Peter Williams: Te Pati Maori End Game

Could they claim the balance of power?

The country’s youngest MP has revealed the answer to the question many have been asking for some time.

What is the end game for Te Pati Maori?

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke told us succinctly in her speech at Parliament after the hikoi.

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke: Maiden Speech

After six years of a Labour Government Parliamentary democracy in New Zealand is in a fragile state. With new MPs likely to have a significant influence over our democratic future, Breaking Views is featuring a selection of maiden speeches, which reveal deeply contrasting views... Here is the Maiden Speech of the Maori Party's Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke:

[Thank you, Mr Speaker. Greetings to us all, to the House. I wander to Mōkau, I wander to Auckland. The land quakes, the moon wanes, the stars fall from the sky, Waikato arises from the abyss, it is our time.