10 Feb 2025

Political commentators Brigitte Morten and Dale Husband

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 10 February 2025
A group of wāhine Māori from Te Tai Tokerau stand on the marae atea with their backs turned on the Government in protest during Waitangi commemorations 2025. They are draped in homemade red woollen blankets hand-stitched with Tino Rangatiratanga and He Whakaputanga flags.

A group of wāhine Māori from Te Tai Tokerau stand on the marae atea with their backs turned on the Government in protest during Waitangi commemorations 2025. Photo: Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government, a National Party member and currently volunteering for the party's deputy leader, Nicola Willis.

Dale Husband is a long time broadcaster and Radio Waatea presenter hosting a Maori focused current affairs programme.