Don’t post. Don’t do pub talk. And don’t declare it the year of growth if Donald Trump is the president. Celebrations for a big and bodacious Oriini Kaipara byelection victory were shortlived for Te Pāti Māori thanks to Tākuta Ferris’s decision to double down on a social media post aghast at a multicultural group of Labour supporters for Peeni Henare on the campaign trail.
The unfortunate mix of a rogue MP, an eyebrow-raising role switch, rumbles among the old guard and stand-offs with the media means Te Pāti Māori will have to do some soul-searching if they want to be kīngi-makers at next year’s election.
Hipkins said he disagreed with the sentiment.
“What Tākuta said, in substance, was right. It is wrong for other folk to politic in Māori seats,“ says John Tamihere, Te Pāti Māori president.
Party president John Tamihere rejects criticism: ‘I’m allowed to be a Māori in this country, and that should not be seen as unorthodox.’ The post Te Pāti Māori-linked social provider cleared of misusing funds; faces new probes appeared first on Newsroom .
The Holocaust Centre deputy chairman said ‘it’s not an appropriate comparison from a historical point of view’.
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere made the comments on Martyn Bradbury's podcast.
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