) ▁arrived ▁in ▁Well ington . ▁It ▁had ▁begun ▁in ▁North land ▁th ir teen ▁days ▁earlier , ▁pick ing ▁up ▁supp or ters ▁as ▁they ▁drove ▁to ▁the ▁capital . ▁The ▁h ik oi , ▁which ▁some ▁estimated ▁to ▁contain ▁fifteen ▁thousand ▁people ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁reached ▁Parliament , ▁strongly ▁opposed ▁the ▁government ' s ▁plans , ▁and ▁was ▁highly ▁support ive ▁of ▁Tar iana ▁Tur ia ' s ▁decision . ▁ ▁Tur ia ▁and ▁her ▁al lies , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁right ▁for ▁an ▁independent ▁M ā ori ▁political ▁vehicle , ▁established ▁a ▁new ▁M ā ori ▁Party . ▁Many ▁of ▁Tur ia ' s ▁supp or ters , ▁such ▁as ▁M ana ▁Mot uh ake ▁leader ▁Will ie ▁Jackson ▁and ▁M ā ori ▁academic ▁P ita ▁Sh ar ples , ▁claimed ▁that ▁M ā ori ▁who ▁formerly ▁supported ▁Labour ▁would ▁f lock ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁party ▁en ▁mas se . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁other ▁comment ators ▁pointed ▁to ▁a ▁poor ▁track ▁record ▁for ▁M ā ori ▁parties ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁difficult ▁to ▁un ite ▁diverse ▁M ā ori ▁opinion ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁group . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Tim ▁Sel w yn ▁put ▁an ▁ax e ▁through ▁a ▁window ▁of ▁the ▁elect or ate ▁office ▁of ▁Helen ▁Clark , ▁an ▁act ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁protest ▁against ▁Helen ▁Clark ' s ▁handling ▁of ▁the ▁issue . ▁ ▁Legisl ation