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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1436/
- Published: 2026-03-20T17:30:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-20T17:30:52.000Z
- Description: Kapa-Kingi said since returning to parliament, all the she had received from party co-leader Rāwiri Waititi was a text message asking if she would be available for a short, 10-minute kōrero, and had not spoken to the party’s president John Tamihere since November 2025.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> “The silence is deafening.”  
>  
> That’s the word from newly reinstated Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who said she was yet to speak with her party’s leadership team following months of internal ructions and a bitter High Court battle.  
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> In a wide-ranging interview with *Mata* [host Mihingarangi Forbes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/video/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?ref=goodoil.news), Kapa-Kingi said since returning to parliament, all the she had received from party co-leader Rāwiri Waititi was a text message asking if she would be available for a short, 10-minute kōrero, and had not spoken to the party’s president John Tamihere since November 2025.  
>  
> “Rāwiri messaged and asked if I was available at a particular time... we haven’t managed to pull that off.” she said.  
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> “My view is it requires more than 10 minutes, tāku nei whakaaro. Nothing \[has been\] offered up, no real significant or important conversation set aside yet.”  
>  
> RNZ

[Read More](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/590210/the-silence-is-deafening-mariameno-kapa-kingi-yet-to-speak-with-te-pati-maori-leaders?ref=goodoil.news)