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May 15, 2005 8:13am by David Farrar

Tamihere interview

Investigate Magazine have put the full interview with John Tamihere online.

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Matthew

You know, the amazing thing is that you read the transcript, and he comes off as entirely reasonable. A few opinions are beyond the pale – holocaust, “unhealthy and violating”, etc. But it’s nothing you wouldn’t hear down at the pub after a few pints. And its not like he’s on the wrong side of the opinion – he just feels that everything has been pushed too far. This is a man who just feels incredibly frustrated by a PC mindset gone way way too far.

Yes, he’s an idiot as a politician if he thinks he can get away with abusing his fellows in the party. The amazing thing is the degree to which he was castigated in the media for it.

The media overreaction sent him in a tailspin, and probably the pressure did him in – I blame that for the cats…

At the end of the day, I just think… Poor guy.
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May 15, 2005 11:11am
baxter

I think it is a brilliant interview and should have been published unexpurgated.It is difficult to relate the honest straightforward views of Tamihere with the fudging dishonesty of events surrounding the Waipirera Trust. It certainly raises the standing of Tamihere in my estimation and I hope he gets back in, for Parliament would be the worse for his absence.
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May 15, 2005 11:19am
Tuatara Left

Many of the questions in the interview are leading ones. Wishart obviously played the guy, although it is still no excuse for what he said, he’s a politican and should have been suspicious of Wishart.
Tamihere should have resigned.
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May 15, 2005 12:55pm
Mark Jefferies

Regardless of what he says, if you believe in his point of view or not, a mans character is his fate, and to abandon pets speaks volumes. His actions in this regard makes everything else a moot point for me.
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May 15, 2005 1:22pm
Webbische Kopf

Tamihere says this :
Maharey, you can spend two hours with Maharey and walk away none the wiser but you
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May 15, 2005 2:20pm
AL

Matthew: he was dobbing in his Labour mates, of course the Labour Media castigated him for it.

Clark lied to force a Police Commissioner to resign and all we’ve heard about since is six days of FMD hoax coverage.
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May 15, 2005 4:16pm
Rodders

JT is down to 1% in the preferred PM question in tonight’s Colmar Brunton poll.

Possibly the main character JT assassinated in his interview was his own.
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May 15, 2005 6:06pm
AL

Don’t forget his cats.
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May 15, 2005 6:49pm
Rodders

Fair comment.

Someone who cannot be bothered to care for his pets is not a fit person to lead a country.
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May 15, 2005 7:12pm

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