Guest Post: Max Harris

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Juliet Moses:

I recently heard Max Harris, the Labour Party candidate for Tamaki, speak at an event. He introduced himself as having a “strong moral compass”.

That’s a bit odd, I thought, and more than a bit self-righteous. Sometimes you hear someone describing someone else that way, but not self-identifying as such. I decided it warranted more investigation.

Mike Butler: What is this thing called ‘rangatiratanga’?

What is this thing called “rangatiratanga” that only Maoris have and is the ACT Party trying to erase it?

Writing in a Stuff publication, a 34-year-old activist named Max Harris said that the ACT Party is “threatened by tino rangatiratanga – the absolute authority for Maori over their taonga, promised in te Tiriti. And the ACT Party wants to cement in its place private property rights for all”. (1)