Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 25, 2023 4:46:47 GMT 12
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR SAYS NATIONAL WILL NOT WIN MĀORI SEATS BUT STILL BENEFIT FROM STANDING CANDIDATES
"First of all, it's respectful… You're a party that was meant to speak to the whole of the country and if you deliberately don't stand candidates in seats that's like writing them off. It's just wrong.
"The second thing is, from a strategic, more sort of electoral view, you're going pull across a few party votes. It's the party vote that counts.
"Thirdly… The National Party, in theory, has committed to abolishing those seats but only in the same way that the Labour Party is theoretically committed to state socialism - 'it's a theoretical commitment only.'"
Luxon's commitment to standing candidates in Māori seats is an almost total reversal of the party's previous view. In 2008, National said its plan was to eventually get rid of the Maori seats......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/political-commentator-says-national-will-not-win-m-ori-seats-but-still-benefit-from-standing-candidates.html
MĀORI ELECTORAL ROLL - WHY SOME MĀORI VOTERS ARE STRATEGICALLY SWAPPING ROLLS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF ELECTION 2023
Hikairo emphasised, "Who we can vote for is a lot more limited compared to the general".
"On the general roll, all parties stand candidates, on the Māori roll, not so much."
He said the Māori roll can feel restrictive and switching to the general roll doesn't change his blood or genealogy.
"We don't just live in Māori things, we suffer the same health stuff as everybody else, we go to the same schools as everybody else.
"What electoral roll I'm on didn't change my Māori blood, didn't change my Māori genealogy, didn't change my Māori language, didn't change my Māori family. None of that changed. What's changed is my ability to choose more widely who I can potentially vote for."....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2023/06/newshub-nation-m-ori-electoral-roll-why-some-m-ori-voters-are-strategically-swapping-rolls-and-what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-election-2023.html
"First of all, it's respectful… You're a party that was meant to speak to the whole of the country and if you deliberately don't stand candidates in seats that's like writing them off. It's just wrong.
"The second thing is, from a strategic, more sort of electoral view, you're going pull across a few party votes. It's the party vote that counts.
"Thirdly… The National Party, in theory, has committed to abolishing those seats but only in the same way that the Labour Party is theoretically committed to state socialism - 'it's a theoretical commitment only.'"
Luxon's commitment to standing candidates in Māori seats is an almost total reversal of the party's previous view. In 2008, National said its plan was to eventually get rid of the Maori seats......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/06/political-commentator-says-national-will-not-win-m-ori-seats-but-still-benefit-from-standing-candidates.html
MĀORI ELECTORAL ROLL - WHY SOME MĀORI VOTERS ARE STRATEGICALLY SWAPPING ROLLS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF ELECTION 2023
Hikairo emphasised, "Who we can vote for is a lot more limited compared to the general".
"On the general roll, all parties stand candidates, on the Māori roll, not so much."
He said the Māori roll can feel restrictive and switching to the general roll doesn't change his blood or genealogy.
"We don't just live in Māori things, we suffer the same health stuff as everybody else, we go to the same schools as everybody else.
"What electoral roll I'm on didn't change my Māori blood, didn't change my Māori genealogy, didn't change my Māori language, didn't change my Māori family. None of that changed. What's changed is my ability to choose more widely who I can potentially vote for."....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2023/06/newshub-nation-m-ori-electoral-roll-why-some-m-ori-voters-are-strategically-swapping-rolls-and-what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-election-2023.html