October 03, 2014
Key: Just a man with a Government
Former Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples says Maori voters need to get over their dislike of National.
Dr Sharples concedes the party’s electoral result may have been hurt by its support for National, and says Maori don’t understand the benefits they have got through the party being in Government.
"A lot of Maori voted Labour because they had this 'John Key's bad news' and that was a campaign against John and we were stupid enough, our people, to follow. Look at what he's given Maori people and tell me why you say he's bad? John Key's just an ordinary man with a Government and he's doing his best and he sees a way for Maori to get benefits so for him to be blanketly labelled as a reason for not voting for the Maori Party seems really really ludicrous," he says.
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