Māori Party kicked out of Parliament denouncing racist questions with rousing haka
12 May, 2021 03:06 AM
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Maori Party leader Rawiri Waititi was ordered to leave the chamber after a haka in protest of what he called the constant barrage of insults to tangata whenua.
Video / Parliament TV
Maori Party leader Rawiri Waititi was ordered to leave the chamber after a haka in protest of what he called the constant barrage of insults to tangata whenua.
Video / Parliament TV
NZ Herald
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has again been ejected from the House after taking aim at what he called racist rhetoric by the National Party.
Rotorua mayor, councillors label Rawiri Waititi comments on sewerage fault misinformation
6 May, 2021 03:29 AM
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Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Rotorua s mayor and two councillors have accused Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi of misinformation , with one councillor labelling his comments over a sewerage fault a political stunt .
However, Waititi says their comments are a classic deflection technique on the council s part .
Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick raised the issue of Waititi s comments in a Rotorua Lakes Council Operations and Monitoring Committee meeting on Thursday morning.
In an April 11 Māori Party press release titled Rotorua Council needs to clean its s t up , Waititi said he d attended a community hui in Ngāpuna where locals had spoken of physical and psychological suffering due to a sewerage fault which occurred on March 29.