The powerful role of the Labour Māori caucus in government One of the reasons that Māori might have believed Ardern’s Government would deliver in the areas that poor and working class Māori care about, is that the Māori caucus in Labour is the biggest ever. The Prime Minister and her colleagues have therefore not been able to ignore the demands and priorities of Labour’s Māori caucus. Have Labour’s Māori MPs focused on the right issues? This all raises the question of whether Labour’s Māori MPs have focused on the right issues. Likewise, pulling back on the Government’s co-governance agenda would create havoc for the Māori caucus.

Source: Stuff September 17, 2022 06:44 UTC