Hone Harawira

RNZ : The fight for the Māori vote

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framed as a potentially restorative and effective political figure

Editorializing language ('We would be silly to underestimate Hone Harawira') suggests he is seen as a competent figure who could reverse the party's decline.

“We would be silly to underestimate Hone Harawira returning to politics," says Hanly. "I think it is fair to say he is considering it.”

Stuff.co.nz : Hone Harawira set to pursue return to Parliament

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implied as a past political failure due to strategic missteps

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“before a ruinous merger with Kim Dotcom’s Internet Party ahead of the 2014 election saw him leave Parliament.”

Stuff.co.nz : Hone Harawira set to pursue return to Parliament

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framed as an adversarial figure within party politics

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“The firebrand Harawira - who held the seat between 2005 and 2014 - split with the Māori Party in 2011.”

Stuff.co.nz : Hone Harawira set to pursue return to Parliament

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portrayed as confrontational and lacking decorum

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“He’s back: 15 years after calling his Maori Party colleagues “dickheads”, Hone Harawira is back in the fold and wants his old parliamentary seat back too.”