Te Pāti Māori Internal Chaos: How the Party Has Collapsed Into Controversy and Infighting

Te Pāti Māori in chaos amid leaked allegations and retaliation claims

Just days ago TPM was calling for unity and heralding a party-wide ‘reset’. Now that optimism has collapsed, replaced by bitter public infighting, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Allegations laid bare in explosive late-night email Te Pāti Māori was thrown into chaos on Monday night after party leaders sent members a lengthy email accusing Northland MP Mar…

Te Pāti Māori internal chaos: How the party has collapsed into controversy and infighting

An explosive email sent by Te Pāti Māori detailing allegations against one of its own MPs has brought the party’s private disagreements into the light. It...

Te Pāti Māori email: 'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader

"It seems that there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party," says Chris Hipkins, "and it's unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point."

Eru Kapa-Kingi’s criticisms against te Pāti Māori now look very hollow and chances of by-election in Te Tai Tokerau rise

Te Pāti Māori email to members alleges Eru Kapa-Kingi threatened Parliament staff at protest Documents released by Te Pāti Māori accuse a high-profile activist and son of one its MPs of making “threats of physical violence” and “inappropriate and vulgar” remarks to parliamentary staffers. Some of the comments Eru Kapa-Kingi is alleged to have made include: “You aren’t s***”, “Get f***ed” and “I will f***ing knock you out”. The allegations were …