You would have thought after the Māori Party plunged 3 points in the Roy Morgan poll that the haters and wreckers might pause in self mutilating and self sabotaging.
Apparently not…
Former Te Pāti Māori staffer Eru Kapa-Kingi doubles down on leadership shortcomings
…the timelines is clear.
This entire fiasco has been generated by those who put their ego before the waka.
The success of the protest against the Treaty Principles Referendum was misinterpreted by Doc, Mariameno and Eru as a support for them. That victory quickly turned to aspiration and as we know now led in July to an attempted coup against Debbie and Rawiri…
…Just as the Greens had with their uber woke clique who attempted to remove the leadership because they believed Marama wasn’t woke enough, this crew inside te Pati Māori believe the leadership team aren’t ‘Tikanga’ enough.
This inane attempt on the leadership as this Government unleashes hell on Māori is narcissistic and deeply counter productive.
In light of Eru’s latest outburst and attack, it is time for the Māori Party to seriously consider using the Waka jumping legislation.
Up until now the Party simply wished for basic stability and were content to banish Doc and Mariameno to the back of the room until the next election, but Doc’s constant attacks means te Pati Māori must seriously consider the waka jumping legislation and start work towards a 2 by-elections in the early part of next year.
The Tikanga Police with their Māori only sectarian rhetoric from Doc are convinced they are right and are more than prepared to put their interests before beating this Government.
The reset by te Pati Māori was to signal to Labour and the Greens and voters that they were prepared to evolve from a party of activists playing political theatre into a trusted stability for a change of Government.
John Tamihere is being unfairly maligned here, he wasn’t the one who attempted to stage a needless leadership coup.
The actions of Eru, Doc and Mariameno to put their aspirations ahead of the collective by weaponising Tikanga for a leadership coup has damaged that reset.
This has to be dealt with now so that a Labour/Green/MP alternative is credible and stable for voters in 2026 when the economy will be far worse.
The enemy isn’t Debbie and Rawiri, the enemy is this terrible Government with its abusive agenda, to forget that because of personal ambition is unforgivable.
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This could cost the left the election . Either shape up or ship out because it is doing your cause no good . This government is running roughshod over Maori aspirations and you are running roughshod over your own party
Well sad – nmganwlbe
Meant said, but a – Freudian slip I think.
Yes this factionalism of TPM is so counterproductive at this moment. As JT said “leave” and start your own party if they won’t toe the line. Why can’t the leadership kick them out immediately. Not sitting in the house and not concentrating on policy and also how to work with other left parties to overcome CoC is not looking good.
I hinga nga Rangatira?
The slaves too??
Best do Tikanga
I feel that this faction competing with present TPM don’t understand the importance of the contest that they are involved in. They seem to be prepared to upend lightly the gains made by TPM as if for a laugh, and the thrill of putting one over the present leadership. Their images show people very pleased with themselves with perhaps the thought that JT et al have had their turn and it’s time for others to ‘have a go’.
Dun Mihaka is not mentioned much now – he died in 2023 RIP. But he was an activist and kept standing for Parliament, putting his views forward and was well-known for his provocative display to Royalty (whakapohane (baring his buttocks, a traditional Māori insult)*). That stirred things along for Maori, with other less startling support work,
and always standing in elections, and now is the time to carry forward his and others work to concentrate on politics the people. One thing he did was to press for legalising cannabis, considering it a higher priority then than other Maori political aims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun_Mihaka#Early_life_and_family
But this three are enjoying themselves. They are following the ‘trash the past’ that seems current in our country now. They remind me of a sort of innocent cheek and insouciance of the aunties in Witi Ihimaera/s 1972 book Pounamu Pounamu. In his story about a hockey match between local rivals Beginning of the Tournament
everyone can join in the team. One of the older aunties needed a break and to reorganise themselves so she sits on the ball, claiming she has to catch her breath.
And the game pauses till she is ready. That was 1972 and life is serious in politics these days, in a different way from the past.
There are some loud firework explosions just now, on the 8th of November, and there will be other bangs later in the year I think. We have governments that are too weak to introduce sensible and practical restraints on fireworks for personal use. But they will introduce wide ranging legislation about important matters affecting Maori, which have advantages for politicians’ personal acquisitive selves; they have become self-serving automatons.
In the memory of many people Maori or not who have toiled to advance Maori from which we all would benefit, please the leadership group control activity and meet often and foster wide, not hapu, esprit de corp; the Maori Dictionary suggests wairua as the right word.