Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hongis with Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi before the Commission Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. The Māori Party will complicate the challenge. But if the Māori Party wants to define itself as a party of protest, it may actually help Labour. Photo / Michael CunninghamWhat will survive however, is Oranga Tamariki, despite Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft adding weight to Māori Party calls for a separate Māori agency. Even if Labour is not always clear what it wants, the Māori Party may help Labour work out what it doesn't want.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 27, 2020 16:01 UTC