October 10, 2023
Marching orders for Te Taitokerau voters
Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Davis says if he doesn’t retain Te Tai Tokerau, it’s haere ra.
He says if Labour doesn’t win on Saturday, there’s still work to do in Opposition as a constituent MP – even though the real change comes from being a minister.
But without the support of the constituents there’s no point in hanging around.
“If I don’t win the Tai Tokerau seat, that’s Te Tai Tokerau saying ‘Kelvin, thanks but you’ve done your time,’ and I’ll move on and look at other things and allow whoever is successful to have free rein but my preference is to still be there and still have the mandate of the people,” Mr Davis says.
According to the Whakaata Maori poll, Kelvin Davis is still well ahead of Te Pati Maori’s Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.