A suggestion others in Labour's Maori caucus could follow Meka Whaitiri out the door.
The Maori caucus called an emergency meeting on Friday.
Political commentator Shane Te Pou says MPs, including Nanaia Mahuta, are unsettled, and there were a lot of hurt feelings at that meeting.
He says Mahuta's dealt with a lot, but were she to leave it wouldn't necessarily be a shift to Te Pāti Māori.
"She's been a member of the Labour Party incumbent for 26 years, I think if she was looking for change, it's probably say- that's it folks, I'm hanging up my boots."
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