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Ko Eru Rerekura rātou ko Tāmati Curtis, ko Moki Tangaroa Wagner ngā kaipāpāho o tēnei hōtaka. He hōtaka whakawhiti whakaaro mō ngā tōrangapū mā te tirohanga Māori. He hōtaka reorua.
Eru interviews Andrew Judd, former mayor of New Plymouth, about New Plymouth District Council’s decision to allow Māori Wards. Judd decries the previous system which allowed non-Māori to petition Māori Wards as racist. He urges difficult conversations about racism and self-reflection amongst Pākehā.
Judith Collins from the National Party has said she wants to stand candidates in the Māori seats in the next election. The hosts discuss potential Māori candidates.
Ngahina Hohaia, he wāhine mau moko, was walking in Ōwairaka when she asked an older Pākehā woman to put her dog on a leash. The other woman responded with a racist attack. The police decided against prosecuting the perpetrator. Khylee Quince, associate law professor at Auckland University of Technology, talks to the hosts about the assault. Quince has been acting as an advocate for Hohaia. Quince describes the shortcomings of the police, and the options available to Hohaia. The artist Robyn Kahukiwa is auctioning one of her pieces to raise funds to support Hohaia.
Moki and Eru talk to Rawiri Taonui, lecturer in Māori studies and politics at Massey University in Palmerston North. Taonui and the hosts discuss dirty politics and recent scandals that have rocked the National Party. He compares the actions of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins in dealing with allegations in their respective parties. Specifically, they discuss the National Party MP Andrew Falloon who has resigned after sending an indecent picture of himself to a young woman and Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway who has also resigned after a consensual but inappropriate relationship with someone in one of his agencies.
Taonui comments on the Hohaia case and racism in Aotearoa. He shares his own personal experiences dealing with racism.
The hosts share their experiences of racism.
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Willie Jackson, Labour MP and Minister for Māori Development, talks to the hosts. He shares his opinion about Judith Collins. Jackson wrote a scathing Facebook post about Collins which was widely shared and commented on. Jackson expresses his shock at the resignation of Iain Lees-Galloway. He comments on the large number of National Party MPs who are leaving, and the strength of the Labour Party. Eru asks about the competition between Tania Tapsell and Kiritapu Allan for the East Coast Electorate. Jackson states that while he believes that Tapsell is the incumbent and therefore likely to win, Allan does have a strong chance. The hosts ask about the Hohaia case, Jackson talks about the pervasiveness of systematic racism. Finally, the hosts and Jackson discuss the competition between John Tamihere and Peeni Henare for the Tāmaki Makaurau Electorate.
The hosts share what is coming up on the next episode.