Presenter wrangles ‘out of control’ men
AUCKLAND: A discussion on Marae yesterday morning resulted in presenter Miriama Kamo reprimanding the three male panelists for acting like children and ignoring the women on the show.
Hone Harawira ignored Ms Kamo’s attempts to give other panellists a chance to talk, yelling at Mr Harawira that he was taking over and to stop.
Willie Jackson and Tau Henare also had digs at each other.
Mr Jackson, Mr Harawira and Mr Henare then started speaking over each other while a flustered Ms Kamo said the situation was ‘‘getting out of control’’.
‘‘You guys are bullying each other,’’ she said.
At one point, Mr Jackson could be seen pointing and saying Mr Henare thought he was a big shot, while Mr Henare repeatedly told him to calm down patronisingly.
Ms Kamo then tried to bring in the only other woman on the panel, former Labour MP Georgina Beyer, while the men continued to talk over her.
She then adopted her best headmistress impression.
‘‘You guys. Hey stop it. Stop it. This is disrespectful. Excuse me you are on the Marae . . . Stop. This is not cool,’’ Ms Kamo said.
‘‘For goodness sake, you are like children. This is embarrassing, you guys are meant to be representing our people and all you are doing is yelling at each other and not listening to the women on this panel, so calm down.’’
They eventually stopped. Marae tweeted after the show: ‘‘At Marae we offer a space to hear different perspectives. This morning got out of hand. A big nga mihi to our presenter @MiriamaKamo for remaining professional.’’
A follower posted that it was a ‘‘shameful display from adults’’. ‘‘Miriama, they were disrespectful and I hope you gave them a ‘slap’ for that. It was embarrassing and a witch hunt. How soon people forget that when they held their place in Parliament, they didn’t fare better.’’ — The New Zealand Herald