Bob Edlin: Kaipara champions the rights of Māori women in prison....

Kaipara champions the rights of Māori women in prison – and is given a reminder of what our voting laws demand

Māori Party MP Oriini Kaipara went out to bat for democracy – hurrah! – at Question Time in Parliament yesterday. But her mission, more pointedly, was to expose the discrimination against Māori which (she would have us believe) will result from government proposals to change electoral legislation.

In the upshot, she was reminded of what the law now requires.

Matua Kahurangi: Oriini Kaipara’s Tongariro claim is out the gate

When flames tore through Tongariro National Park, most people saw an ecological tragedy. Te Pāti Māori MP and Māori supremacist Oriini Kaipara saw a supernatural sign. She claimed the blaze was a “message” from the late paramount chief Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII, urging that the land be returned to iwi. “It was gifted in good faith. It’s time to give it back,” she said.

Is she on drugs? Turning a destructive fire into a spiritual endorsement for land transfer is the kind of magical thinking that belongs on the fringes, not in Parliament. It reflects how deeply Te Pāti Māori has drifted from everyday New Zealanders and the realities of governing a modern country. At this stage they should just join up with the Greens, they’re just as delusional.

John McLean: Nasty Noisy Nokise

Stuff’s Saturday broadsheet, The Post, is useful as a fire starter, but not for much else.

The Post’s Saturday 11 October 2025 edition contained an incendiary opinion piece from James Nokise, self-described at the bottom of his piece as a “regular opinion contributor, a comedian, writer, and podcaster”. So I can’t be accused of quoting James’ piece selectively or out of context, here it is:

Ani O'Brien: Institutional Insanity - The Law Commission jumps the shark in new report

'Ia Tangata' has been published and it is as bad as I predicted

When I first warned about the Law Commission’s Ia Tangata review, I said it would be used to smuggle an activist ideology into the Human Rights Act. I said it would not simply “clarify protections” but would tilt the entire playing field, shifting the balance of rights, placing new burdens on ordinary New Zealanders, and hard-coding gender ideology into law.

The report is now out, and unfortunately, I was right.

Steven Gaskell: Oriini Kaipara’s “Landslide” - Proof That Competence No Longer Matters

So, Tāmaki Makaurau has spoken. Former broadcaster turned political darling Oriini Kaipara has cruised into Parliament on a wave of adoration from Te Pāti Māori supporters. The result is being heralded as some kind of historic “landslide.” But let’s not kid ourselves this wasn’t a contest of ideas, policies, or even competence. This was identity politics at its most brazen.

Matua Kahurangi: Tamaki Makaurau proves over 6,000 retards still have voting rights

Please forgive me in advance, it’s just after midnight and I’m probably at least 15 pints deep by now. I just got back from the pub.

The All Blacks gave New Zealand something to celebrate. So did the resignation of Bussy. Unfortunately, Tamaki Makaurau gave us the exact opposite - a reminder that there are at least 6,031 retards living in that electorate who somehow still get to vote.

Peter Williams: Have Te Pati Maori given up on Tamaki Makarau?

If the voters of Tamaki Makarau send Oriini Kaipara to Parliament this Saturday they need a collective mental health assessment where the first question should be “are you barking mad?”

In the history of New Zealand politics has there ever been such a trainwreck of a serious political candidate as Ms Kaipara?

Matua Kahurangi: Oriini Kaipara proves she’s a waka-wreck in politics

Watching Oriini Kaipara on Q + A today was embarrassing. She might be OK at reading the news, which is debatable, but politics? Not so much. Her attempt at stepping into the political arena has been a waka-wreck from the start.

Matua Kahurangi: From newsreader to racist

Oriini Kaipara dresses as Julius Malema, who publicly chants to kill white people

If you’ve been unfortunate enough to scroll through X this week, you’ll no doubt have seen the bizarre spectacle of Te Pāti Māori candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau, Oriini Kaipara, and her choice of costume. I say costume, because that’s what it was. Not professional attire, not a statement of seriousness – but a costume designed to shock, divide, and align herself with some of the ugliest politics on the planet.

Matua Kahurangi: A billion dollars for separatism

Why Te Pāti Māori must never be in government again

I’ll be straight up, I’m not exactly National’s biggest fan at the moment. I voted for them with my electorate vote, but they’ve done plenty that’s frustrated me since getting into government. That said, let’s not kid ourselves here. If Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori were still running this country, it would be an absolute sh*tshow. At the next election we need to do everything possible to stop them clawing their way back into power. Because if they do, every bit of work National and the coalition have managed to do will be tossed out the window in a heartbeat.