“I have seen far too much positivity in New Zealand to be pulled down by nameless, faceless critics who want to create a perception that is designed to do nothing else but bring out the worst in people.” — Nanaia Mahuta.
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The recent attacks on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) are not just ill-informed — they’re “dangerously provocative”, writes Moana Jackson.
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“Before I got cancer, I wanted to be an All Black or a professional athlete.” — Dr Neru Leavasa, GP and MP for Takanini in Auckland.
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“One of the beauties of this Māori development portfolio is that it’ll give me an opportunity to help shape the future of Māori broadcasting.” — Willie Jackson, Minister of Māori Development.
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The Greens and the Māori Party both have candidates who are threatening to prevent a repeat of Labour’s 2017 clean sweep.
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“When you ask me whether I’m in parliament as a Māori? No, I’m a New Zealander lucky enough to have Māori in my background.” — Winston Peters.
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“When Pākehā talk about ‘long-term’, they rarely mean it the way Māori do. We are multi-generational.” — Fletcher Tabuteau, NZ First MP.
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“If barely anyone is entering the country, and immigration isn’t causing the housing crisis, why include border closure in a housing policy?” — Arama Rata.
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“There’s a kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa generation of us coming through who want something different for Māori. And many Pākehā have no issue with that.” — Rawiri Waititi, Māori Party candidate for Waiariki.
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“The values we were raised with were to work hard and serve others. So you had to have a job. (Dad made sure I had an IRD number when I was six.)” — Kiri Allan.
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“There’s been a tendency to judge me by how I sound, how I speak, how I look. I look too Pākehā. I sound too Pākehā.” — Harete Hipango, National MP for Whanganui.
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“I think it’s right for us not to forget the times in Labour’s history when they went with what was popular and lost sight of Labour’s values.” — Arena Williams, Labour candidate for Manurewa.
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“I arrived in Boston about three months before my family, and I thought: ‘Okay. The best way for me to meet people is to take my guitar and my squash racket.’” — Dr Shane Reti, MP for Whangārei and National’s health spokesperson.
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“I walk in a couple of worlds at the same time. If I’m in a Pacific situation then I’m obviously a Pacific Islander — and the same applies to the Māori context.” — Teanau Tuiono, Green Party List candidate.
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“The overarching reality is that politics remains incredibly disconnected from some of the communities who most need structural change.” — Leah Damm.
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“JT leads a fight to win at least one of the Māori electorates for the Māori Party next month and Willie leads the Labour Party campaign to stop him. Neither can afford to let the other one win.” — Matt McCarten.
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“How do conspiracy theories move from white supremacist minds to Māori mouths?” Tina Ngata looks at the rise of Billy Te Kahika and his New Zealand Public Party, and why far-right, white-supremacist agendas are finding favour with many Māori.
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“Her caucus hates and fears her in equal measure, but she will survive because the Trumpian base in the National Party love her. And, more importantly, she’s more ruthless than any politician who may covet her new throne.” — Matt McCarten.
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“There can be no open, fair and honest conversations or ‘equality’ when one side denies your history, denies your narrative, denies your suffering.” — Patrick Thomsen.
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“Jacinda Ardern is lauded in this country, and feted as a leadership icon around the world, while Bridges flounders as an embarrassing and irrelevant lightweight. He exudes desperation and panic.” — Matt McCarten.
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“I’ve always detected a growing level of smugness and snobbery amongst the woke leadership and I’m just never going to tolerate that.” — Shane Jones.
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“Their tūpuna inhabit every room they enter, they embody every act, and they help guide every word.”
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“We have a completely different take on what social investment might be like, compared to the National government.”
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Birds are singing, the grass is greener — and after Winston Peters’ announcement, there’s...
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The announcement of the new government by Winston Peters on Thursday night felt more like a...
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At the beginning of this election campaign, I had the privilege of being with the Māori Party and...
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As usual, we now wait for Winston to determine who will be our new government. Of course, there...
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When I was young and apolitical, I didn’t get around to voting. It was the ‘80s. Party time. I met...
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Amid the post-election clamour to form a coalition government, an interesting development has...
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It is often said that politics is the art of the possible. The election campaign over the last few...
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