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Charity shop volunteer Michelle Roberts said she was leaning toward voting for Kapa-Kingi.
“Being a wahine, I will probably lean towards giving my vote to wahine, because I think that, in general, we need a strong voice to express our opinions.”
Kelvin Davis of the Labor Party has kept Te Tai Tokerau for the past two terms, after narrowly beating Hone Harawira in 2014 by just 3 percent.
Davis has whakapapa to Karetū marae, which is near the small settlement of Kawakawa, a 45 minute drive north of Whangārei.
Joey Rapana said he would vote for Davis because “he has maintained his profile since the last election.”
Meanwhile, Richard Rapana had yet to make up his mind, but said he would probably vote for the Maori Party because he was willing to support anything “by and for the Maori.”
The last stop on our trip to measure the political pulse of Te Tai Tokerau was Kaikohe.
In local markets, nurse and gym owner Rhonda Zielinski-Toki was organizing a fundraiser for the non-profit addiction support group, Whakaoranga Whānau Hub.
She was undecided about who she would vote for.
“I’ve had a bit to do with Kelvin … I haven’t had much to do with Mariameno, but I know her from when she was working in the hauora sector,” Zielinski-Toki said.
“I’m a staunch tough girl from the Maori Party, I have to say it and that’s because I think only the Maori Party has a Maori world view, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t share my party’s vote either.”
Kaikohe local Des Matine is breaking the trend. He was voting for Te Kahika because he was convinced of her stance on the land sale and COVID-19.
“I think it’s just going to educate everyone about all the things that governments have been doing, like hiding things, especially this COVID injection. If it was so good, why don’t they get the Russian one and give it to the whole of Parliament? a dose, if they are so interested in COVID. “
He said that while he was not against all vaccines, he was against vaccination against COVID-19 because he claimed it was as common as the flu.
This is misinformation pedaling Te Kahika.
In the last election, there were almost 36,911 Maori registered to vote in Te Tai Tokerau, and 69 percent of them cast a vote.
RNZ
