THE SECRET DIARY OF
MARIAMENO KAPAKINGI, TPP MP FOR TAI TOKERAU This government will not waver in its mission to exterminate Maori. ¯
CHRISTOPHER LUXON
Oh well look you know I don’t think that hardworking Kiwis want to hear language like that.
It’s just really unhelpful rhetoric. My government is genuinely committed to advancing outcomes that hardworking Kiwis prefer to hear, and I think what hardworking Kiwis will tell you is that what hardworking Kiwis want to hear is helpful rhetoric.
OK so look, there’s a big difference in these two kinds of rhetoric and what it comes down to is that government rhetoric sounds a lot more appealing to hardworking Kiwis because we talk about wanting to advance outcomes for Maori, ¯ and that’s something that hardworking Kiwis find helpful as opposed to, you know, unhelpful. When I talk about hardworking Kiwis I want to make it clear that I include Maori ¯ in that group. Studies show that many, many Maori ¯ are hardworking Kiwis when they’re not in prison or on social welfare, and I’m sure they will tell you that if you can find them but what with the power cuts they can be a bit hard to see in the dark.
TPP COLEADER RAWIRI WAITITI
This is how we feel and we will not be told how to feel.
CHRIS HIPKINS
If I were to say one thing to Te Pati ¯ Maori ¯ it would be, ‘‘Kia ora, how’s it going, I’m Chris Hipkins, you may remember me as the prime
minister, thanks so much for your time, would you like a cup of tea, or a biscuit, they go well together I find, and yes I suppose I do look like a bit of a gingernut, anyway now that we’re all sitting comfortably can I just say that in regards to this comment about extermination, you mustn’t feel like that’’.
Labour has enjoyed a long and meaningful relationship with Te Pati ¯ Maori, ¯ and it’s based on a fundamental understanding that there is absolutely no place for that kind of rhetoric.
It’s just really unhelpful rhetoric. As leader of the Labour Party, which offers a set of solutions to the challenges faced by hardworking Kiwis, I want to assure hardworking Kiwis that Labour is focused on helpful rhetoric.
TPP COLEADER RAWIRI WAITITI
Many of the policy changes of this government absolutely make us feel like there are huge extermination processes.
DAVID SEYMOUR
I don’t see a problem with huge extermination processes. Policy changes, such as repealing Treaty obligations from the Oranga Tamakari Act, are in the best interest of hardworking Kiwi landlords and rightwing political lobbyists.
These kinds of people have finally found their voice after years of not being heard, after years of struggle and struggle, after years of being dismissed as a minority.
As for Maori, ¯ they should stop talking about race. It’s just really unhelpful rhetoric.
TPP COLEADER DEBBIE NGAREWAPACKER Our supporters are not going to speak like some of the uncles around here want to hear them speak.
WINSTON PETERS
You have to earn the right to call me uncle. The Maori ¯ Party haven’t earned that right and neither have they earned the right to speak on behalf of all Maori. ¯ They only achieved 3% party vote. New Zealand First achieved 6% party vote. That allows us to speak on behalf of all hardworking Kiwis over the age of 75 with a taste for a rarely sensibly, often powerfully, and always really quite uniquely expressed rhetoric.