Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia is to be given a stern warning by the Prime Minister to keep her opinions about "the Maori holocaust" and colonisation to herself.
Failure to follow the advice will jeopardise Mrs Turia's future as a minister.
Mrs Turia will also have future speeches vetted by one of the Prime Minister's staffers, probably Heather Simpson, Helen Clark's closest political adviser.
What did the minister actually say to cause such consternation?
Found poem extracted from NZ Herald, 31 August 2000.