Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on John Tamihere calling for Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Takuta Ferris to resign

Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she isn't going anywhere.

Te Pāti Māori's President, John Tamihere, has suggested she and Te Tai Tonga MP, Takuta Ferris, should resign from the Party.

That's his response to a petition launched by 'Te Tai Tonga Executive'  - calling for his resignation. 

He's accusing the two MPs of avarice and entitlement, referencing Hone Harawira’s split from the Party in 2011 - and telling them to do the "honourable thing'.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper recaps the ongoing saga.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh goodness, I'm supposed to speak thirty away. I know
you what I get hold on. The reason I forgot
to speak is I'm reading a statement from Dame Nolene
that I have to talk about. Its new statement that's
just come out, and it's just made everything.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Just anyone frustrated with she that's more important than so.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm going to talk about that later on, but right
now it's thirteen away from five Barry Sober, Senior political
correspondence with me High barryes well. The Malori parties and meltdown,
isn't it.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Well? You know we've been saying this, haven't we for weeks?
Now it's in meltdown, but it just gets goes from
bad to words. Now they're calling for John Tammahead's resignation
and it comes following a vote by the party members
to suspend Mardamino Carpacini, the executive of Teitai Tonga. They

(00:47):
cover the South Island, and of course it's Takuta Ferras's
electra that they abstained from that resolution. And now they're
adding fuel to the fire as well. Now taku to
Faris he says that he supported Cappakinghi and he didn't
agree with the motion to suspender. Now that's all very fine.

(01:09):
Then we had John Tamman Harry heading back in a
very large post on social media today. He called it
a white freezing of a white feeding frenzy. I mean,
you know, just leave.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
The racism is so undecessary.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
If any political party was melting down to the extent
that they are regardless of race, you'd be talking about it.
I mean, this is politics. Nevertheless, he decided to have
a go bad. He also dug in and he said
that this is not Carpa Kingy's first rodeo in August

(01:47):
twenty twenty three, and he's trying to drive further divisions
in the party. He said, Cappa Kingy objected vehemently to
the position of Hannah might be Clark on the list,
and essentially she objected to it because they didn't want
someone in nappies to take that electorate. Well, you know,

(02:09):
so now he's driven the division further, trying to isolate.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Well, it does it not feel so if you've heard
the rumors, right, you've you've heard Maria Menal Kappa king
it was problematic. She's now been whatever.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
I don't know how to do it.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
So she's on the and you've heard Takuza feris trouble
as well. Now his electorate has caused more trouble. And
then you also heard Hannah Mighty Clark has been difficult
for party leadership kiper the new one. And it feels
like what John Tamerhead is trying to do here is
drive a wedge between Maria Meno and Hannah so they

(02:45):
don't go together exactly.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
And also the divisions are all over the place he's
trying to drive.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Now, okay, so Luxe's had something to say.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Oh, of course, yes, sir, this is music to the
government's he is. Chris Luckson at his post cabinet news
conference was having fun at the Maori.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
I don't think to party Maray is a serious outfit.
I think they are activist. I think that performative. I've
never had a sensible I've never heard of a single
policy idea from Taparty Maori about how they're going to
improve outcomes from Maori students, Maori health, Mario achievement, and
so you know, I don't take them seriously frankly, and
I think you know the people, I don't want to
work with them. I won't be working with them. But

(03:22):
the guy that does is Chris Sipkins. He wants to
work with them, So does he want to work with
the Greens. All that means is more tax more spending,
more borrowing, and frankly, a party that hasn't had one
serious policy idea. I mean, imagine a cabinet table where
Chris Hopkins is sitting there with Chloe Swarburick as Minister
of Finance and Marta mcdavidson and Rawery Ytt and Dewi Noldapacker.
That is just chaos, you know, it's just a complete

(03:43):
soap opera. Well, we came here to do serious things
and that's what I'm getting out of bed to do
every day. What the hell everyone else does? I don't
really care.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
Frankly, I've never heard Lackson has sort of so stirred
up about, doesn't he? Well, I think you know, his
objectives is obviously trying to keep them out of power.
So he said that any accommodation that National may have
with them is out the gate, Unlike what John Key

(04:13):
did in two thousand and eight.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Listen very quickly, what's going on with the capital gains idea?

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Essentially they look, they haven't answered the essential question when
do you get your valuation?

Speaker 1 (04:25):
When do you get your valuation? Who does the valuation,
who pays for the valuation?

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah? Well a spokesperson for the Inland Revenue they said
they don't want to be commenting on the policy, but
they said, look, the approaches that have been made concerning
the bright line test, which is the current capital gains
tax we really have doesn't apply because it doesn't use
evaluation day, which is quite correct us a sale day

(04:50):
and rateful values have been talked about. They are the
values council gives on your property, and of course they
can't be relied on because you may have upgraded your property,
put a swimming pull in the backyard or something. So yeah,
you know, I mean this is a policy without a hell.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Of a lot between capital gains in the Maori Party
US see labors on tractor not win the next election.

Speaker 2 (05:10):
ASA.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Thank you, Barry very Soper, Senior political correspondent.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
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