JT’s response to the bizarre call from the Greens to lose the election by handing ACT political ammunition with their call to hand back private land to Māori is priceless…Te Pāti Māori: The Greens will never out Māori usTe Pāti Māori president John Tamihere said the Green party can never “out Māori Te Pāti Māori”. He also said Te Pāti Māori will always be able to “out green the Greens as Māori are the indigenous custodians of te taiao [the environment]”. Tamihere’s remarks were in response to the Green party announcement of its Hoki Whenua Mai policy on Monday morning, which focuses on returning land to Māori. When asked by BusinessDesk what Te Pāti Māori thought of the move, Tamihere said it already had a policy that covers addressing the loss of whenua Māori (Māori land). ACT are now telling everyone that the Māoris want private Pakeha land back which is a bastardisation of what they are calling for but the Greens just walked into it!

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2023 05:11 UTC