…the Hīkoi hits Parliament.
This is what you call “losing control of the narrative.”
You can see the sort of spin that Seymour & Co tried to put on this by reading the OP of this thread.
But last week, the spotlight on his bill went viral worldwide, and not in a good way for him.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360490122/video-haka-parliament-goes-viral-around-world
And last week kicked off what is called a Hīkoi, a communal march in protest that started in Cape Rēinga and ended at the capital today.