Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 24, 2017 16:29:41 GMT 12
TE URUROA FLAVELL SAYS MĀORI PARTY CAN RISE AGAIN, IF MĀORIDOM WANT IT
With tears in his eyes, Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell said the Maori Party should go on - but not with him.
Labour's dominance in all seven Māori seats on Saturday night - including Flavell's Waiariki - has seen the Māori Party completely booted from Parliament.
If National forms a government with NZ First then no MPs from the Maori seats will be in government, and a referendum on their very existence may go through.
"When it really comes down the crunch, what is it going to be like without an independent Māori voice in Parliament?" Flavell said.
"New Zealand has spoken, so I guess that's exactly what they want, to go back to the age of colonisation, where the paternalistic red and blue parties tell Maori how to live," Fox said on The Hui.
"They've gone back to colonisation, back to Winston Peters who wants to put a referendum on the Maori seats.
While both won't be looking to enter Parliament again Flavell said there was still possibility for the Māori Party to be resurrected - but only if Māori showed they wanted it......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/97181096/flavell-says-mori-party-can-rise-again-if-moridom-want-it
With tears in his eyes, Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell said the Maori Party should go on - but not with him.
Labour's dominance in all seven Māori seats on Saturday night - including Flavell's Waiariki - has seen the Māori Party completely booted from Parliament.
If National forms a government with NZ First then no MPs from the Maori seats will be in government, and a referendum on their very existence may go through.
"When it really comes down the crunch, what is it going to be like without an independent Māori voice in Parliament?" Flavell said.
"New Zealand has spoken, so I guess that's exactly what they want, to go back to the age of colonisation, where the paternalistic red and blue parties tell Maori how to live," Fox said on The Hui.
"They've gone back to colonisation, back to Winston Peters who wants to put a referendum on the Maori seats.
While both won't be looking to enter Parliament again Flavell said there was still possibility for the Māori Party to be resurrected - but only if Māori showed they wanted it......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/97181096/flavell-says-mori-party-can-rise-again-if-moridom-want-it