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Kiwiblog
4 days ago
- Politics
- Kiwiblog
TPM now threatening violence
The Herald reports: Act leader David Seymour is condemning an 'immature' challenge to a charity fight from prominent Treaty activist Eru Kapa-Kingi. In a video posted to social media yesterday, Kapa-Kingi took exception to Seymour calling his mother, Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, an 'idiot' during the House's debate on the Regulatory Standards Bill last week. 'David Seymour crossed a line when he attacked my mum in Parliament. This just got personal,' Kapa-Kingi said. He said Seymour was clearly unaware of the rule that should someone talk 'smack' about a person's mother, 'then you're bound to get slapped up'. … Kapa-Kingi, also a Professional Teaching Fellow with the University of Auckland, then raised the possibility of a 'charity fight' between the pair, in which he promised to devote all funds to pro-Treaty initiatives, should he win. Kapa-Kingi threatens violence against Seymour, because he called another MP an idiot in the House. He is or was a Vice-President of Te Pati Maori, was on their payroll, and was a candidate for them at the last election. A party of threatened violence and extremism.
NZ Herald
19-05-2025
- Politics
- NZ Herald
Te Pāti Māori voices in Parliament on Budget Day in doubt after compromise talks fail
Key Te Pāti Māori representation in the House on Budget Day appears to be hanging by a thread after compromise talks over how to punish the 'haka heard around the world' came to a dead end. The haka, in November, followed Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke dramatically ripping up
Kiwiblog
05-05-2025
- Health
- Kiwiblog
Raced based Super is a terrible idea
The Herald reported: Te Pāti Māori has for some time believed eligibility should be race-based. It explained in statement: 'Te Pāti Māori is clear – our people should be able to access superannuation seven to 10 years earlier than the rest of the population. 'Māori life expectancy is significantly lower, and many of our people work in physically demanding jobs that take a toll well before retirement age. 'It is unacceptable that Māori contribute to the system their whole lives but die before they can benefit from it in the same way as others. Maori don't die earlier because they are Maori, and that there is something in their genetic code than makes them die early. They die earlier because of health and socio-economic factors. The focus should be on reducing the prevalence of those factors. As there is no significant genetic link to dying early, giving NZ Super to anyone who has a fraction of Maori DNA would be a very bad policy. Why should David Seymour get NZ Super at 60 because of his ancestry?
