Thursday, 3 August 2017, 7:32 pm Press Release: Green Party
Statement from Metiria Turei
“I was the sole
provider for my daughter. I was fully financially
responsible for us both.
“I did not live at the
same address as the father of my child.
“I was,
however, enrolled to vote at the same address as him, which
was in the Mt Albert electorate. A friend of mine was
running as a candidate in Mt Albert in 1993, and I wished to
vote for them.
“That was a mistake – one of many
I, like many other people, made as a young person.
“I also wish to confirm that my mother was my flatmate
for a period during the mid-1990s.
“We were
financially independent while living together in the same
home,” said Mrs
Turei.
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