ACT’s Nicole McKee: Media Misreporting Mood at Waitangi 

What a lovely lady. She’s awesome.

Great to have access to unbiased media. Defund the rest.

This was a lovely interview - thanks very much for all your hard work Nicole. I'm glad the women were showing their appreciation towards you. I noticed that your colleague David Seymour still maintained his dignity and spoke politely, despite people trying to drown out his speech. That's great you get to work together. This is also an opportunity for the rest of us to step up and show our respect to each other.

Taking your people forward as a leader should. Total respect Nicole for what you bring to all of our futures.

Please let this kind woman know how much we appreciate her from both Moari and Non Moari. Her effort and practice was a beautiful gesture.

A wonderful, proud woman.

Thank you for sharing this truth about what happened. I'm so happy for Nicole. She has my respect.

Nicole McKee is a very brave woman. Parliament needs more leadership like this.

It is time the government cut media finding and put the money into the health system.

History has been made, Well done Nicole 🎉

Well done Nicole

Why do we put up with maori cultural gender discrimination, the rest of society have moved on from these archaic practices

Oh Nicole well done ! You are a beautiful and amazing person you speak very well and clear. Good job

I cried when i watched this beautiful womans speech. Sometimes when things happen, people dont realise the significance or importance but I know in time, Nicole McKees name will gain the true respect she deserves. Such a wise and humble soul, Im backing McKee all the way!!!

congrats nicole! this is what maori progress looks like

Well done Nicole. You are the best

Here we are in 2024 and still dealing with backward issues like this. There's too much focus on Waitangi and the views of a tiny minority of activists.. Most of us just see it as a public holiday and don't think twice about a treaty that was signed there way back in the 1800s. Shameful that Maori in the 21st century still have such protocols that treat their women this way. I'm with Act, it's time to move on. This country is about all New Zealanders !!

Oh for crying out loud GROW UP every bloody year we listen to childish bickering, hate, he said she said. It is Maori who seem to ruin Waitangi day every single year and I'm just sick of it. Is it just me???

Thank you for staying neutral and reporting straight facts. Unlike biased legacy media.

Lovely honourable lady.

We need more Nicoles in Parliament!

I've only heard Nicole speak once live but she was articulate, persuasive, and commanding.

sexism is sexism, traditional my arse, Maori can get with the times like everyone else, good on you Nicole

Beautiful Nicole. Another example of poor journalism.

What a humble woman a blessing to have her in parliament so refreshing will watch her with interest.

I can totally relate to this lady

She should not be shamed by other Māori for her dialect. Shame on those that do. I think she's a decent person with integrity and she has my respect.

So nice to meet you via this video. Perhaps those who agitate should learn from you about honor and dignity.

Back in the day you were encouraged to speak moari but if you didnt pronounce whatever properly you were mocked.couldnt do nothing right.now dont bother i just speak english

this woman is a fantastic speaker and thinker!

Good effort Nicole. We are so let down by MSM, it's appalling.

Well spoken Nicole.

Respect Nicole from us.let’s look after every New Zealander.

Thank God there is still some sanity in NZ

Well done Nicole. You are braver than me to stand up and deliver a speech in a language you don't converse in.

Nicole is a wonderful lady who will add much value to NZ moving forward with commonsense discussions. It was however a shame that she as a politician and woman of integrity was almost stoppede for speaking. Well done Nicole, so proud of you. Media, usual troublemaking BS

you have my support Nicole ,and thanks for clearing this issue up

NZ and Australia are so lucky that it was the British who settled their countries. Consider the alternatives.

Congrats Nicole. Maori need to stop oppressing their women cos many have great value like Nicole. She's a warrior and you need to leave 'once were warriors' behind and get behind your women. Whose at the head of the mess the world finds itself in today?.....predominantly MEN.

Ka pai Nicole you done awesome 👍🙂

Once a year a bunch of Politicians and beneficiaries get together to sing and hurl insults at each other, how much does this cost? Does it achieve anything? Should we take that money and build some houses instead? Just a thought.

This is why I think we should just keep away from Waitangi: completely disorganised, random out of date protocols, etc. And the media make everything worse.

I'm not a ACT supporter. However, I admired your korero Nicole! e mihi atu ana kia koe.

Much respect to Nicole McKee. Groundbreaker to women .

Sean, The thing I don't get is why are kiwi's minds not in the game here, as we should be using this time of talks around the treaty to upgrade the treaty into a NZ constitution. Like I'm with David on most of this subject, even low I voted for Winston, Sean & feel the time would be better used by everyone if we went down the NZ constitution path. Would be keen to hear what others think of the idea.

TVNZ and TV3 need to get back to factual, unbiased, wholesome reporting rather than giving misrepresentative “news”

Nicole will always have my vote.

The legacy media are ignorant and dishonest. Between them and the separatist agitators, Waitangi is turning into a divisive day of politics from which the majority of Kiwis will begin turning away from. Not a day of national pride! We more women like Nicole. Period. Grateful for the explanation that sets the record straight.

Nicole McKee - very gracious and humble.

Why is it that we only attack sexism in white cultures however when it comes to coloured cultures like Maori or Aboriginal cultures that we must respect their protocols .

Nicole McKee is a Wahine of huge mana God Bless you maam.

A lot of people dont realise is Nicole brings a lot of power and influence with her.

Well done Nicole.

The fact that we still have no woman speaking says it all !!!

I'm Māori and don't support Act. But I do support and think Mckee and Seymour should have been given the opportunity to speak peacefully on that occasion. I understand most of our protocols don't usually allow woman to speak during the pōwhiri segment, but I think this time of tension needed her to be heard.

A lovely and courageous lady.

Cheers for Nicole McKee.

I watched all the live video footage out of Waitangi, and although I do whakapapa to two iwi, I felt like we do a disservice to our nation having that type of event as our one and only celebration of nationhood. There is always a place for free speech and debate, but I don’t think it should be at our day of celebration. It is such a turn off - like watching a marital quarrel at a family party. I think keep it going as Waitangi Day there as is if that is what Nga Puhi want, but I would love to see something much more positive start happening as well - so we can start to feel positive and proud about what it is to be a New Zealander - for Māori and for everyone. In fact, Māori usually have a mixed ethnicity anyway (as Nicole said for herself), so for us all to be reflected in. To have some fun and to enjoy what it is to live in this beautiful country, instead of always arguing and focussing on the negative.

I'm not an ACT supporter but kiakaha for being who you are Nicole, don't be afraid to be you! All the best with everything. xx

Havent watched any waitangi footage this year. I knew it would be portrayed as everyone against the new government but everyone was unified and happy blah blah Media hypes it up like a ufc match

Awsome woman…well done😜

Oh my goodness, so much angst, so much fuss over something that really needs to be settled so no other poor woman has to go through this.

Nicole is always honest and dignified. We are lucky to have her in parliament.

Arm your cats, wild hogs a coming.

Good on her.😊

🤣I'm proud to be Maori , you can't find this stuff anywhere else on the planet

Kiwi in london love this day waitangi day or new Zealand day is the best

Well done

Interesting. Nicole uses the pronunciation of the wh, in powhiri as I was taught up north as a small child, in the eraly fifties, in Ngapuhi country. When I got to Auckland, the pronunciation had changed to pofiri. the wh used as an F. Which my neighbours , in Kaitaia, insisted the that F sound did not exist in Maori.

Nicole was teased for her dialect when she was learning and communicating with Te Reo... NZ has a problem with bullying and teasing people who stick out a bit. Wonder if this part of the tall-poppy attitude there too.

Funny how all moari elders can't be informed what's going on with a change in protocol. The left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing.

I Like this Lovely Lady ❤ Respect frm Taranaki 🌹🐾🐾

Very proud of you Nicole 😊

People like Nicole can lead Maori to a better place .

Well done that you respect the culture. You wouldn't go to another country and sh!t on theirs would you. It does seem Waitangi Day is used as an excuse to put grievances in the light yet we have a parliament building to do that. I couldn't believe it last time my friend went up there to Waitangi and was charged to look at a flag pole hahaha that just seems rude, where and to whom does the money go to. Maybe the day is falling out of the hearts and minds of the ordinary citizens of NZ. Perhaps we need a separate national day where all NZ citizens can enjoy peace and leave the situations at home or in parliament to be sorted out 😅😅

Good on ya nicole your awesome

Top value Nicole guiding us through the network of Maori protocol intriguing stuff.. all is well...

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Proof that it's all business.

Let's move forward and stop looking back we will never progress as long as this foolishness continues

It's about time that Maori were brought into the real world of a liberal democracy, tribalism does not work, media at it again.

Coming of age!!!! Dragging the tribe mentality into 2024!!!

Hi Sean, Yes i've heard about South Island Maori speak a different dialect to North Island maori so is it any use learning south island terio when north islanders dont understand it

Good on Nicole it’s about time Māori need to move with the times.I hope Nicole will spend more time on redacting the knee jerk gun laws that were rammed through legalisation at the expense of legal gun owner’s.

The ignorance of this interview 😂

Constantly saying some media is misreporting is an example of the 'Overton Window'

Lovely Nicole.

It was her political rhetoric. AND what she stands for.

Your dreams were up in smoke..

Stuck in the stone age

Much needed clarification thank you Sean and Nicole. The first reports I saw from Waitangi were on You Tube posted by RNZ...yes those reports were sensationalized and biased. The reporters questions asked repeatedly of Mr Luxon were divisive. As Mr Luxon stated he has been up and down the counrty talking with Iwi, waiting to see the outcome of those discussions. That's the reality not what msm tells us.

The home side ?? For fksake .

That was most enlightening! Bravo Nicole!

Vote act for a fair equitable NZ

Yep, im schooled. I love honesty

You don’t get to dictate how things are run on the marae, Maree

Thanks for that. Was wondering how she got to speak first. Well done

This guys ignorance is unbelievable. Invite on interesting articulate people and then constantly talk over them. Little willy right there.

Congratulations Sean - you allowed her to speak and 'did not speak over her.' You are becoming a more sensitive interviewer. Well done.

Nicole has love in her eyes💞👀

Nicol you are such a breath of fresh air after six years of a hopeless government. Keep up the good work.