I was shocked that Meka was sacked yesterday.
However, in the post MeToo age, where accusation is the new evidential threshold, Meka has not been given the benefit of the doubt and has been sacked.
The need to cauterise this before Jacinda appears on big TV shows in America is not following natural justice and the irony is that our prisons are full of Māori who were not given the benefit of the doubt.
It’s clear that Parliamentary Services runs this Government and what they say trumps Jacinda’s own loyalty to her own Ministers.
Labour will survive this because the Māori Party are dead in the water and there is no way for them to maximise the amplification of this double standard.
What a tragic symbolism for Māori women in the week of Suffrage 125.
Yes surely there could have been a supervised truth and conciliation meeting between the parties concerned…counselling …and some sort of patch up job and compensation maybe to the injured party?
As a Cabinet Minister the bar moves higher.
There was obviously enough of a case to tip Jacinda’s hand.
Would we be as generous if it had been a male transNational Minister?
Well said E-clectic
This is not an employee/employer relationship.
It was well known what happened because there were witnesses to the event. Cindy’s inaction was just allowing the gossip to fester.
The timing was neat: Make the decision and jump on a plane to go overseas.
Andrew: “…because there were witnesses to the event.”
RNZ reportage in the last couple of days says that there were no witnesses to the actual incident. Whaitiri disputes some of the details of the allegations, while accepting that an incident did indeed take place.
Were the PM disposed to take the “my party über alles” line, she could have given Whaitiri the benefit of the doubt and kept her on as a Minister.
She has not. In my view, she’s made the correct decision. Whatever people may think, the current environment requires that the “Caesar’s wife” principle applies a priori to MPs, a fortiori to Ministers, whether or not they’re in Cabinet.
Good leadership from the Prime Minister.
Don’t go all identity politics about it.
The investigation confirmed the incident occurred, finer details disputed but irrelevant= gone burger.
If the minister was allowed to stay then you Martyn would be supporting a bullying boss. Government should set a high bar and stick to it, don’t make exceptions because you are male female, gender indifferent, tall short fat skinny pakeha or Maori. That’s equality.
keepcalmcarryon: “Don’t go all identity politics about it.”
Agreed. That sort of behaviour shouldn’t be tolerated, regardless of who the perpetrator is.
I think it was a female Press Secretary that got ‘man-handled’ by the Minister.
So how credible would be the Suffragette Day speeches about zero tolerance for violence against women and bullying in the workplace?
I think it was a female Press Secretary that got ‘man-handled’ by the Minister.
So how credible would be the Suffragette Day speeches about zero tolerance for violence against women and bullying in the workplace?
If you can’t even remember that NZ had suffragists not suffragettes you don’t have the right to even speak about it.
Do some of you know that Meka is a bullying heav? Haven’t read any evidence yet.
If the reports are correct a high turn over in staff is always a concern. I have seen it over my working life and it always as a direct result of the boss in the department or organisation who is a total arse. And physical confrontations with subordinate workers is simply not acceptable. None of this has been denied, just differing takes on the incidents. And there has now been an independent enquiry conducted so I guess you are saying Jacinda just dismissed this Minister for no justifiable reason, just cos it felt good, for shits and giggles.
By your logic being a female Maori MP in suffrage week overrides basic Labour Party philosophy of looking after her workers.
Should rename September “bash Jacinda month” because she can do no right!
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