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Karen Chhour: Act MP on Kelvin Davis' 'Maori world' comments

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 7:31 p.m.

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An Act MP has taken offence at comments made in the House by a senior Labour Minister, referring to her race.

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Minister for M\\u0101ori Crown Relations Kelvin Davis took a swipe a Karen Chhour, during an exchange about Oranga Tamariki contracts.

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He accused her of not understanding the M\\u0101ori world-view, and told her it was no good looking at the world through a vanilla lens.

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Chhour is M\\u0101ori, and took exception to the Minister\'s comments.

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She says Davis attacking her like that is taking away her mana and is quite distressing.

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She says it\'s made worse by the fact the Labour Party says it wants to give M\\u0101ori back their mana.

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Act MP Karen Chhour joined Mike Hosking.

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