Hipkins won’t rule them out

The Herald reports:

Asked about the prospect of working with Te Pāti Māori following the allegations, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said: “at the moment it is not clear how many Māori parties there are at the moment.”

“It seems there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party and it is unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point.”

So Hipkins is saying they’re a party that is splintering into factions, but hey he’ll still do deals with them all, so long as it gets him back into power.

If this was Life of Brian, Hipkins would be announcing that he is open to a coalition with the People’s Front of Judea, the Judean People’s Front, the Judean People’s Popular Front, the Campaign for a Free Galilee, and the Popular Front of Judea!