Phil Goff says a parliamentary committee ignored the "overwhelmingly" number opposed to the new foreshore and seabed legislation when they recommended it be passed without amendment today.

The statement delivered by Maori Party MP Hone Harawira following his suspension from the Maori Party cacus.

Hone Harawira is remaining defiant and has criticised the "public relations disaster" for the Maori Party, but wants to stay with the party and stand for it at the next election.

Phil Goff has refused to rule out Hone Harawira as a somewhat unlikely potential coalition partner following this year's election.

Division between Hone Harawira and Maori Party leadership ran so deep the party caucus had difficulty working together, Derek Fox claims.

Maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says he is "hugely disappointed" by the decision to suspend him from caucus, saying it showed "complete disregard" for the complaint process two days out from a disciplinary committee meeting.

Rogue MP Hone Harawira has been suspended from the Maori Party for what its leadership describes as a five year legacy of ill discipline.

Hone Harawira's suspension from the Maori Party caucus this afternoon apparently took Harawira by surprise, as it did everyone else.

Rogue MP Hone Harawira says the Maori Party is not mainstream and should not ape the rules and regulations of other parties.

Hone Harawira says he has no intention of leaving the Maori Party, despite saying some 'dickheads' within it were trying to expel him.

Hone Harawira doesn't seem to be in a mood to reconcile his differences with the Maori Party, saying today "dickheads" within it were trying to get rid of him.

It's just over a year since Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia had her stomach-stapling operation. Since then, she's lost 32kg and picked up a few new hobbies.

MP Hone Harawira's future with the Maori Party will be up for discussion tomorrow in a meeting to consider the complaint laid against him by a fellow MP.