I don't know much about this.. on the surface it seems wrong that these māori seats can potentially affect the making up of the government even though TPM have quite a low party vote?
The
māori seats were created by the Apartheid whites who founded this racist country.
Therefore it is a case of reap what you sow.
When the
māori seats were created there were more
māori in NZ than Pakeha, therefore white people decided to rort democracy by creating these seats which prevented
māori voting in the general election.
Therefore I have zero sympathy now that whites outnumber us after land theft and white immigration to steal a nation off its rightful owners.
māori were allowed to participate in this 'democracy' once they were outnumbered and were guaranteed to never have a government, the
māori seats are a left over from those racist un democratic policies.
As such it is somewhat of a disgrace to complain about them given the reason they were created to stop
māori voting in this countries elections.