Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 10, 2018 16:48:14 GMT 12
WE’RE KEEN TO RECRUIT A NEW GENERATION OF MĀORI CANDIDATES – ENGLISH
National leader and former Prime Minister Bill English admits that the party needs to rethink their approach if they are to get Māori support in the next election and he is keen to get some fresh new Māori talent to do it.
As part of a series of sit-down interviews with the five political leaders in parliament, the National leader tells Te Kāea political reporter Heta Gardiner, “Having got a small proportion of Māori votes we will have to rethink how we achieve that in the future. It’s an important and influential group of voters. We’ll be keen to recruit a new generation of Māori candidates."
English believes his party’s approach is aligned with how modern Māori think.
"It’s taking control, it is Tino Rangatiratanga and we will stick to that, even if we didn’t do so well with Māori in the last election.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/were-keen-recruit-new-generation-maori-candidates--english
National leader and former Prime Minister Bill English admits that the party needs to rethink their approach if they are to get Māori support in the next election and he is keen to get some fresh new Māori talent to do it.
As part of a series of sit-down interviews with the five political leaders in parliament, the National leader tells Te Kāea political reporter Heta Gardiner, “Having got a small proportion of Māori votes we will have to rethink how we achieve that in the future. It’s an important and influential group of voters. We’ll be keen to recruit a new generation of Māori candidates."
English believes his party’s approach is aligned with how modern Māori think.
"It’s taking control, it is Tino Rangatiratanga and we will stick to that, even if we didn’t do so well with Māori in the last election.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/were-keen-recruit-new-generation-maori-candidates--english