Centrist: Tamatha Paul pivots to race after backlash over police comments

Green MP Tamatha Paul is under pressure from across the political spectrum after a recent series of controversial remarks about police presence, public safety, and incarceration—then suggesting criticism of her was racially motivated.

She is quoted in an RNZ article stating: “I’m not surprised that people are upset that a young brown woman is being critical of an institution that has let her and her communities down for a very long time.”