Te Pāti Māori is standing by comments made by MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi which other parties have called inflammatory and offensive.

In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government “will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori”.

Tad hyperbolic, don’t you think?

  • @Xcf456
    9•1 month ago

    Yes, the important thing is the (fake) hurt feelings of the government when being called out for:

    • purging Te Reo from the public service
    • committing to the Crown unilaterally reinterpreting the Treaty
    • threatening the Waitangi tribunal
    • slashing services both in scale and in approach (e.g. removing Treaty obligations from OTs remit), while massively increasing funding for prisons.
    • @absGeekNZEnglish
      5•1 month ago

      Oh I know, this government is being a bunch of cunts, they only seem to care about tax cuts and everything is on the table to be gutted.

      The things that are getting cut, are obviously going to be the things that resonate with their older more conservative base.

    • @IlovethebombOP
      -1•1 month ago

      purging Te Reo from the public service

      They are mandating English first in agency names, Te Reo will still be there.

      committing to the Crown unilaterally reinterpreting the Treaty.

      As far as it’s first reading in the house, sure.

      threatening the Waitangi tribunal

      Threatening them with what, exactly?

      slashing services both in scale and in approach (e.g. removing Treaty obligations from OTs remit), while massively increasing funding for prisons.

      Labour’s approach to crime has failed spectacularly, even Hipkins has admitted they got things wrong. This is also exactly what they campaigned on.

      • @BalpeenHammer
        4•1 month ago

        They are mandating English first in agency names, Te Reo will still be there.

        Te Reo is an official language of this country. The only reason to do is racism.

        As far as it’s first reading in the house, sure.

        Are you saying that the government said it will kill it after the first reading?

        Labour’s approach to crime has failed spectacularly,

        Only if you are daft enough to believe the hyped up stories about ram raids in the run up to the election. Also of course if you are daft enough to believe the way to end crime in this country is to build more prisons and lock up even a greater percentage of the population.

      • @Xcf456
        4•1 month ago

        Hipkins did not say they should have cut services in favour of mega prisons.

        I don’t care if they campaigned on their terrible policies (although the ones they didnt campaign on are worse in that regard), they’re still terrible.