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To Darleen Tana

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Oct 2, 2024
  • 1 min read

Well, what makes you any different to Gaurav Sharma? Saying that it's all about kaupapa is just the Māori way of saying what he said. If you've left the party, then it's strange to think that you deserve to be there. You stood with their support, and it was their name that people were voting for rather than yours. At least I'm fronting honestly. I'm AMPP's only member. I'm a joke candidate, but honestly it's way more fun to come to Question Time as the leader of my party, so I can see the appeal of that. But yeah, it's disingenuous. - On the plus side, you weren't flip-flopping like Tory in that interview. Some of my socialist friends like to talk a lot about the Māori elite, as if those are the types that are able to suckle on the government teat, and this sorta looks like that. You're using your identity as a defence. Were you elected to be a Māori, or were you elected to forward the views of the Green Party? But, all things considered, I genuinely think that they should eject you. I mean, all this is about the hypocrisy of champagne socialists, so to me it seems delicious that Marama would have to use that waka jumping bill. -


I tried to be rude and tell her to leave, but honestly she's put up a huge fight, and given that it's fair that she continue on until she's pushed.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Oct 02, 2024

And the answer to that question isn't 'both' -- if you wanted to be unapologetically Māori, then that would tend to suggest being a Te Pāti Māori candidate.🤣

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