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May 2, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer | Co-Leader of the NZ Maori Party
Updates from the Co-leader of Te Pāti Māori including Polling out –TMP is steady on 4% you could form Govt with Labour and the Greens
March 8, 2026
May 1, 2024 | News
Polls fall short on Māori views
A Māori political scientist says Monday's 1News-Verian poll showing falling support for Government parties missed any Māori perspective.
April 30, 2024 | News
Positive poll just a snapshot in time
Labour leader Chris Hipkins isn't getting excited by his party's first uptick in the polls since last year's election.
October 10, 2023 | News
Māori poll snapshot unreliable
A statistical researcher says people need to take polls of Māori opinion with a grain of salt.
September 27, 2023 | News
Left bloc stuck in polls
Labour's Māori electorate campaign co-ordinator Willie Jackson says the left bloc needs to lift its vote another three of four points to have a chance of forming the next Government.
September 27, 2023 | News
Labour support soft in Te Tai Tonga
Labour’s Rino Tirikatene looks set to retain Te Tai Tonga, but support for the party in the huge southern seat has plummeted.
September 27, 2023 | News
Hipango fears coalition chaos
National's candidate for Te Tai Hauauru, Harete Hipango, says Māori need to party vote strategically to avoid post-election coalition chaos.
September 26, 2023 | News
Polls under-counting Māori voters
A Māori political scientist and commentator says political polling is unreliable when it comes to measuring Māori preferences.
September 25, 2023 | News
Māori polling firm cure to vote taint
Māori Party president John Tamihere says he says it's time for a Māori-focused political polling company - and such a company will be registered soon.
September 19, 2023 | News
Tamihere talks up clean sweep prospect
Māori Party president John Tamihere claims that based on internal polling, the party could pull off a clean sweep of the Māori seats.
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