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Last two chances for Maori seats
PM rejects a last-ditch Maori Party bid to get the seats by making them a conscience vote issue.
PM rejects a last-ditch Maori Party bid to get the seats by making them a conscience vote issue.
National's Tau Henare and Rodney Hide square off after Henare called Hide "a buffoon" and a "jerk-off", over the Maori Super City seat issue today.
National MP Tau Henare slams Rodney Hide's approach to the Maori Super City seats issue.
Ngati Whatua spokesman Ngarimu Blair says a second hikoi is being talked about.
Tainui iwi say they will boycott any alternative, weaker role offered to them after the Government's decision to rule out Maori seats on Auckland's Super City council.
The Herald criticises the decision not to have Maori seats on the Super City council.
The Cabinet is expected to reject Maori seats on the Auckland Super City council today.
Polls have shown more than 80 per cent of voters planning to vote 'no' to the referendum.
Tonga's King has committed an act so foolish that it bears comparison with some of the biggest political clangers of recent history.