Toitū Te Tiriti  vs Te Pāti Māori 

Stuff reports:

Pressure is building on Te Pāti Māori, with Toitū Te Tiriti – the activist movement behind last year’s huge Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti – now speaking out against the party.

Tensions have been bubbling in Te Pāti Māori for some time, with public ructions between the party leadership and their MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi last month.

Now, Eru Kapa-Kingi – a spokesperson for Toitū Te Tiriti, who is also Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s son – has spoken publicly, raising concerns about the leadership of Te Pāti Māori. He described it as a “dictatorship model”.

This seems an accurate assessment. However it is not clear who is the dictator.

If this is correct, it adds to the mystery.

I remind people that there have been 72 polls since the last general election. In all 72 polls the only way Labour can form a Government (if at all) is with the support of Te Pati Maori. Not a single poll has shown that Labour and Greens could govern without them.