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E tū e te rā koroneihana tekau mā whā, Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Te Tuawhitu, nei rā te maioha atu ki a koe i tōu rā, pai mārire.  E tangi ana ki ngā mate o te wā me te mihi atu ki a tātau katoa i te huringa o te rā pōti ki te Oketopa.



Heoi, ki ngā whanaunga te atu nā ki Tāmaki Mākaurau, tēnei te tuku atu i te rau aroha ki a koutou, kia tū kaha, tū māia i roto i hēnei whakamātautautanga o te wā



As you’ll all know by now, the election date has now changed to Saturday 17 October and that means we have 56 days to get our people to believe in Māori.  The change in Alert Levels has also impacted our whānau in Auckland and around the motu as well as our campaign. It’s times like this that we have to draw on our superpowers <[link removed]>, like we did in Rotorua recently, to help us navigate the uncertainty of the second wave and to fight the onslaught of racism that affects us as a people day in and day out.



In this pānui, we also share more on Rawiri Waititi.



We need your help – Saturday 17 October



With the change of date for the election that means an extra month of campaigning and we need your help.  Can you ask your friends to sign up <[link removed]> as members and help with our kaupapa and/or to donate <[link removed]> to the Party to help us continue to focus on winning this campaign.  This is our biggest fight for candidate seats since the party was established.



This government has been able to win hearts even though they have done little to change the challenges confronting our people.  As a result of COVID-19, the pre-election lolly scramble is the biggest it's ever been.  Yes, it’s money for our people, but the challenge with lolly scrambles is that after the sugar rush, everything is deflated again and we return back to the hard realities.



With the change of date, it also means that the campaign teams need your help as well so please contact your local candidate to help out as we pivot with the new changes.



Rawiri Waititi mō Wairiki <[link removed]>







Rawiri <[link removed]> and his whānau aren’t strangers to politics and this is his second time to stand in an election for the Waiariki seat.  His worldview is from Tihirau at Whangaparaoa but his whakapapa connects him to most of the iwi of the Waiariki electorate.  He’s married to Kiri and they have five tamariki and is a tohunga in te Hāhi Ringatū.



Rawiri brings a realness to this campaign where his understanding of te ao Māori means that he doesn’t only speak Māori but he thinks Māori and maintains a Māori way of life by planting his kumara to the moon in this video <[link removed]>, diving for kai and being active in his community while wearing his cowboy hat where ever he goes.  Rawiri acknowledges that he has come back to the mana motuhake side of politics and this is evidenced in his ABC (Apanui Border Control) work and his attempt at a Tik Tok <[link removed]> during the first wave of COVID-19 earlier in the year.



The thing with Rawiri, as is the same with all our candidates, he isn’t shy to be a voice for you and will fight because he is part of a liberated indigenous voice that want to be in Parliament fighting for our whānau.  In addition he has an amazing whānau support network as you see in this Marae article <[link removed]> and with his wife, Dr Kiri Tamihere-Waititi, as his campaign manager, they are a formidable team.



Keep it on up – Kia kaha rā tātau



As we focus on the next8 weeks lets be inspired by our Māori musicians and the waiata that comes to mind at the moment is "100" by Katchafire which states:



            “Keep it on up.  Keep it on top.  Keep it 100…”



These lyrics remind us of keeping things focused for our campaign and to also keep our spirits up for our whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau.



So, can you donate <[link removed]>$25, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford to help us keep up the fight and achieve the goal of returning back to Parliament at this election.



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Hei tērā pānui ka aro atu ki te rohe o Ikaroa-Rāwhiti me te tuahine a Heather Te Au-Skipworth.



Kia haumaru te noho.



Nāku iti, nā



Che Wilson



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