Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 18, 2017 17:51:41 GMT 12
SHANE JONES DENIES BEING AT ODDS WITH WINSTON PETERS OVER MAORI SEATS REFERENDUM
NZ First's Whangarei candidate, Shane Jones, says he's not at odds with his leader Winston Peters over whether there's a place in Parliament for the Maori seats.
In an interview with The Hui earlier this month, two days after he was announced as a candidate, Jones said the Maori seats would continue as long as Maori people "remain on them and want them to continue".
But Jones says that was taken from NZ First's 2014 manifesto and it was the party, and Peters' position, that has changed.
The decision to hold a referendum on whether to abolish the Maori seats sits comfortably with Jones,
He said the Maori seats have been "discredited" since the Maori Party have had them.
"That's a view that I know isn't accepted by other iwi so I myself have not a slither of doubt or concern about the wisdom of this referendum."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94821418/shane-jones-denies-being-at-odds-with-winston-peters-over-maori-seats-referendum
Listen to Pita Paraone on the above > http://www.radiolive.co.nz/home/audio/2017/07/new-zealand-first-mp-pita-parone.html
NZ First's Whangarei candidate, Shane Jones, says he's not at odds with his leader Winston Peters over whether there's a place in Parliament for the Maori seats.
In an interview with The Hui earlier this month, two days after he was announced as a candidate, Jones said the Maori seats would continue as long as Maori people "remain on them and want them to continue".
But Jones says that was taken from NZ First's 2014 manifesto and it was the party, and Peters' position, that has changed.
The decision to hold a referendum on whether to abolish the Maori seats sits comfortably with Jones,
He said the Maori seats have been "discredited" since the Maori Party have had them.
"That's a view that I know isn't accepted by other iwi so I myself have not a slither of doubt or concern about the wisdom of this referendum."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94821418/shane-jones-denies-being-at-odds-with-winston-peters-over-maori-seats-referendum
Listen to Pita Paraone on the above > http://www.radiolive.co.nz/home/audio/2017/07/new-zealand-first-mp-pita-parone.html