An Act MP has taken offence at comments made in the House by a senior Labour Minister, referring to her race.
Minister for Māori Crown Relations Kelvin Davis took a swipe a Karen Chhour, during an exchange about Oranga Tamariki contracts.
He accused her of not understanding the Māori world-view, and told her it was no good looking at the world through a vanilla lens.
Chhour is Māori, and took exception to the Minister's comments.
She says Davis attacking her like that is taking away her mana and is quite distressing.
She says it's made worse by the fact the Labour Party says it wants to give Māori back their mana.
Act MP Karen Chhour joined Mike Hosking.
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