An attempt to repeal New Zealand's outdated blasphemy law has been scuppered in Parliament.

On May 9 MP Chris Hipkins tabled a Supplementary Order Paper which would have added the blasphemy law to the Statutes Repeal Bill which is making its way through Parliament.

But National and Maori Party MPs voted on Tuesday not to add the blasphemy law to the list of statutes being repealed.

Cartoonist extraordinaire, Tom Scott, joins Mike Hosking, to discuss his experience with New Zealand's blasphemy laws.

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