Since Don emailed you last week things have got even wilder with Te Pāti Māori.

They've escalated from revolutionary rhetoric to straight up announcing that they are going to establish their own Parliament.

Oh and by the way they're demanding 20% of New Zealand's tax revenue in order to fund it!

We all got an insight into what a Te Pāti Māori-led Māori Parliament could look like a couple of days later when The Post reported a whole lot of allegations that don't look good for the party.

The allegations have come from whistleblowers who worked at Manurewa Marae and the Ministry of Social Development. According to advocates, they have been punished for speaking out, losing their jobs or being reallocated. 

They say that Manurewa Marae staff (of which Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp was CEO prior to the election) photocopied census forms after they were contracted by Whānau Ora to collect them. They also entered personal information into a database for Waipareira Trust.

This information was then used by Te Pāti Māori to solicit votes at the election. 

There is a common denominator here. The CEO of Whānau Ora, the CEO of Waipareira Trust, and the President of Te Pāti Māori are all the same man:

John Tamihere

Further allegations have now emerged that the same data misuse occured when the same organisations were engaged to work on the COVID-19 vaccine drive.

Can you imagine a Māori Parliament with this lot in charge?

If these allegations are proved true Te Pāti Māori are too crooked to put their pants on straight!

As far as our work goes, all of this further highlights why race-based systems and policies are no good for New Zealand.

We have our work cut out for us raising awareness about all the ways that democracy is being undermined in New Zealand and, as Don said in his email last week, we can't be caught napping.

Our efforts to oppose racial division haven't gone unnoticed. In a press release on Thursday night, John Tamihere named Hobson's Pledge as one of a handful of organisations he is putting "on notice".

Neither Tamihere nor Te Pāti Māori can hope to intimidate your Hobson's Pledge crew.

He Iwi Tahi Tātou (We are now one people)