25 Jan 2024

PM Luxon shrugs off criticism at Rātana

From Morning Report, 7:23 am on 25 January 2024

Māori speakers at Rātana have strongly rebuked the government at its first visit to the Pā since taking office - calling it the enemy, and a three-headed taniwha.

But the Prime Minister is shrugging it off, saying the chance to hear differing views is exactly why he went.

Political reporter Giles Dexter was at Rātana.