First of all, I've heard some people say "but he's managed his Trust out West so well!" Err, no he hasn't! Under his watch, the Waipareira trust somehow "lost" literally millions of dollars.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm… In 2015, it was discovered that John Tamihere and others had organised unlawful elections for the Auckland District Māori Council.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/…/maori-tv-apologises-to-durie-and-h… ***TW*** He's a rape apologist. Live on air he victim-blamed one of the girls who was raped by the Roastbusters in a radio interview. Via Newshub: "The 18-year-old was asked about her own sexual habits and dress sense and asked why she was out late at night drinking and at what age she lost her virginity." The interview is off air now but it was 100x *worse* than this write-up makes it sound.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/…/willie-jt-offair-over-roast-bus… He's homophobic. Here's a direct quote: "I've got a right to think that sex with another male is unhealthy and violating. I've got a right to think that." Another direct quote: "I don't have a problem with gay people," he said. "I have a problem with gay marriage."
http://www.investigatemagazine.com/tamihere.htm He's sexist. He described the women in the Labour Party as "front bums": "I don't mind front-bums being promoted, but just because they're [women] shouldn't be the issue, they've won that war," Mr Tamihere said. "It's about an anti-men agenda, that's what I reckon. It's about men's values, men's communication standards, men's conduct."
http://www.investigatemagazine.com/tamihere.htm He's an antisemite. Tamihere said he was "sick and tired of hearing how many Jews got gassed" in the Holocaust. "I already know that. How many times do I have to be told and made to feel guilty?" At the time, Helen Clarke had to come out and make a statement saying that, yes, the Labour party acknowledges that the Holocaust happened |