Māori babies are being abused, neglected, and killed in this country with alarming frequency. Instead of addressing this uncomfortable truth, Te Pāti Māori point their finger-guns overseas and pretend to be freedom fighters on the world stage.
Willie Jackson can tell the Herald he doesn’t want a war but it’s coming whether he likes it or not. Te Pāti Māori’s not here to negotiate a ceasefire; they’re here to win. And when the dust settles, Labour’s going to be left wondering why they didn’t see it coming.
Te Pāti Māori’s contempt for parliament is a microcosm of their broader contempt for a unified New Zealand. If they can’t play by the rules, they don’t deserve a seat at the table.
Parliament, in the end, enforced its rules and didn’t let Te Pāti Māori keep turning the House into a circus. The three recalcitrant MPs have now been suspended for 21 days. They never turn up anyway, so no one will notice their absence.
The manufactured martyr of a Te Pāti Māori marketing machine.
Te Pāti Māori needs to grow up, ditch the violent rhetoric and start engaging like adults. Seymour’s got the right idea – call it out, don’t back down and let’s keep politics civil. Anything less is a disgrace to our democracy.
Here we are, six months into this farce, with no end in sight. National’s dithering, Labour is hand-wringing and Te Pāti Māori’s still strutting around like they own the place. If this is what passes for leadership in 2025, God help us all.
They’re not just thumbing their noses at Parliament: they’re thumbing their noses at reality. And history says that never ends well.
Another violent episode and the silence of the lambs to challenge it.
With a police inquiry underway, where are the Electoral Commission on this story?
The report into the shenanigans at Manurewa Marae is as damning a report as I’ve ever seen. The one word missing from the report is corruption but it is there if you read between the lines.
If they don’t like the institution of parliament and its standing orders, then they can always go back to the mat.
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been named in the BBC’s list of the top 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2024.
Winston is on fire as he raises the ire of Te Pāti Māori by highlighting their appalling behaviour.
Te Pāti Māori are always straight out of the gate with threats, and so it is more of the same after the Government announced $30 million of cuts to a programme for teachers to learn te reo Māori.
