Te Ururoa Flavell
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256 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 2 Jul
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We are willing to fight to the very last drop of blood.
Those are $92,000.
Oh, well, it all was motivated actually at the death of Whātauranga Muniata some four weeks or so ago, sitting in the whare and paying respects and listening to the eulogies to him prompted, I suppose, a time to reflect on his legacy.
our legacy, the number of us who were a part of the beginnings of the party and saying, well, I think it is time to say something just simply because I think that where we are now is way different to where we were
under his leadership, and it was important to simply put a view out, if people believe it, so be it.
If not, okay, goodbye, no problem.
The Maori Party, from its very beginnings, and that's why I raised the issue about the kaupapa of the Maori Party as being
absolutely inclusive, but certainly driven by dreams and aspirations of Māori people, has always been about this country.
Kota Rangi made it very clear from the very beginning that we didn't want to box ourselves.
We needed to be inclusive.
We needed to take people with us, and that's what we attempted to do in our time.
And as I say, the times, what, a few years ago when a number of us, Tariana Pita and so on, were in the paiti, we protected Māori rights by absolutely advocating as hard as we could
with the party of the day, the government party of the day, but we also had times when we were able to, through the whole element of relationships, build strong connections with the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of those times.
Well, as I say, in my walking around at various tangi and
Well, there's been a few major leaders in the last month or so.
Everybody comes up, when I say everybody, I better cut it back.
Some people come up to me and ask me the question, you know, what's going on with the Māori Party, asking where it's heading, questioning what it's doing and also asking actually where should I vote and I've tried to stay clear of that but
On the ground, if you're asking me the question, I'd say that we're in for a bit of a hiding.
There will be some backlash.
I'm pretty clear about that.
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