Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 18, 2023 9:44:06 GMT 12
NEW ZEALANDERS VOTE FOR CHANGE
“The biggest talking point of the election is the battle for control of the Maori seats.
“That fight was vividly expressed in the seat of Hauraki-Waikato. Nanaia Mahuta has been defeated and without a list seat as a life-line, is out of Parliament. Mahuta held the seat for 27 years. She has been defeated by Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who will be the youngest MP at 21. She represents the new generation of radical Maori that are now aggressively challenging their more conservative elders. The departure of Mahuta would be a cause for celebration if it were not for the fact that she is being replaced with a member of a party that is even more radical and anti-democratic.
“The losses are a massive blow for Labour. None of Labour’s Maori seats are safe from the Maori Party offensive. No doubt they will be looking for a clean sweep in 2026.
“Ironically, Labour has massively advanced the Maori agenda since 2020. The He Puapua blueprint for co-governance that Labour had concealed from the public prior to the 2020 election had been put into effect throughout the government service. That radical initiative was clearly not radical enough for the extremist Maori Party.”
Frank explains that thirty of the 121 MPs in the new 54th Parliament have Maori ancestry – that’s 25 percent: the Maori Party has 100 percent, New Zealand First 50 percent, the Greens 36 percent, ACT 27 percent, Labour 26 percent, and National has 10 percent.
“The obvious question is why we need the Maori seats at all when Maori are overrepresented in Parliament via the general seats.....
www.nzcpr.com/new-zealanders-vote-for-change/
“The biggest talking point of the election is the battle for control of the Maori seats.
“That fight was vividly expressed in the seat of Hauraki-Waikato. Nanaia Mahuta has been defeated and without a list seat as a life-line, is out of Parliament. Mahuta held the seat for 27 years. She has been defeated by Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who will be the youngest MP at 21. She represents the new generation of radical Maori that are now aggressively challenging their more conservative elders. The departure of Mahuta would be a cause for celebration if it were not for the fact that she is being replaced with a member of a party that is even more radical and anti-democratic.
“The losses are a massive blow for Labour. None of Labour’s Maori seats are safe from the Maori Party offensive. No doubt they will be looking for a clean sweep in 2026.
“Ironically, Labour has massively advanced the Maori agenda since 2020. The He Puapua blueprint for co-governance that Labour had concealed from the public prior to the 2020 election had been put into effect throughout the government service. That radical initiative was clearly not radical enough for the extremist Maori Party.”
Frank explains that thirty of the 121 MPs in the new 54th Parliament have Maori ancestry – that’s 25 percent: the Maori Party has 100 percent, New Zealand First 50 percent, the Greens 36 percent, ACT 27 percent, Labour 26 percent, and National has 10 percent.
“The obvious question is why we need the Maori seats at all when Maori are overrepresented in Parliament via the general seats.....
www.nzcpr.com/new-zealanders-vote-for-change/