Photo via NZ HeraldStuart Nash has hit out at his former Labour colleagues over changes to laws targeting gangs he wanted to introduce, but which others wouldn’t progress due to fears they would unfairly target Māori. But then-police minister Nash wanted the threshold lowered to $0 - a plan he says was dashed by Labour’s Minister of Justice Kiri Allan over concerns it would hurt Māori and would contravene the Bill of Rights. Speaking to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking this morning, Nash hit out at Allan, saying at the time his view was “pull your bloody head in”. Asked if the spat showed Hipkins was a weak leader, Nash said he believed “in this case, he got it wrong”. Nash said Labour would need to position itself as tough on gangs if it had any hope of winning the next election.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 27, 2024 02:31 UTC