PM is a typical fair weather friend
With the Government's announcement on the foreshore and seabed just days away, the Prime Minister is showing herself to
be a typical fair weather friend, according to National Party Maori Affairs spokeswoman Georgina te Heuheu.
"When there's a storm brewing on the horizon, she's nowhere to be seen and has nothing to say.
"But when the climate was warmer, she was only too happy to spend days on marae up and down the country, selling her
Government's double-speak," says Mrs te Heuheu.
"Helen Clark is a classic fair weather friend, who has been conspicuous by her absence from talks over the foreshore and
seabed.
"But her silence is speaking volumes to both Maori and non-Maori alike.
"And her Government's plan to deny the New Zealand Parliament a timely opportunity to debate the foreshore and seabed
package, underlines that suspicion.
"Helen Clark should have moved to clear up the confusion long ago - she has had plenty of opportunities to do so.
"Instead she's raised expectations and shown New Zealand, especially Maori, that Labour's instincts for pork barrel
politics are alive and well," Mrs te Heuheu says.