{"id":653588,"date":"2022-05-14T05:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T05:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=74078"},"modified":"2022-05-14T05:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T05:58:59","slug":"tukaki-reveals-horrific-abuse-he-receives-over-nzs-hotspot-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/14\/tukaki-reveals-horrific-abuse-he-receives-over-nzs-hotspot-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b reveals \u2018horrific abuse\u2019 he receives over NZ\u2019s hotspot of racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/category\/pacific-media-watch\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Media Watch<\/a> newsdesk<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aotearoa New Zealand&#8217;s chair of the M\u0101ori Council, Matthew T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b, has revealed the degree of &#8220;horrific abuse&#8221; he has been facing in a Today FM radio discussion about the forthcoming Tauranga byelection in the city claimed to be a hotspot of white supremacy and racism.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Lloyd Burr on Today&#8217;s <em>Lloyd Burr Live<\/em> programme to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/467106\/te-pati-maori-s-racism-safety-concerns-i-see-it-daily\">discuss the safety reasons<\/a> why the opposition Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori will not contest the byelection.<\/p>\n<p>The party says it is because they feel &#8220;too unsafe&#8221; in the area, reports Today FM.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayfm.co.nz\/home\/technology\/2022\/05\/tukaki-i-get-called-nr-every-single-day-on-social-media.html\"><strong>LISTEN TO <em>TODAY FM<\/em>:<\/strong> The full interview with M\u0101ori Council chair Matthew Tukaki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/467106\/te-pati-maori-s-racism-safety-concerns-i-see-it-daily\">Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori&#8217;s racism safety concerns: &#8216;I see it daily&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Racism+in+NZ\">Other racism in New Zealand reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They say racist leaflets and threats are common.<\/p>\n<p>Tukaki defended Te Pati M\u0101ori&#8217;s decision, saying: &#8220;I think they&#8217;ve done the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he hoped that New Zealand could address racism, or the Tauranga controversy could be an indicator of things to come with next year&#8217;s general election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As somebody who himself, who&#8217;s been on the back end of a significant amount of racist correspondence, emails, letters and messages from people who sadly reside in my former hometown of Tauranga, [Te Pati M\u0101ori] are absolutely justified,&#8221; T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All New Zealanders &#8216;should be concerned&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;All M\u0101ori, all New Zealanders should be concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not every person in the beautiful city of Tauranga is a racist or a white supremacist. I don&#8217;t think anyone&#8217;s alluding to that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we do have is great concern for the activity that&#8217;s unfolding in that by-election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Presenter Burr asked T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b about his first-hand experience with racism and hatred and supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get called n****r every single day in Facebook messages on fake profiles to my account. I had a six-page letter arrive at my home in Point Chevalier that was handwritten,&#8221; he told Today FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was emboldened enough so much to write his name, contact details and even sign the letter and the content. In that basically called me a black bastard. And I and any number of other things under the sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get messages calling me a dirty black bastard, you filthy gang mongrel. You this, you that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;It&#8217;s relentless&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s relentless. It is absolutely relentless for the last couple of years, just because I choose to represent my people and pushed kaupapa that I know is going to change their lives for the better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b told Today FM: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want [the abusers&#8217;] children to listen to this crap and then go to school and repeat it to little M\u0101ori kids or Pasifika kids or Asian kids &#8212; I&#8217;m tired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The byelection, for the seat left vacant by the resignation of former opposition National Party leader Simon Bridges, is on June 18. Tauranga is one of New Zealand&#8217;s most affluent and fastest growing cities with a population of more than 132,000.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/today-drive\/tukaki-i-get-called-n-r-every-single-day-on-social\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/05\/14\/tukaki-reveals-horrific-abuse-he-receives-over-nzs-hotspot-of-racism\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s chair of the M\u0101ori Council, Matthew T\u016bk\u0101k\u012b, has revealed the degree of \u201chorrific abuse\u201d he has been facing in a Today FM radio discussion about the forthcoming Tauranga byelection in the city claimed to be a hotspot of white supremacy and racism. 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