{"id":423050,"date":"2026-05-12T00:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423050\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T00:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:19:12","slug":"oriini-kaipara-confirms-loyalty-to-tpm-after-conflicting-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423050\/","title":{"rendered":"Oriini Kaipara confirms loyalty to TPM after conflicting reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oriini Kaipara has confirmed her loyalty to Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori after conflicting statements were made by her spokesperson to different media outlets, as the party announces it will make a formal complaint.<\/p>\n

By Lillian Hanly of RNZ<\/a><\/p>\n

In a social media post, Kaipara said she wanted to “correct the narrative” that was reported on Monday evening by Stuff that she was “still considering options” in response to a question asking if she would stay with Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori (TPM).<\/p>\n

“I confirm that the comments claiming to be mine are not. I did not and have not spoken with any reporter on this matter,” Kaipara said on social media.<\/p>\n

It comes after Mariameno Kapa-Kingi announced she was quitting<\/a> to start a new party, named after her electorate Te Tai Tokerau.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RNZ, Kaipara’s recently appointed communications advisor confirmed she would not be following suit and was committed to running for TPM.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said he made a mistake by telling Stuff that Kaipara said she was “considering options”.<\/p>\n

Kaipara’s social media post later emphasised she remained a “committed member of Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, committed to T\u0101maki Makaurau, and committed to making this a one term government.”<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, following Kapa-Kingi’s announcement, a statement attributed to Kaipara was circulated to some media.<\/p>\n

This acknowledged Kapa-Kingi’s announcement, and Kaipara’s commitment to T\u0101maki Makaurau, including a clear understanding her electorate crosses through Te Tai Tokerau and Hauraki-Waikato.<\/p>\n

\"Mariameno<\/p>\n

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi <\/p>\n

She said she naturally worked closely with Kapa-Kingi and Hauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, “this will not change.”<\/p>\n

Stuff later reported Kaipara “says she is considering leaving Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori, and could join another party ahead of November’s election”.<\/p>\n

RNZ sought confirmation from Kaipara’s communications advisor, who explained the statement provided to Stuff had been a mistake.<\/p>\n

Kaipara’s clarification on social media came through late Monday evening, in which she also said she would make no further comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori also issued a statement late on Monday evening, to “correct an inaccuracy in Stuff and ThreeNews reporting”.<\/p>\n

The statement said it was “incorrect” a reporter had said they had had a conversation with Kaipara.<\/p>\n

“Oriini confirms she has not spoken with any Stuff reporter, and any comments attributed to her are not hers.<\/p>\n

“For the sake of accuracy, we ask that this be corrected across all relevant media sites as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

“We will be making a formal complaint, as the reporter misled our co-leader during the interview. We also request an apology from Stuff and ThreeNews.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oriini Kaipara has confirmed her loyalty to Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori after conflicting statements were made by her spokesperson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,4432,43,135,8027,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-423050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-maori-issues","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-te-pati-maori","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}