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In the post, John Tamihere challenges two Te Pāti Māori MPs, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, to resign if they are unhappy with the party’s direction.
Internal rifts between Te Pāti Māori MPs, executive and electorates have boiled over in recent weeks.
It is the latest in an ongoing feud within the party.
Kapa-Kingi claimed to be acting on behalf of other “silenced voices”.
Just days ago TPM was calling for unity and heralding a party-wide ‘reset’. Now that optimism has collapsed, replaced by bitter public infighting.
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