The Maori Party are looking more and more a thinking and mainstream party.

Their sensible stance on advocating tax cuts and today's announcement the party will not support the other parties' multi-party plan to ban the Black Caps going to Zimbabwe is commendable. Interesting how it is left to the party perceived to have a narrow set of interests to establish the hypocrisy in Goff's plans.

Turia said "The Maori Party says it is uncomfortable about the wisdom of picking out one nation for international condemnation when human rights abuses are being reported in other countries with which New Zealand is happy to trade."