Yesterday’s hikoi wasn’t grassroots – it was a Māori Party astroturf.
— Winston Peters (@winstonpeters) November 20, 2024
What most in the mainstream media are not reporting is that the organiser of the hikoi is the son of the current sitting Māori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, is employed by the Māori Party, and stood as a…
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The Māori Party used and manipulated thousands of Māori for their own pointless political stunt. They are a bunch of extremists and middle New Zealand has had enough. They don’t want democracy, they want anarchy.
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