Just in case anyone has been living in a cave for the last 5 years, with their fingers in their ears and a blindfold on – race relations in New Zealand are somewhat strained right now.
Co-governance, having been initiated by National and taken to an unexpected extreme by Labour, is (to put it mildly) polarising poor old New Zealand right now. I don’t see the polarisation diminishing any time soon, nor do I see any type of sustainable consensus coming about.
Relevant to this is the following announcement: Rurawhe will not contest Te Tai Hauāuru, moves to Labour list:
Te Tai Hauāuru MP and Speaker of the House Adrian Rurawhe will not stand for the Māori electorate in October’s general election and will instead move to the Labour Party list.
Rurawhe contested and won Te Tai Hauāuru three times. He was elected as Speaker mid-term in August last…
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