Hipkins sends warning as Tamihere backs substance of Ferris' race comments

Te Pāti Māori's John Tamihere defends Tākuta Ferris comments, agrees with 'substance' of them

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says that position - if held more broadly - would make it "very difficult" to work with Te Pāti Māori.

Hipkins sends warning as Tamihere backs substance of Ferris' race comments

Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere says the substance of Tākuta Ferris’ controversial race comments is right and it’s “wrong for other folk to politic in...

Tamihere backs Ferris’ controversial comments - Daily Telegraph NZ

John Tamihere (L), Takura Ferris (Inset). Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere has defended MP Tākuta Ferris’ controversial comments about non-Māori campaigning in Māori electorates, saying he agreed with their “substance” but not their aggressive tone. Reacting to a recent Labour Party social media post during the Tamaki Makaurau by-election, Ferris commented “This blows my mind!! Indians, Asians, Black and Pākehā campaigning to take a Māori s…