02-10-2023, 10:48 AM
The election is bringing out the worst in some on the right; they don't seem to cope very well with womenin positions of authority unless those women are on the right politically.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4990...eft-behind
"The home of Te Pāti Māori candidate Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke was entered, vandalised, and a threatening letter left behind this week.
The attack was premeditated, targeted and politically motivated, the candidate for Hauraki-Waikato said.
The party issued a statement saying it was the third incident to take place at Maipi-Clarke's home this week.
“When our billboards are vandalised, and when our candidates are verbally assaulted, it is not an attack on them as individuals or us as a political party. It is an attack on what we represent: our whakapapa, our culture, and the dreams of our tūpuna and mokopuna," the party said.
"Hana is our mokopuna, and no mokopuna should ever be treated this way."
The danger of the campaign trail had increased Maipi-Clarke said, and she blamed that on race baiting and fearmongering from right wing parties.
Speaking during the Hauraki-Waikato candidates' debate on The Hui, Maipi-Clarke addressed the attackers.
"This is my message: To the people who ram raided my house, who came into my house and threatened me. To the people who came and vandalised my fence - don't be scared, because the Kōhanga Reo generation are here, and we have a huge movement and a huge wave of us coming through," she said.
"I am not scared… I am here to be a light and a māramatanga to us that we belong in these places."
A spokesperson for Te Pāti Māori said the incident was thought to be the first time a politician's home had been attacked in this way.”
And then there was the Labour candidate who was slapped by a man who disagreed with her.
"A Labour candidate says she was slapped by an aggressive member of the public while at a local election debate this week.
Angela Roberts, a candidate for Taranaki-King Country, took to social media on Friday to inform her followers of an incident that happened on Tuesday.
Roberts said she was at a campaign debate at her local Rotary Club in Inglewood.
Following the debate, Roberts said she was having a discussion with a "tall man" about education policy and other things when "aggressive finger pointing started".
"Then things took a turn for the worse," she said. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her - then slapped her.
"He grabbed my shoulders and shook me in order to emphasise the point he was making. Then he slapped my cheeks with both hands.
"At this point I walked away and gathered my things and he left. Others checked that I was okay. I said that I was and left for home."
Explaining further to RNZ, she said: "We had a really lively debate, really robust. Had a cup of tea afterwards as usual, had a further chat to two or three people about other things, and then this gentleman started ... explaining politics to me, and I answered his questions... but then he grabbed my shoulders and shook me - he was quite a tall guy - and I don't remember what he said but it was something about losing the election and this is why.
"Then he slapped my cheeks with both his hands like someone putting on aftershave and said something along the lines of 'Oh well, enjoy being in opposition'. At that point I stepped away because I did not need to be manhandled and I assume he left at that point."
Roberts said she thought that would be the end of it, but after going home and thinking about, and discussing it with her family, realised it was important to take a stand and call out the man's aggression.
"Manhandling candidates on the campaign trail is completely unacceptable."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4990...eft-behind
"The home of Te Pāti Māori candidate Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke was entered, vandalised, and a threatening letter left behind this week.
The attack was premeditated, targeted and politically motivated, the candidate for Hauraki-Waikato said.
The party issued a statement saying it was the third incident to take place at Maipi-Clarke's home this week.
“When our billboards are vandalised, and when our candidates are verbally assaulted, it is not an attack on them as individuals or us as a political party. It is an attack on what we represent: our whakapapa, our culture, and the dreams of our tūpuna and mokopuna," the party said.
"Hana is our mokopuna, and no mokopuna should ever be treated this way."
The danger of the campaign trail had increased Maipi-Clarke said, and she blamed that on race baiting and fearmongering from right wing parties.
Speaking during the Hauraki-Waikato candidates' debate on The Hui, Maipi-Clarke addressed the attackers.
"This is my message: To the people who ram raided my house, who came into my house and threatened me. To the people who came and vandalised my fence - don't be scared, because the Kōhanga Reo generation are here, and we have a huge movement and a huge wave of us coming through," she said.
"I am not scared… I am here to be a light and a māramatanga to us that we belong in these places."
A spokesperson for Te Pāti Māori said the incident was thought to be the first time a politician's home had been attacked in this way.”
And then there was the Labour candidate who was slapped by a man who disagreed with her.
"A Labour candidate says she was slapped by an aggressive member of the public while at a local election debate this week.
Angela Roberts, a candidate for Taranaki-King Country, took to social media on Friday to inform her followers of an incident that happened on Tuesday.
Roberts said she was at a campaign debate at her local Rotary Club in Inglewood.
Following the debate, Roberts said she was having a discussion with a "tall man" about education policy and other things when "aggressive finger pointing started".
"Then things took a turn for the worse," she said. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her - then slapped her.
"He grabbed my shoulders and shook me in order to emphasise the point he was making. Then he slapped my cheeks with both hands.
"At this point I walked away and gathered my things and he left. Others checked that I was okay. I said that I was and left for home."
Explaining further to RNZ, she said: "We had a really lively debate, really robust. Had a cup of tea afterwards as usual, had a further chat to two or three people about other things, and then this gentleman started ... explaining politics to me, and I answered his questions... but then he grabbed my shoulders and shook me - he was quite a tall guy - and I don't remember what he said but it was something about losing the election and this is why.
"Then he slapped my cheeks with both his hands like someone putting on aftershave and said something along the lines of 'Oh well, enjoy being in opposition'. At that point I stepped away because I did not need to be manhandled and I assume he left at that point."
Roberts said she thought that would be the end of it, but after going home and thinking about, and discussing it with her family, realised it was important to take a stand and call out the man's aggression.
"Manhandling candidates on the campaign trail is completely unacceptable."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)