Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 12, 2023 4:17:46 GMT 12
CHANGES TO MĀORI ELECTORAL OPTION IS THE START OF AN INTER-GENERATIONAL MOVEMENT, SAYS TE PĀTI MĀORI PRESIDENT JOHN TAMIHERE
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere says young non-Māori voters will jump on to the Māori waka, not by protest but to support equality and equity for Māori.
Ngarewa-Packer says that legislation was racist and a deliberate way of stopping tangata whenua from being able to make decisions about their whenua and whānau.
“This was not accidental, it was a deliberate way of oppressing Māori and that racist legislation now being removed
Meanwhile, Tamihere said Te Pāti Māori would consider standing candidates in non-Maori electoral seats.
“We’re a movement and it’s our time,” he said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/changes-to-maori-electoral-option-is-the-start-of-an-inter-generational-movement-says-te-pati-maori-president-john-tamihere/NDF4N7ZGIFCWZOURY3XSDF6FU4/
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere says young non-Māori voters will jump on to the Māori waka, not by protest but to support equality and equity for Māori.
Ngarewa-Packer says that legislation was racist and a deliberate way of stopping tangata whenua from being able to make decisions about their whenua and whānau.
“This was not accidental, it was a deliberate way of oppressing Māori and that racist legislation now being removed
Meanwhile, Tamihere said Te Pāti Māori would consider standing candidates in non-Maori electoral seats.
“We’re a movement and it’s our time,” he said.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/changes-to-maori-electoral-option-is-the-start-of-an-inter-generational-movement-says-te-pati-maori-president-john-tamihere/NDF4N7ZGIFCWZOURY3XSDF6FU4/