Tama Potaka frustrates me. Somewhere beneath that Tory suit bears the heart of a genuine human being, I feel it in my bones. But I really have to dig through his discourse to hear snatches of it.

I can almost hear its rhythm in the first half of this conversation with Mihi Forbes, which starts out with a flyover of the political and cultural landscape of Aotearoa in 2026, and how it's affecting iwi Māori.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=dad0f475-8b65-4a9f-bf2e-a37e80978ca9

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Tama Potaka for Nat leader! I'm serious. You can tell from the careful way he speaks that he doesn't approve of the cocktail government Mr Potatohead has mixed up. But he's responsible and loyal enough to keep his kōrero away from any explicit criticism of his party leader, or the coalition he's part of;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes?share=1368a834-694e-4a41-892a-af43e050d83c

I think he could be a fantastic leader for a new generation of progressive Nats.

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