour of South Africa - at the height of South Africa's apartheid era.

"Mr Haden's latest unwise comments have created quite a stir but perhaps of equal concern is his attitude to the recent apology to Maori players. Mr Haden regards the NZRU's apology to Maori - as 'a waste of time'

"Giving everyone a fair go is one of the most basic values we hold as New Zealanders. How about replacing Haden with someone who exemplifies those values, like Graeme Mourie, who took a brave stand against racism, when people like Haden were condoning and profiting from it?"