Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP urges Labour to create electoral overhang

Friday 28 November 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Fri 28 Nov 2025, 4:19pm

In this story Labour Party, Te Pāti Māori, Rawiri Waititi, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Former Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris has called on the Labour Party to show strategic restraint by refusing to run in Māori electorates. Ferris suggests this would create an electoral overhang to remove the Government, but Labour has rejected the proposal.

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1. NZ HeraldFri 28 Nov 2025, 3:07pm

   Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris urges Labour to show ‘strategic restraint’ in Māori seats to prompt overhang (opens in new tab)

2. The Press via The PostFri 28 Nov 2025, 4:19pm

   Tākuta Ferris calls for Māori voters to intentionally exploit electoral loophole to get rid of Government (opens in new tab)