Willie Jackson says democracy has changed from being the tyranny of the majority and people need to stop being scared of co-governance. On TVNZ's Q + A programme today, the Māori Development Minister also accused Act leader David Seymour of hypocrisy and scaremongering. "It's not about a Māori takeover as Seymour would have you believe," Jackson told Q + A's Jack Tame. Jackson also said Seymour was a "hypocrite" for attacking co-governance when Act previously supported the Independent Māori Statutory Board in Auckland. "I'm standing by ready to debate Willie Jackson and I'll be armed with facts instead of personal insults.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 24, 2022 07:17 UTC