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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/faces-of-the-day-60/
- Published: 2021-02-08T17:30:44.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-08T02:43:58.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

> **Emotions ran high at a public meeting discussing the implementation of [Maori wards](https://sunlive.co.nz/news/250537-maori-wards-pass-vote-tauranga.html?ref=goodoil.news) in Tauranga last Friday with opposing views on racism and approaches that benefit Maori.**  
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> **Hobson’s pledge members Don Brash and Casey Costello were headline speakers at the meeting, along with New Conservative member Elliot Ikilei.**  
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> \[…\] In his speech, Ikilei argued that everyone wants equality, and believes the implementation of Maori wards encourages segregation.  
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> He told the crowd judging people based on the colour of their skin is “nothing less than Nazi-style racism”.\[…\]  
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> Sunlive

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/210206-maori-wards.jpg)

Margaret Murray-Benge and Hobson’s Pledge member Don Brash spoke at the public meeting. Photo: Mackenzie Dyer. Credit: Sunlive

[Read the full article here](https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/261781-protesters-tearful-at-meeting-opposing-maori-wards.html?ref=goodoil.news). Comment on it on *The BFD.*