This piece calls on voters to prioritize Te Tiriti in the 2026 general election by supporting candidates who explicitly honour treaty principles, especially amid growing political fatigue, distrust, and legislative efforts to weaken treaty obligations.
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Most likely. Give me your take on what Labour's going to do here, because Labour has made it very clear that they're going to try and annihilate the Māori Party, right? But in order to do that, you almost have to out Māori Party, the Māori Party. So you have to go quite far. Like I would say quite radical to that side. Does that affect the Labour parties in their determination to take this party out on one side of them? Does it affect their ability to appeal to centre voters?
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