Rep. switches allegiance
The former Labour Party Polynesian representative, Mrs Paula Clarke, of Porirua, said last evening that she would join the National Party. Mrs Clarke said that a Cabinet Minister had written < to her last week, inviting her 1 to join the National Party. The Minister, whom Mrs 1 Clarke declined to name, had < commended her pro-Spring-bok tour stand at the recent I
Labour Party conference: “I accept his invitation humbly and gladly,” she said. Mrs Ciarke, who withdrew from the Labour Party last week, said that the party was unhappy with the results of a national survey she had done which showed that “nearly 99 per cent” of Polynesians were in favour of the tour. ~ ? Mrs Clarke said: "The Labour Party was convinced
that the survey was genuine,? but they were upset that the? results were made-public, as it helped the National Party s more. .?■ She said that because of its trade-union affiliation, the Labour Party had to.be seen to oppose the tour. “The whole structure of the Labour Party is based on? apartheid with its separate representation for Polyne-J; sians,” said Mrs Clarke.
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