This week’s 1-on-1 in 10 features Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, in a powerful conversation about leadership under pressure, resetting the movement, and why 2026 is a do-or-die election for Māori, the working poor, and the future of Aotearoa.
With Martyn Bradbury, Debbie unpacks:
- The internal challenges and post-coup reset inside Te Pāti Māori
- Why John Tamihere’s strategy matters more than popularity polls
- How Labour, Greens, and Māori must unify as a transformative front
- Why a wealth tax, not capital gains, is the only moral response to inequality
- ACT’s corporate tribunal bill that puts profit above people and Te Tiriti
- Why “soft belly” politics is failing the working poor, nurses, and teachers
- What’s at stake if the current government holds power into 2027