This was a fascinating read, it sounds like he disagreed with his colleagues on a number of issues. And given the election result, I’d say he was right, as law and order was something Labour was perceived as being very weak on.
Also, there’s this, about Kiri Allan
"She believed it was anti-Māori and I thought that was absolute rubbish, because this was not targeting Māori in any way, it was targeting gangs.
“It doesn’t matter what ethnicity a gang member is, they need to be held to account by society,” Nash said.
Isn’t assuming gang members are Maori kinda racist?
Do you have any experience with gangsters? They’re not the type of people you want in your community. It doesn’t matter if they’re white, yellow, red, brown, black, or green. Gangsters typically engage in all of the behaviors that you want to eliminate in a healthy society. Gangs make money and obtain power through illegal activities such as drug dealing and trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, extortion, and racketeering. They control their territories through violence, murder, and intimidation. We’re on a truly terrible path as a society if we’re willing to tolerate those activities from a group just because we’re afraid of appearing racist.