Heather du Plessis-Allan: Have the Greens underestimated Darleen Tana?

Is anyone else getting the feeling the Greens have underestimated just how far Darleen Tana will go to to mess with them?

I feel like they might have bit off a bit much with this one. Because so far - it’s 2-nil to Darleen.

She won the first round when she refused to quit Parliament. The Greens clearly thought that after they’d finished the report she’d just slink off in shame - but she refused to do that.

And she’s just won the second round today by forcing the party to cancel that meeting they were planning to have on Sunday where they were going to plot kicking her out of Parliament.

I'm actually impressed - this woman has got way more gumption than any of us thought.

And who knows where it goes from here? Because this is clearly not the end, from where I'm sitting there are at least two more rounds to come.

They're going to go to court in two weeks, that's another round - and then they'll have to actually, eventually trigger the waka-jumping law and kick her out.

By now, they must be dreading what she pulls out next.

I know I'm running against the grain on this one - but good on her.

I'm enjoying watching her make them squirm. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on her side, she’s weird - but the Greens deserve this.

They chose her. They were very happy to have Darleen on their list for the election, weren't they?

She was a nice married Māori lady from Auckland Central who owned a small business, she was someone nice people in Auckland Central who had money and small businesses could identify with and vote for.

They were happy to have her then - but they clearly didn't do the checks on her like they didn't do with a whole lot of other Green MPs who've since gone rogue.

They've got to live with their choices - and the big old fight one of their choices is bringing to them.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now. Is there anyone else getting the feeling that the
Greens have underestimated just how far Darlene Tana will go
to mess with them. Is I feel like they've bit
off a little bit much with this one, because so far,
the way I see it, it's too nil to Darlene.
She won the first round when she wouldn't leave parliament.
They clearly thought she was going to leave after they
released that report, but she didn't won that one. And
she's just won the second round today by forcing the

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party to cancel that meeting that they were planning to
have on Sunday where they were going to plot kicking
her out of parliament. I'm actually impressed. This woman's got
way more gumption than any of us thought. Who knows
where it goes from here, because this is clearly not
the end. I mean, from where I'm sitting, it looks
like there's a couple more rounds to come. Are they
going to go to court in two weeks again? That's
another round. And then when they finally decide whenever that is,

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to try to kick Darlene out of parliament, that's going
to be another round They're going to have to fight,
and frankly, given what she's pulled out already, they must
be dreading what she's going to do next. And you
know what I know this is. I know I'm running
against the grain on this one, but I actually think
good on her because I'm enjoying making watching her make
them squirm. Don't get me wrong, This is not to
say I'm on Darlene's side. I'm not. She's weird. But

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the Greens deserve this. They chose her, They were very,
very happy to have Darlene on their list for the electionation.
She was a nice, married Maori lady from Auckland Central
who owned a small business. What that meant is that
some nice people in Auckland Central who have money and
small businesses would look at her and identify with her.
She would make the Greens okay for them and they

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would vote for the Greens. Awful Darlene, because Darline's on
the list and Darling's a nice lady. Well happy to
have her. Then didn't do the checks obviously on her,
like they didn't do on any of the other Green
MPs who've since gone rogue. So they've got to live
with their choices and they've got to live with the
big old fight that one of their choices is bringing
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