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My use of Māori and Chinese characters

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Jun 19, 2024
  • 1 min read

And Indian etc. simply reflects the life that I've led. I'm not like most white people, who have very few non-white friends. O'Leary was similar, so I took a lot from his Bibel. Dan McCaffrey was one of those guys that was supposed to shore up the brown vote, so that's what I was taught in regards to 'politics' ... from that group of nutters who lept from Labour to ACT. - As I said on the podcast, my Choosing The List Rankings sketch works equally well as a satire of the extreme left as the extreme right. That's the horseshoe effect.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Jun 19, 2024

Politically, my brother usually votes TOP, but he isn't affiliated with a particular party. He's not a fan of Te Pāti Māori, which is interesting.

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