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# Idiots of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/idiots-of-the-day-2/
- Published: 2024-05-30T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-30T03:37:51.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> Hugh McPherson has **taken a sick day from his job in a Government organisation** to take part in today’s “carkoi”.  
>  
> He and his wife Robyn, with dog Maia, are among at least 100 people gathered at Z Karaka in South Auckland this morning ahead of the protest.  
>  
> “People of this land, we have a right to protest,” he said of criticism aimed at the weekday event.  
>  
> “It’s up to the employers to deal with \[any repercussions\].”  
>  
> He knew of younger colleagues who wanted to take part, but were too “whakama” \[embarrassed\] to ask for a sick day to attend.  
>  
> **McPherson, who is Te Arawa Tuwharetoa, was protesting “the way \[Te\] Tiriti is being misrepresented by our Government”.**  
>  
> A lot of people – not just Maori – were doing it tough, he said.  
>  
> NZ Herald

Neither Te Arawa nor Ngati Tuwharetoa signed the treaty. In fact, their rangatira refused.

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