Ngāpuhi ‘insulted’ Te Pāti Māori leadership refusing to participate in hui
Ngāpuhi’s general manager says they are insulted Te Pāti Māori leadership is refusing to participate in a hui after expelling its local MP.
A hui is taking place in Kaikohe on Sunday with Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi after she and Te Tai Tonga MP Tākutai Ferris were expelled from Te Pāti Māori last week.
Te Pāti Māori said they had been advised by “multiple rangatira of Te Tai Tokerau” not to attend “at this time”.
TDB understands that one reason the te Pati Māori Leadership didn’t go to the hui was the large amount of violent threats made on social media towards them.
A threat to hang Rawiri and drag Debbie behind a car were made.
The anger this schism is generating is starting to mutate into something very ugly.
The issue here is who started the leadership coup against Debbie and Rawiri?
It wasn’t JT and yet he seems to be the one getting blamed!
I’m not sure how else he was supposed to respond to an attempted leadership challenge against Debbie and Rawiri – the CIA always described Saddam Hussein as ‘a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch’ – which is how I think fondly of JT – he is one of the best political strategists in the game and has been an architect of te Pati Māori’s success.
This is about a clique who radically think Debbie and Rawiri aren’t ‘Tikanga Enough’.
The reset matters because it was Te Pati Māori’s chance to show they had evolved from being an opposition party of activists and step up to be a credible supply and confidence partner to ending this Government.
Doc, Eru and Mariameno have put their egos before the waka, the enemy isn’t JT, Kiri, Debbie or Rawiri, IT’S THE NATIONAL, ACT AND NZFIRST PARTIES!
All eyes on the AGM in December
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