Comments on: MEDIAWATCH: Willie Jackson’s fiery speech that had Gallery cheering

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:56:47 +0000

Yes abolish the white man’s parliamentary system and put Maori in charge.

By: Kiwibloke

Kiwibloke — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:43:24 +0000

The majority of New Zealanders want this Treaty shit tidied up or it will keep growing tenticles and morphing into more of a cluster fuck than it already is !

By: Wheel

Wheel — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 04:02:37 +0000

Of course Nathan, because the vast majority of the voting public didn’t vote for this wanker or his bullshit agenda.

By: Lone Comet

Lone Comet — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:59:29 +0000

Labour will get back when they dump Chippy and replace him with Willy. Chippy needs to quit and hand over.

By: Lone Comet

Lone Comet — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:56:12 +0000

Fuckin idiots. And they keep trying to excuse themselves as it was their ‘sacrifice’ to govern.

By: Lone Comet

Lone Comet — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:54:12 +0000

In reply to Daniel. Yes!Yes!Yes! The question is, why isn't he????

By: Alan Armstrong

Alan Armstrong — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:54:56 +0000

In reply to Chris Grose.

I’m a TPM member and our internal on-line korero is much more thoughtful than what you hear in Parliamentary debates where tempers are running high. But then Parliament isn’t a very thoughtful place.

Remember that when TMP re-formed in 2017 its manifesto was to be firmly people-based with no change of direction unless its constituent voters said so. It has done that very consistently in the House and the Gallery support for Hana-Rawhiti’s haka tells its own story.

Of course Pākehā can join and we’ll make them welcome, but they’ll be joining as equal partners and not with a take-over plan as happens so often when Pākehā join Māori organisations. History is full of examples, most of them Government-instigated.

By: Ennius

Ennius — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:57:30 +0000

I agree. Luxon has underestimated how much centrist and moderate right leaning people are completely unimpressed with this stunt. Or he thinks he will get away with it which is a very risky strategy. As for Labour, most Māori vote for them and not TPM. Labour might not have noticed.

By: Chris Grose

Chris Grose — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:46:11 +0000

Time for TPM to capitalise on these events. I know they claim to be more of an activist party for Maori interests, but they could summer down on the more divisive policy/rhetoric and they’d make some serious traction. A lot of people I spoke to before the last election thought TPM policy was the best, but they didn’t want to vote TPM because of their rhetoric. If they reduced some of their proposed upper tax rates and got rid of the wealth tax but replaced it with a progressive CGT, they’d do well.

By: Mohammed Khan

Mohammed Khan — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:44:10 +0000

In reply to Daniel. But Hipkins has neither a brain or a soul. Surely a better match for Luxon?