From a Waitangi Day some years ago.

I got the following from the Homepaddock blog.

`Even the protests tend to have a performative element to them. I’ll never forget waiting on the road outside Te Tii in 2014 for John Key’s car to arrive and for him and his ministers to be welcomed on to the marae. The convoy was late so ministers, the media, protesters and onlookers all stood around chatting together in the sun on the road outside the marae entrance. When the cars swept up, everyone quickly took their places. The cameras switched on, the ministers took formation behind the PM and the protesters surged forward. Amid jostling and yelling, we all made it onto the marae. The cameras switched off and peace resumed.‘

There is more over at Homepaddock and link follows:

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