Bayden Barber: Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated chair on the meeting between Iwi leaders and Te Pāti Māori

A meeting between Te Pāti Māori and the National Iwi Chairs Forum has resulted in two key outcomes.

The hui was called after infighting, which saw the Te Tai Tonga electorate call for Party President John Tamihere's resignation.

He responded by suggesting MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris should resign.

Forum spokesperson Bayden Barber says the party's leadership has agreed to a truce on the attacks on social media. 

"The second one was an agreement to meet at a marae in Wellington to work through the issues."

Barber says they now need to meet with Kapa-Kingi and Ferris to get the same type of agreement.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now EWE leaders have just concluded an urgent meeting with
the Maori Party executive at Parliament in an attempt to
bring an end to ongoing party in fighting. Nati Kau
Boss Baden Barber was at the Hue High Baden.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
How thank you?

Speaker 1 (00:14):
How'd the meeting? Is there any resolution?

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yeah? There was. It went really well, very constructives and
we got to some outcomes and yeah, it was two
hours so it was a lot to discuss and yeah, great,
I thought it was great meeting.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Okay, what are the outcomes?

Speaker 2 (00:37):
A truth, A ceasefire on on the on the I
was via social media? That was That was one and
the second one was an agreement to the meet Ada,
Mariah and Pornick to work through the issues. So so

(00:59):
we met of Uhlwood, he Wait and Debbie Nadi were
peckup and a couple from the executives, Johnhead and well
no John got called away, but there was okay, there
was Okay. I spoke with John this morning. Yep, we
had yeah, yes, so we spoke this morning.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Are you running to your flight, Baiden.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
I'm running to my flat, but all right, run.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
And talk, Biden, run and talk. Okay, So tell me
something so this is basically an agreement that the Maldi
party executive and leadership will stop the online and public
attacks on Maria Menor and on Taku de Ferris.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Is that right, that's right, that's right. Yep. I'm just
going to show my my account.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah there's yeah, Baden, still there. By the way, if
you're wondering what's going on, why is the radio so quiet?
He is just showing his boarding pass.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
It will be with us very yep, we're back with right.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Good, okay. So the agreement is not to do these
online and public attacks.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yes, that's right, that's right, that's right, yep, okay.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
And then the point is what that they then that
that they will then get together with Maria Mental and
Tarcouter at this this meeting at the Mara.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
That's right, that's right. So they're agreed to come. We haven't.
We haven't landed that they get or the mar but
the intention is to come to the meeting, and now
we need to meet with Monumental to get the same

(02:37):
type of agreement. So so yeah, yeah, it's pleasing to
be able to get to that outcome.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Okay, Baden, how do you think this is going to end?
Is this going to be a split in the party.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
We hope not. We hope not. We'll try it or
we can to keep the party to get it, but
you know we can't. We can't. Yeah that that that
will that plays out that way, well, that plays out.
But from a egis point of view, having a united

(03:12):
party functional and focusing on the upcoming election is where
we want to be, okay.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
And what is what's kicked us off? Is this because
Takuta Maria Meno wanted to roll the leaders.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
They worked through a whole list of things that uh,
you know that there were issues, but you know that's
probably the key point. None of them were insurmountable. I
don't I think. I mean, there's some stuff that the
electricity to source through, but you know, we think that
we can still have the and move forward.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
Okay. Is is John Tommerheady going to stand the president
in the role of president?

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Oh that'll be up to That'll be up to the party.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Is it possible that he goes that he was that
he goes.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
While instead'll be up to the party. All Right, Okay,
I've got to I've gotta go. Okay, I'm got to
go either. Thanks me, Well you know worries.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
Thank you, okay, thanks Baden Beden Baba. What a decent guy.
The way court like tried to catch the plane while
having a chat to us. I have more of him
any day of the week. Pease for more from Hither
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Speaker 2 (04:25):
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