20 Oct 2023

Concerns over lack of Pacific representation in new NZ govt

From , 6:02 am on 20 October 2023
Green MP Teanau Tuiono debating in the House

Green MP Teanau Tuiono Photo: VNP / Phil Smith

Greens MP Teanau Tuiono says there are nowhere near enough Pasifika voices in New Zealand's next government. 

The Greens formed the previous government with Labour's Jacinda Ardern and then Chris Hipkins.

But they failed to secure a majority this time round. 

Mr Tuiono who is from Atiu in the Cooks and Ngāpuhi in Aotearoa is fuming over what he says is race-baiting politics by the incoming government.

RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis began by asking him why diversity in government is important.