Waatea News Column: Why Maori are the greatest strategic voters in NZ
I don’t think the mainstream media appreciate how essential the Māori Electorates will be this election.
I don’t think the mainstream media appreciate how essential the Māori Electorates will be this election.
Those 1 153 334 advance votes aren’t New Zealanders rushing to vote for Judith, they are Kiwis fleeing her.
Their sudden rise because of National’s implosion means much of their crazy far undergrad right wing policy is not being examined at all…
In 2014 we fought a real conspiracy, in 2020 we are being distracted by false lies and pretend threats.
With the Māori Party putting Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Tai Hauāuru and Waiariki in play the possibility of the Greens + the Māori Party being in Parliament is one worth exploring.
Ideally, how democracy works is that you vote for what you want and, writ large, you get it. It is not a perfect model even if everyone sticks to that fundamental tenet. In practice, of course, the reality is far different, for three main reasons:
It’s the time of the triennium when all you want to talk and hear about is politics – and the last thing you want to hear and talk about is politics.
Greetings and welcome to you all – thanks for coming this evening. It’s nice to be back in Auckland – even if it is with a microphone rather than a megaphone!
Right now the NZ msm are not appreciating how the Māori Party momentum in the Māori electorates has the potential to be the real surprise on election night – we could have a Labour+Green+Māori Party Government that would have a real mandate for transformative change
Let me see, if I can get this completely fucking straight.