Seymour Exposes Hikoi

ACT leader David Seymour has criticised media coverage of the hikoi to Wellington and asked why reporters have not disclosed the organisers links to the Maori Party. The catalyst for the protest is Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill which has just had its first reading in Parliament. 

Seymour noted that Eru Kapa-Kingi, the hīkoi leader, is employed by the Maori Party in Parliament and was a candidate for the party for the Whangarei electorate in the 2023 election. He is also the son of Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, the Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau (Northland).  

The other leader of the protest is Kiri Tamihere-Waititi.  She is the wife of Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi, and daughter of the party president and Waipareira Trust CEO John Tamihere.