Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 17, 2024 6:01:26 GMT 12
DOES TAMA POTAKA HAVE THE ‘MONGREL’ TO FIGHT BACK?
e Ao With Moana host Moana Maniapoto tonight asked National cabinet minister Tama Potaka if he had enough “mongrel to fight against” his colleagues and coalition partners.
But Potaka told her he was a “results and outcome-driven person.
“There’s time to be a very strong advocate like the lawyer that I was. There’s the time to be a negotiator.”
Potaka’s portfolio is long: He is the MP for Hamilton West, Minister of Māori Development, Māori Crown relations, Conservation, Whānau Ora and Associate Minister of Housing (social housing).
Potaka has a law degree from Victoria University and while studying for it, he concluded te Tirit was “foundational for our country”.
“That’s my view and I think it’s the view of many people.”
He did want to acknowledge that he had seen a “massive increase” in Māori councillors around Aotearoa.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/04/15/does-tama-potaka-have-the-mongrel-to-fight-back/
e Ao With Moana host Moana Maniapoto tonight asked National cabinet minister Tama Potaka if he had enough “mongrel to fight against” his colleagues and coalition partners.
But Potaka told her he was a “results and outcome-driven person.
“There’s time to be a very strong advocate like the lawyer that I was. There’s the time to be a negotiator.”
Potaka’s portfolio is long: He is the MP for Hamilton West, Minister of Māori Development, Māori Crown relations, Conservation, Whānau Ora and Associate Minister of Housing (social housing).
Potaka has a law degree from Victoria University and while studying for it, he concluded te Tirit was “foundational for our country”.
“That’s my view and I think it’s the view of many people.”
He did want to acknowledge that he had seen a “massive increase” in Māori councillors around Aotearoa.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/04/15/does-tama-potaka-have-the-mongrel-to-fight-back/