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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A male lawyer who appeared in a
New Zealand court dressed in an ankle-length skirt,
lace stockings and a diamond brooch said Tuesday he
was protesting against a male bias in the country's
justice system.

Rob Moodie, a former New Zealand Police union
secretary, stunned the courtroom Monday when he
appeared in women's clothing at a hearing related to a
long-running case involving the death of a man in a
bridge collapse on a North Island farm.

Moodie said he wore the two-piece women's suit because
of what he described as a boys' network in the court
room.

"I'm objecting to the male ethos that is dominating
this case and from now on I'm going to be dressing as
a girl in my daily life," Moodie told Reuters.

"It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't seen the
gung-ho attitude in this case. The more this goes on
and the deeper the cover-up gets, the frocks will get
prettier," he said.

Moodie, who said he was wearing a skirt while talking
to Reuters by telephone, is married with three
children but said he had a strong female gender bias.

"The sexes are not opposite, they're complementary,"
he said, drawing comparisons with New Zealand's hugely
popular All Blacks rugby side.

"The front row of the All Blacks is a very important
part of maleness and is not to be disparaged at all,
but neither should the guy who wants to do ballet,"
Moodie said.

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