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Tākuta Ferris

Candidate for Te Tai Tonga
Party Te Pāti Māori
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Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris doubles down on social media comments labelled ‘racist’
NZ Herald — September 10, 2025

He said it's “unacceptable” for people of other ethnicities to campaign in the seat.

Labour’s Chris Hipkins won’t call Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris’ Instagram post ‘racist’, says those labels aren’t helpful
NZ Herald — September 9, 2025

That's despite him saying in 2023 that racism should be called out.

Electoral Commission reviewing Tākuta Ferris social media post and party billboards in byelection
NZ Herald — September 7, 2025

Oriini Kaipara won the Tāmaki Makaurau seat last night, defeating Labour's Peeni Henare.

Asians, Black and Pākehā ‘campaigning to take a Māori seat from Māori’ - Labour hits out at TMP social post
Stuff — September 4, 2025

Labour has condemned a social media post by Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris, after he questioned why visible non-Māori were helping Labour candidate Peeni Henare campaign in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election.

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