Good overview. I still struggle to understand how we have someone like this in our Parliament and how he gets away with this kind of behaviour - an embarrassment for (almost) all New Zealanders.
If Labour had any smarts, they would abandon the notion of TPM as a coalition partner and present a Bill to Parliament abolishing the Maori seats. Their stranglehold on them is gone forever. Sure, Peeni Henare might win this byelection, but TPM and the Kohanga Reo kids, led by Ferris and Maipi-Clarke, have the next generation firmly behind them; they believe the revisionism they have been taught for the last 40 years, what Labour offers has no appeal to them.
Once upon a time NZ Māori had a gift for seeing through BS that was passed onto us all through language and “ways of knowing”. Seeing bullshit artists, shonks, shysters and snake oil salesmen was a kind of national trait….it is our duty to try and hold candle to these truths with good humour as much as it sometimes makes our blood boil.
Fair summary Matua. He is a toxic racist angry professional grifter in a cowboy hat.
Let’s face it…he is married to the daughter of the chairman of the party… nepotism seems a pre requisite to belonging to this “mobs” party.
Bad enough… but when we are talking about the Tamihere’s…it’s like talking about NZ current top crime syndicate
Good overview. I still struggle to understand how we have someone like this in our Parliament and how he gets away with this kind of behaviour - an embarrassment for (almost) all New Zealanders.
With what logic should someone who possesses more of the blood of the coloniser than the colonised be regarded as a victim of white privilege?
Surely they are its beneficiary.
Brilliant analysis Matua. He is a symptom of our very weak political landscape. It's time our Deputy PM was elevated to the top job.
Well said!
If Labour had any smarts, they would abandon the notion of TPM as a coalition partner and present a Bill to Parliament abolishing the Maori seats. Their stranglehold on them is gone forever. Sure, Peeni Henare might win this byelection, but TPM and the Kohanga Reo kids, led by Ferris and Maipi-Clarke, have the next generation firmly behind them; they believe the revisionism they have been taught for the last 40 years, what Labour offers has no appeal to them.
Once upon a time NZ Māori had a gift for seeing through BS that was passed onto us all through language and “ways of knowing”. Seeing bullshit artists, shonks, shysters and snake oil salesmen was a kind of national trait….it is our duty to try and hold candle to these truths with good humour as much as it sometimes makes our blood boil.
Is the photo on your post from before he had his tatts done? Urrgh!
It sure is!
Urrgh indeed! Hard to believe.
Yes and before his Bariatric surgery for weight loss.