Maori and Mana parties agree election tactics deal

Maori and Mana parties agree election tactics deal
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 20 (BusinessDesk) - The Maori and Mana parties have sealed a long-expected tactical arrangement to try and ensure that both parties win at least one Maori electorate each in the Sept. 23 general election. As foreshadowed, the Maori Party will stand aside in the far north Maori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau, where Mana Party leader Hone Harawira was defeated by Labour's Kelvin Davis by 743 votes in the 2014 election - a margin that would have been eradicated if the Maori party hadn't stood and its 2,300 votes had fa...