Source: Radio New Zealand
Te Pāti Māori MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. (File photo) RNZ
Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says he’s had no response from the party’s National Council over his calls for an urgent meeting.
Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi were kicked out of the party earlier this week.
He told Morning Report, they wrote to the national council last week asking for a meeting, but the letter had been ignored despite being signed by half the caucus.
Both Te Pāti Māori co-leaders were unavailable for an interview this morning.
In an interview with RNZ on Thursday, Ferris described the expulsion process as a “joke” and underhanded.
He said, in his view, Te Pāti Māori MPs Oriini Kaipara and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke were now “trapped” in the party which was behaving “way below the line”.
“Our mates, they weren’t told we were getting expelled. They were told by the press release. This is the degree of the conduct, right? It’s way below the line.”
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