Already before Parliaments Privileges Committee for allegedly lying to the House – when will we hear the outcome of this Speaker Brownlee?
On Wednesday afternoon Ferris again let rip during Select Committee submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Legislation. Frank and Muriel Newman from NZCPR were appearing through Zoom and being questioned by Ferris when Committee Chairman James Meager brought their submission to a close causing Ferris to let rip.
Here is some of The Heralds coverage – including a video clip:
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says ‘f***ing racist’ during select committee
By Jamie Ensor & Julia Gabel
NZ Herald·
31 Oct, 2024 08:45 PM4 mins to read
NOW PLAYING • ‘F***ing racist’: Te Pāti Māori MP’s outburst during select committee
The MP can be heard saying the words after a submission. Video / Parliament TV
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris is under fire after he was heard saying “f***ing racist” following a submission at a parliamentary select committee on amendments to foreshore and seabed legislation.
Act says it has raised the remarks with the Speaker as a matter of privilege. The privileges committee is already considering whether Ferris misled the House with comments he made last month.
This latest incident happened on Wednesday afternoon as Parliament’s justice select committee listened to submissions on the Marine and Coastal Areas (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill, which would make it harder for Māori to gain customary marine title or CMT in the foreshore and seabed.
Ferris had been questioning Dr Muriel Newman, a former Act MP and founder of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research, and the think tank’s associate director, Frank Newman, when he was cut off by the justice select committee’s chairman, James Meager.
“No sorry, we will be winding this up now, we are significantly over time,” Meager said as Ferris attempted to continue questioning the pair.
As Meager attempted to move on to the next submitters, Ferris could be heard saying: “f***ing racist”. The meeting was taking place over Zoom and Ferris’ name came up as the comment was made, indicating he was talking.
Meager said: “Thank you for those comments Mr Ferris”.
Link to the full Herald Article follows:
This foul mouthed activist is a disgrace and proves yet again that he is not fit to walk the halls of New Zealand’s Parliament.
No Minister 
This overused term in this context translates as “not helpful to my delusional, self-serving activist ‘decolonisation’ agenda” 🙄
He looks as Maori as my cat – the same applies to the rest of the race baiting grifters who claim to be “Maori” – all of them with majority non-Maori ancestry, which is obvious from looking at them. Why is this never mentioned?