Labour is dismissing any suggestion of a threat to its hold on its Maori seats.

It comes amid displays of a rekindled relationship between the Maori Party and Mana.

Mana leader Hone Harawira walked on to Ratana marae yesterday, with the co-leaders of the Maori Party.

Andrew Little has his turn today at Ratana today.

He told Mike Hosking Labour is not threatened by the alliance.

"The Maori Party totally discredited, they've been utterly shackled to the National Party for the last nearly nine years, and the conditions for Maori have got worse."

Little added that the Mana Party was "frankly pretty irrelevant" so he wasn't concerned about their alliance.

Andrew Little said Labour holds six of the seven Maori seats in Parliament, and they're not giving up on retaining them.