Thousands joining Māori Roll following Hīkoi mō te tiriti, Gang Patch Legislation Coming into Effect, and COP29 w/ Te Pāti Māori’s Mariameno Kapa Kingi: 2 December, 2024

Following the recent hīkoi mō te tiriti, statistics show that thousands of people have joined the Māori Roll; either switching from the General Roll, or signing up for the first time.

As a part of hīkoi efforts, organisers pushed for participants of the hīkoi to use their voices and vote, with co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, Rawiri Waititi, saying “if supporters were not enrolled to vote, nothing would change”.

For our weekly catch up with Te Pāti Māori, Producer Evie spoke to Mariameno Kapa-Kingi about this shift in enrollments to the Māori Roll, and why this shift is important to the party.

They also discussed the gang patch legislation recently coming into effect, as well as the COP29 climate summit.