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NZ Deputy Leader Decries ‘Separatist Hate-Filled’ Speech by Māori Party MP

Winston Peters has condemned a speech by a Māori Party MP that claimed the government intended to ‘exterminate Māori.’
NZ Deputy Leader Decries ‘Separatist Hate-Filled’ Speech by Māori Party MP
Ministers address hundreds of Maori protesters gathered to demonstrate against what protesters say is the disproportionate number of Maori children taken by social service agencies from their families, outside parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on July 30, 2019. Praveen Menon/Reuters
Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
5/7/2024|Updated: 5/7/2024
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New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters—and leader of one of the three government coalition parties, New Zealand First—has condemned a speech by a Māori Party MP that accused the government of intending to “exterminate Māori.”

Speaking in the General Debate on May 1, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, who represents the Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau, began her speech by saying “No matter my words today, the government will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori.”

Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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