Ryan Bridge: If this is the kaupapa of the Green Party, I don't recognise it

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

At the Auckland High Court this morning at 10am, Darleen Tana will be seeking an interim injunction.

It's been sought to stop the Greens from meeting to try and waka jump her, and that meeting is meant to go ahead this weekend. There's also going to be a judicial review.

The saga continues, and we all know why this is happening, don't we?

Because her husband's business is in the hole. The creditors are owed money. I think there was around $100 in the till when they went in there and tried to clean things up.

So let's think like the Greens for a second and take a step back. Here is a wahine Māori, she has fallen on hard times.

She's made mistakes, sure. Though not proven in a court of law, just a party report at this stage. A party with white privileged elites at the top of it, including Chlöe Swarbrick, a party with resources, a power imbalance. Her actions may have resulted from structural racism, for all we know. This is how the Greens generally approach issues like this.

And what does Chlöe and Co. do to this victim, what do they do?

They boot her out on the street. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Despite Chlöe saying this:

"We are being careful about the statements that we are making publicly. We have continued to follow process as best as we possibly can to centre our Green Party, kaupapa."

Green party kaupapa.

If this is the kaupapa of the Green Party, I don't recognise it.

Number one, it doesn't sound very greeny, and doesn't sound very in line with how they approach other victims.

And number two, and this is the kicker for us. I think we're on the hook for the legal bills here, aren't we?

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