Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 4, 2023 5:00:37 GMT 12
MEKA WHAITIRI TO QUIT LABOUR FOR MĀORI PARTY: PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS BLINDSIDED AS HE ARRIVES IN LONDON
A tearful Meka Whaitiri has confirmed this morning she resigned from the Labour Party and has now joined Te Pāti Māori: “Effective immediately”.
She intends to be seated with Te Pāti Māori when they are next in Parliament.
“Māori political activism is part of being Māori,” a visibly emotional Whaitiri said this morning from her iwi Ngāti Kahungungu’s Waipatu marae in Hastings, which is in her Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prime-minister-chris-hipkins-learned-shock-news-of-minister-meka-whaitiri-jumping-ship-to-te-pati-maori-on-arrival-in-london/NLDULAAJPZEAZAAXAGND7L4BYM/
More on the above here > And in an interview this morning with Newsroom, the party's president John Tamihere extends the invitation to her fellow minister and Māori electorate MP, Nanaia Mahuta.
A tearful Meka Whaitiri has confirmed this morning she resigned from the Labour Party and has now joined Te Pāti Māori: “Effective immediately”.
She intends to be seated with Te Pāti Māori when they are next in Parliament.
“Māori political activism is part of being Māori,” a visibly emotional Whaitiri said this morning from her iwi Ngāti Kahungungu’s Waipatu marae in Hastings, which is in her Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/prime-minister-chris-hipkins-learned-shock-news-of-minister-meka-whaitiri-jumping-ship-to-te-pati-maori-on-arrival-in-london/NLDULAAJPZEAZAAXAGND7L4BYM/
More on the above here > And in an interview this morning with Newsroom, the party's president John Tamihere extends the invitation to her fellow minister and Māori electorate MP, Nanaia Mahuta.