Mike's Minute: Why are we only just now getting the Waitangi Tribunal review?

Am I right to inquire just what it is that Tama Potaka has been doing for a year and a half?

How many times have you heard me ask the Prime Minister on a Monday, when is the Waitangi Tribunal decision being made? What is Potaka doing with this activist tribunal?

Well, on Friday we got the answer.

Cameron Slater: The Waitangi Tribunal’s Day of Reckoning - Time to Clip Its Wings

Well, well, well, it looks like the Waitangi Tribunal’s ivory tower is finally getting a shake-up. The government has announced a review into the tribunal’s role, and ACT’s David Seymour isn’t mincing words, calling it ‘activist’ and out of control.

About bloody time! For too long, this unelected, self-important body has strutted around like it’s the ultimate arbiter of all things Māori – lording it over New Zealand with a sanctimonious air that’d make even the most pious preacher blush. The truth is, we reached Peak Māori years ago, and the public is fed up with the endless pandering to what the late, great, Sir Bob Jones called “Māori wonderfulness”. The tribunal’s had its day – it’s time to wind it up and send it packing.