Just stumbled on this 9min 2011 interview with Te Ururoa Flavell, then-leader of what was still called "The Māori Party";
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/rdu985fm/episodes/2011-11-13T13_40_31-08_00
Mainly about their policy to make it compulsory for publicly-funded schools to offer teaching of Te Reo Māori if anyone in the school community wants it. Which seems eminently reasonable.
The tripping hazard here is the word " compulsory", a tinder word in any political proposal.
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BWS - Te Ururoa Flavell
Spanky talks to the education spokesman for the Maori Party on the inevitable clashes with Act over policy. What will National do with their two fueding kiddies?







