As it deals with a long-running pay dispute, New Zealand Bus is also courting trouble with new employment rules.
It wants to ban fat drivers, by blocking job applications from anyone weighing more than 115 kilos. The policy is aimed at new prospective employees.
One nutritional expert says it could be seen as discriminating against Polynesians in particular.
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