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The Latest Breaking News from Meka Whaitiri

Who are the 'kōhanga reo generation' and how could they change Māori and mainstream politics?

The 2023 election saw a changing of the guard in Māori political representation.

The Conversation

Fresh faces challenge the tired and grumpy in Māori electorates

Māori split their vote, and are signalling incredibly strongly that they want Te Pāti Māori and Labour to work together.

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Te Pāti Māori's path to Parliament narrows

Two polls in key battleground Māori seats have the Labour candidate in the lead by slim margins, raising questions about Te Pāti Māori's certainty of a return to Parliament, writes Marc Daalder

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The race to represent a battered region

It’s one of the largest electorates in the country physically, stretching from East Cape to Wellington. It was virtually a lock for Labour until their candidate jumped to Te Pāti Māori. Now two strong candidates are vying for the seat of Te Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.

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Labour's car crash of an election campaign

The time taken by Kiri Allan to consider her political future will be brief, the outcome inevitable. She won't be the only Labour MP contemplating her future, argues Jonathan Milne.

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Even in resigning Wood doesn't accept full blame

Chris Hipkins is acutely aware his prime ministership has taken a beating after a string of ministerial sagas and he’s running out of time before the election to stem the bleeding

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With so many people speaking 'their truth', how do we know what the truth really is?

When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ceremony, he used a turn of phrase that is fast becoming a part of everyday speech around the world.

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For a no-frills New Zealand budget it was ‘surprisingly frilly’: 5 experts on Labour’s big pre-election calls

Grant Robertson’s sixth budget was an exercise in threading various needles. Much of its substance had already been foreshadowed, and to begin with the mood music was suitably sober.

The Conversation

Labour looks for heavy hitters ahead of list rankings

A high-profile United Nations advisor will be confirmed in the North Shore seat for Labour this weekend and the party is in talks with a KPMG managing partner based in Vietnam

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Meka Whaitiri breaks silence on defection

Labour’s Māori caucus MPs have invited Meka Whaitiri to meet with them at Parliament this week. The former Labour minister intends to make a personal statement in the House on Tuesday from Te Pāti Māori’s front bench seat, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Raw Politics: An out-of-party experience

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: How the defection of a minister changes political equations for the election and coalition building, and the endless nothingness of the republican debate.

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Labour's assumption – a mistake it won't make again

The Labour Party assumed Meka Whaitiri was on their team for the October election and by the time a colleague asked, she’d already decided to jump ship, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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New Zealand Labour minister suddenly defects to Māori party

Meka Whaitiri says she will join an ‘unapologetic Māori political movement’ to stand in the upcoming general election

The Guardian - AU

'I have spoken my truth': Whaitiri quits Labour for Te Pāti Māori

Labour minister Meka Whaitiri says she has taken the difficult but “right decision” to cross the floor to join Te Pāti Māori in a shock move five months out from the election.

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Meka Whaitiri jumps to Te Pāti Māori – its first big-name election candidate

And party president extends invitation to minister Mahuta: 'If Nanaia feels there's something awry with the way she was treated, she knows what she can do.'

The Hindu

New Zealand is open for all and we want to restart post-COVID relation with India, says Minister

The immediate focus of her country is to restart the economy and re-establish valuable international links across the world, says Meka Whaitir

The Hindu

Ministers from India, New Zealand discuss empowerment of tribal communities

New Zealand seeks broader relationship with India, beyond trade and economic interests, says Tribal Affairs Ministry

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