Candidate's home broken into, vandalised

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Accepting for now that it was a targeted, politically motivated attack (it may well have been, but it also wouldn't at all surprise me if a "regular" burglary has been embellished for political gain), what evidence is there that her being Maori and/or female is at all relevant to the attack?

How is it that when a white, male politician is attacked (which happens often enough), it is because the attacker disagreed with that politician's views on something, whereas an attack on a female Maori (or another non-European ethnicity) is because of sexism/racism?

Police are now involved with the incident where a female Labour candidate was slapped.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/30/polic...-at-event/


As to this one, probably the comments at the time make it clear.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/30/racia...ates-home/

"The father of Te Pāti Māori candidate Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke said that a man yelled racial slurs while attempting to break down a fence at their family home in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Potaka Maipi said that there have been three other recent incidents at the house: two break-ins while the family was out and a threatening letter left in the mailbox.

"The first time we were shocked, the second time we thought ‘what the hell is going on’, by the fourth time we’d had enough," he said.
"We've spoken to the police, the police said this is the first time they've ever seen anything like it. We should have come to them earlier."

He believes the attacks are coming from those who are angry his daughter is standing up against poverty and racism.

"For a young woman to call that out, some people are finding it highly offensive, like 'how dare you challenge me?'"
Te Pāti Māori are calling it a 'politically motivated attack'.

"To our knowledge, this is the first time in our history that a politician’s home and personal property has been invaded to this extent.

Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said that the detail of the threats was 'extremely political' and 'extremely anti-Māori political'.
"This has really crossed a line, and you don't even have to support our politics."
Ngarewa-Packer said that Te Pāti Māori is appealing to leaders to get back on track with discussions about policy.
"Make it less about race."