Maori leaders are speaking out against the Maori Party, with claims its co-leaders will not quit the Government because they have got no other jobs to go to.
A Waitangi Tribunal hearing into Maori ownership of water resources has heard evidence from iwi and hapu who are upset at the Prime Minister’s so-called dismissal of the hearing.
Maori Council co-chairman Maanu Paul says the Maori Party’s supporters are now calling for an end to its relationship with National over the issue
“They have nowhere else to go and so for them, their political life is almost at the O.K. Corral stage,” he says.
“In a Maori world, they should act like Maori – defend their mana, not the money.”
A representative from the Office of Treaty Settlements has come under fire at the hearing this afternoon for failing to properly explain and understand the intricacies of the claims.
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