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Barry Soper: Bedlam in Parliament again today

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Publish Date
Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 5:19pm
Tāmaki Makaurau MP Oriini Kaipara spoke about her passion for te reo Māori. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Tāmaki Makaurau MP Oriini Kaipara spoke about her passion for te reo Māori. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Barry Soper: Bedlam in Parliament again today

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 5:19pm

Oriini Kaipara is promising to use te Reo MÄori as much as possible, as she launches her political life.

The newly sworn-in Te Pati MÄori MP presented her maiden speech to Parliament today, followed by a number of waiata in the House.

Parliament was temporarily suspended when people in the public gallery broke out in a haka - met with dismay by Speaker Gerry Brownlee.

¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper recapped the day's events.

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