Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

These are the political winners and losers from a bombastic day in the House yesterday:  Labour: loser.  Willie Jackson did his best to take the headlines, didn't he?  But Te Pāti Māori's choreographed stage production well and truly stole his thunder and with it, they've probably stolen any hope of Labour regaining the Māori seats they lost at the last election.  Why would you vote for Te Pāti Māori-lite in Labour, when you can have the real deal?  It's highly unlikely Labour will need to lead the next government for a number of reasons, which we've canvassed on this program many times, so why wouldn't you protest vote Te Pāti Māori in 2026?  Despite Willie's protestations about the Nats supporting ACT's bill in the first reading, Casey Costello made a really interesting point in the debate about Labour's own track record on Treaty principles.  They did a deal with New Zealand First, the Treaty Principles Deletion Bill, back in 2005 on first reading and then later voted it