Mr Hosking got himself into hot water this week by confusing how only people on the Maori roll could vote for the Maori Party. He made the matter worse by saying the Maori Party was an ``electorate party'' and was in Parliament only because it had won an electorate seat.
Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell is an electorate MP, but the party vote ensured Marama Fox entered Parliament through the list.
Any voter can vote for the Maori Party on the list.
Maori Party president Tukoroirangi Morgan said there was no mana, care or integrity in the Hosking brand.
``If ASB continues to fund his on-air and discriminatory shenanigans, then Maori business needs to be aware of that.''
An ASB spokesman told the Otago Daily Times the bank had no direct commercial relationship with Hosking in his role as one of Seven Sharp's presenters.
``Rather, our arrangement is with Seven Sharp as New Zealand's most-watched current affairs show.''
Yesterday was short of political announcements. Prime Minister Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern were both in the South yesterday.
Mr English was in Queenstown and Wanaka and Ms Ardern made a major health announcement in Dunedin.
In Queenstown, Conservation Minister Maggie Barry said conservation work in New Zealand would be supercharged by substantially increasing the amount of money available to hard-working volunteer groups.
``To support these groups, National will more than double the amount of funding available through the Department of Conservation Community Fund, from $4.6million to $10million a year.''
Local communities played a vital part in conserving the natural environment - from the War on Weeds and wilding conifer control to predator trapping networks, wetland restoration and the upkeep of historic huts.
In Auckland, Labour transport spokesman Michael Wood said Labour would commit up to $30million to build Skypath, the shared cycling and walking path across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
``Skypath is part of a wider policy that will encourage people to walk and cycle safely around our communities. We will renew the $100million urban cycleways fund for a further three years and establish a new active neighbourhoods fund to encourage walking and cycling at the local level.''
New Zealand First leader Winston Peter remains disappointed TVNZ and TV3 have allowed themselves to be pushed into``old school'' election debates.
``Both have been bullied into running televised debates with only the two old parties, Labour and National.''
That was in contrast to elections in the United Kingdom where the BBC told Prime Minister Theresa May it was going to hold a multi-party leaders' debate whether she turned up or not.
The voices of parties that would challenge both Labour and National were being shut out, especially on issues they had both failed on - the housing crisis and mass immigration, he said.
