Meka Whaitiri: former Labour MP on Toitū Te Tiriti cutting ties with Te Pāti Māori

2025-10-02

Questions have been raised over ructions within Te Pāti Māori. Toitū Te Tiriti - which led the large hikoi on Parliament last year - officially cut ties with the party today. Leader Eru Kapa-Kingi is the son of one of the party's MPs, and he claims the party follows a 'dictatorship model'. Former Labour MP Meka Whaitiri ran for Te Pāti Māori in the last election. She says this news is disappointing. "There's a lot of dynamics at play - there's some family ties there, you've got relationships, you've got kaup...

Questions have been raised over ructions within Te Pāti Māori.

Toitū Te Tiriti - which led the large hikoi on Parliament last year - officially cut ties with the party today.

Leader Eru Kapa-Kingi is the son of one of the party's MPs, and he claims the party follows a 'dictatorship model'.

Former Labour MP Meka Whaitiri ran for Te Pāti Māori in the last election.

She says this news is disappointing.

"There's a lot of dynamics at play - there's some family ties there, you've got relationships, you've got kaupapa, you've got new movements. We can just purely speculate."

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