I don't give Luxon credit for much, but making Seymour the fall-guy.. I mean Minister in charge ... of this is obviously an attempt to distance the Nats from the 2nd head of the 3-headed monster when it comes to the next election cycle ? Despite SOME saying that the "majority" voted for this, NO THEY DIDN'T, as the majority of this coalition did not have it as a policy that voters knew they would be getting. The "silent majority" VOTED for parties & policies that did NOT have this as a policy (National, Labour, Greens, Te Pati Maori ...) so were in fact NOT silent!
In long experience of talking to racist NZers on social media, i find that if you call a person on their racism, they very often reply by calling you a racist - as if racists are a persecuted race. Seymour wants to introduce a divisive bill to set up a horribly divisive referendum to remove any mention of Maori from the Treaty. Many people have told him this is divisive and his response - "You're being divisive."
I don't give Luxon credit for much, but making Seymour the fall-guy.. I mean Minister in charge ... of this is obviously an attempt to distance the Nats from the 2nd head of the 3-headed monster when it comes to the next election cycle ? Despite SOME saying that the "majority" voted for this, NO THEY DIDN'T, as the majority of this coalition did not have it as a policy that voters knew they would be getting. The "silent majority" VOTED for parties & policies that did NOT have this as a policy (National, Labour, Greens, Te Pati Maori ...) so were in fact NOT silent!
Smeg off Rimmer
Seymour is an odious little shit. I hate him and every pretentious blockhead in his evil party.
This is a good article about several cogovernance relations in action"
https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/02/14/co-governance-its-nothing-like-you-think/
In long experience of talking to racist NZers on social media, i find that if you call a person on their racism, they very often reply by calling you a racist - as if racists are a persecuted race. Seymour wants to introduce a divisive bill to set up a horribly divisive referendum to remove any mention of Maori from the Treaty. Many people have told him this is divisive and his response - "You're being divisive."
Here is Hugh Kawharu's English translation of the Maori treaty. Read the notes, too.
https://www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/translation-of-te-reo-maori-text/
I suspect you have refused to see the plentiful references to this and other translations of te tiriti.
“The silent majority” - good morning Mr. Nixon, tell me about COINTELPRO
Sounds like my comment went over your head.
8.64% of voters asked for this.
I think you mean ‘the extremely loud minority’ 😂
The extremely loud grizzling 8%. Propagandised by Hobson's Pledge, and the Atlas Network.
The people that can’t quite seem to grasp the concept of equity is who I am talking about Mark, I think you may be one of them