I thought not. South Africa has been banned from the Olympics since 1964 for its refusal to condemn apartheid. A Political Game explores an issue whose origins are to be found in the fi rst decades of this century. We should be one people, and the Maori minority needs to “pull their heads in”. The Governments Apartheid Bill will not begin to solve the fundamental economic and … Since Helen Clark’s petition rights are a cornerstone of local government democracy, repealing them without undertaking a nation-wide referendum would be totally illegitimate and smack of totalitarianism. Just spent 2 days in Taumaranui collecting enough signatures to force a referendum on this issue, and on both days the same (mostly European) Maori woman harangued us and screeched in the street, on the second day, she lunged at our petition forms and ripped them ,police called. We need to be FIRM about this and it not be sneaked into law by a left PC Labour Government. That’s why the horse keeps flashing her teeth in pleasure. Surely the rule of law prevents this PM endorsing Apartheid for votes. Our opposition parties need to wake up and be in no uncertain terms of the public%u2019s opposition to these issues. In the end I asked three questions What percentage of his ancestory was he denying, When is looking back better than looking forward other that to learn from history and when is identity politics better than a meritocracy I have yet to receive a reply. outrage, and a campaign with the demand, “No Maoris – No Tour,” began. Politicians need to remember they work for the people not against them. He was a long-standing supporter of a charity but after receiving letters heavily laced with Maori language, he questioned the appropriateness, and cancelled his financial support when no response was received. 1960: Public outcry for the first time about New Zealand agreeing to send an all-white team to South Africa. Anyone who is appalled by these developments can no longer do nothing. Taupo District voters have a petition to sign during the next 4 weeks. The majority view must be recognised, not stifled. We must retain our democratic ‘right’ vote on anything, that’s the foundation of democracy! This means that if communities can gather the support of 5 percent of voters, their councils are required to hold a binding referendum on Maori wards. Council represents the community and unless the community has asked them to alter a law, then they should not be even contemplating such things. A very definite YES. Councils are at a stage NOW where they have become a BURDEN. Open debate is essential. Absolutely No Way!! no way should should councils just do what they want to change the voting system without asking the the local electorate if they want it changed, but when the person who looks like they fell off there trike and scrapped their chin on the road says she will change the law just shows the arrogance of her and the commie govt we have, and she’s the so called minister of foreign affairs so why has she got anything to do with local councils, get rid of asap. If Jacinda Ardern removes our democratic petition rights it would demonstrate that her election night promise “to govern for all New Zealanders” was just a lie. NOT just the elected Councilors. The petition rights is just the thin end of the wedge. If we don’t know about and fight for our human rights we will lose them. I emigrated to New Zealand from Britain over 50 years ago basically because of the immigration policies of the day along with various racist issues, which I felt was ramping up and would eventually destroy my heritage. her mandate is to represent maori in that electorate. To declare them to be out of bounds is not only anti-democratic. I really wouldn’t know. Absolutely not. (NOT partisan rhetoric !). I liked the comment of a man withdrawing his support of a charity because of use of maori language. tho in next door council, have spent many days getting signatures in tauranga. A role requiring her to represent all New Zealanders. BLM (black lives matter) and Antifa are funded and controlled by Marxist and other anti democratic organisations. The authority for the tribal elite’s plan to ‘co-govern’ New Zealand comes from their claim that Maori are Treaty of Waitangi ‘partners’ with the Crown. Apartheid New Zealand: The claim of partnership is a clever political construct used by separatists to dupe the public into thinking that those with Maori ancestry have greater political and legal rights than other New Zealanders. It is appalling. Please note: These Workforce Development Council proposals are open for submissions until February 5 – details can be found HERE. Anything else would be UNDEMOCRATIC. The same applied to New Zealand as a nation. March 3, 2021Employment. A response from the Minister of Trade to a letter from 42 organisations and noted experts regarding a proposed waiver to WTO intellectual property rules shows that New Zealand … The next day she tried to grab the petitions, ripping them in half before her arm was grabbed, then claiming she’d been physically assaulted to the police. August 5, 2000. In fact, the Treaty guarantees all New Zealanders equal rights. You are quite right, Muriel – there is no “partnership” in the Treaty. The Adern government is being dictated to by the separatists who want to establish a race-based government that will “share” power with that elected by the people. It is time for ordinary citizens take back control of NZ and return it to a democracy. Stop Maori from trying to take over everything. Our wonderful NZ is going down hill rapidly and apathy is OUR worst enemy. The teaching of the Maori language in schools is also well advanced – a move that the former Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox explained is essential for separatist control: “New Zealand would gradually move to its own unique form of governance, one that would abandon the Westminster model in favour of Maori customs, principles and values… The critical step… is to make the Maori language a core subject in the country’s schools… people look at things differently once they’ve acquired te reo.”. He also makes the point that it is only when full debate is possible on all topics of serious political importance, that democracies “can be returned to health”: “In the process, we have to reject social tribalism. Its happening in the USA at this very moment ,Socialism is rearing its ugly head .The CCP seems to be rearing its head here as well. Page 4 – Stopping the 1973 tour. Yes, absolutely otherwise we are going down some scary socialist path. I don’t care if we have a Maori Ward because it’s only one seat at the table and there is more opportunity for them to have input and influence on the plethora of standing committees on which they have significant representation . Yes, absolutely. Yes, the rights should remain. The voting system for any elected body, should only be changed as a result of a Referendum, or a Election Policy platform taken to the people in a General Election. The claim of partnership is a clever political construct used by separatists to dupe the public into thinking that those with Maori ancestry have greater political and legal rights than other New Zealanders. Absolutely. democracy means all have the right to vote on issues that affect them. It is scary what is happening. We need increased democracy not a decrease. Is there any ‘factual’ reason why not? The objective of this new agency was to enable Maori to work in “partnership” with the Crown in the post Treaty settlement era. I am to old to leave NZ and start a new life in Australia or some other true Western democracy but my advice to all young European children is think seriously about leaving NZ and making a life for you and your families in a true democracy with soundly based multi cultural policies. The local news flyer and the weekly local paper is saturated with all this nonsense you have so well written about. She can as she did in 1840 make promises to them but by definition, the Crown is supreme, and the people are subject to her laws.”, He further explains that the legal authority for their ‘partnership’ claim – which is alleged to have come from a 1987 Court of Appeal judgement – is a fabrication, since the reference to ‘partnership’ by Justice Cooke was not part of the decision, but of the commentary which has no standing in law: “In no legal sense does this case decide that that there is a partnership between Maori and non-Maori.”. A new nation was hacked out of the bush. As a result, demands for separatist policies are growing so strong that the country is indeed in danger of becoming an apartheid nation where a minority world view is increasingly used to control the majority of the population. This is all spine chilling stuff which very few people know about, A Democratic cornerstone! Please note – you can register for our free weekly newsletter by clicking. Personally I am sick of all this push towards Maori, to allow this to go ahead, would mean that the country would eventually grind to a halt, nothing would get done, because the councils would have to appease the whims of the ever moaning Maori, and there would always be one that would object just as a shake down for more money. Do the politicians want our country to become a modern South Africa. The very description of it – 50:50 is totally undemocratic. What selective purpose do they add to my ward. A case in point is the situation where a number of community groups around the country are challenging local council decisions to introduce Maori wards without consulting their community. Race based appointments cannot be allowed. No? We creep closer to communism daily. It’s never specified in council reports. We must stand up for democracy. 1830, Outbreak of the 'Girls' War' at Kororāreka. With the health system also being accused of racism, patients in desperate need of surgery are no longer being prioritised on the basis of their clinical urgency, but on their ethnicity. Nania Mahuta is the member of parliament for Maori electorate Hauraki/Waikato. “In New Zealand, this means that all issues surrounding Maori rights have to be open to debate. so sad through all this Moira rot I am now a fully blown racist they are making such demands to certainly make me think this way and don” think getting on to councils with out being voted in will work it won’t. We are going to become an apartheid country in reverse otherwise. Read "El apartheid La segregación en Sudáfrica" by 50Minutos.es available from Rakuten Kobo. We all have a responsibility to defend our democracy and fight back. Apartheid Bill deeply divisive “The Government’s Apartheid Bill will not begin to solve the fundamental economic and social issues our nation faces,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. Local Bodies are subject to the same law as the rest of us. Communism is creeping in, it must remain. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. I shudder to think what NZ will be like when my grand-children become adult – if this seperatism rubbish continues. I do not understand Maori, don’t wish to listen to it and hence often lose the meaning of the news item.Frequently the weather forecast has more Maori place names than English so it is impossible to identify the area and all this,I suspect is softening us up to dispense with the English language. Where are our NZ leaders and I don’t mean politicians, to stop this apartheid? Movements starting now are very reminiscent of Germany in the 30’s. In fact, the Treaty guarantees all New Zealanders equal rights. It is so sad that so many ‘politicians’ are emasculated by fear of being labelled ‘racist’ that they support this appalling suggestion. By Dr Muriel Newman. How racist are we New Zealand? We are one society, and everyone is an equal stakeholder. Posted on January 17, 2021. Maoris want a 50% Maori representation at the table, which is over the top when their population is less than 20%. It is therefore ironic that many of these same people now support a separatist minority to impose its culture and political … “The left is now in grave danger of throwing out the baby of our democracy, with the bathwater of our colonial past. Anything else is not going to be democratic. It’s scary times while too many Kiwis choose to ignore the dangerous separatism agenda. At least 25% of New Zealanders – including the author of this piece – are some kind of mixed-race Northern European/Polynesian. Egypt subsequently withdrew and the final number of absences was 33. This is what New Zealand is fast becoming if present trends continue. Through voter apathy local councils are loaded with greens, do- gooders and pseudo historians. In his excellent commentary he explains why using accusations of racism to close down debate is not only absurd, but, “at a societal level, this attitude creates extreme dangers which work against the proper functioning of a democratic, science-based society”. I have voted in every election. To make matters worse, the Minister of Local Government, Nania Mahuta has indicated that she intends abolishing Helen Clark’s petition rights because Mayors and activists are opposed to voters being able to challenge council decisions to support separatism. ALL city council members should only be voted in. Apartheid – New Zealand Style. I am fed up with this Marxist Government and can only see disaster looming for kiwi citizens if a minority group is pigeon holed into 50% control in any political arena. Only in a Communist regime are the people servants of the Government. Everybody should have the right to have their say on any topic and especially local body politics as we pay their wages – they seem to forget that! with their control of the narrative. When I say his impact was global I mean it. That’s not why we pay you. Describes his impression of the effect on imprisoned South Africans of the 1981 anti-apartheid protests in NZ. As we look ahead and see that democracy is increasingly under threat, the question on everyone’s mind is how do we stand up to separatism? Democratic processes should be strengthened not eroded. It appalls me that many Councils are giving Maori Council members equal rights on City Councils when they were never voted in. His article touched a nerve and went viral. For God’s sake Council, get back to the business of looking after the roads, fixing the sewer pipes and the footpaths and leave out social engineering altogether. But these days common sense is being subjugated by those seeking to undermine equal rights and democracy. There will be thousands of very angry and highly motivated people if the petition right is withdrawn, and more so because people will know that the reason for doing so is bogus. In 2018, desperate to hold their grip on the Maori seats, the Office of Maori-Crown Relations was established. Why do Maori need special dispensation when they already have same right. Yes they should remain, no group should have special rights over the rest of the population. As you say in your article there are rules in place to ensure these challenges can not take place. Alluding to Christianity and Judaism as being socialist, well, that’s a bit demented.. saying a religion is a political ideology is demented in general, IMO. New proposals published just before Christmas to enable State control of industry-based vocational training shows just how far this radicalisation has progressed. None of this is rocket science. This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. To be a democracy the majorities point of view must be preserved. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. You either want to live in a democracy or not. What action does that leave? I do not agree with many things Helen Clarke did but the one that I applaud was the calling out and ridiculing of Turiana Turia. His struggle against apartheid was supported in New Zealand through a mass protest movement that opposed sporting contact between our countries, culminating in major protest events in 1981. This is an attack on democracy and must be repelled. This petition right is basic Democracy pure and simple. This must not be allowed to happen, ABSOLUTELY!! It is totalitarianism, plain and simple.”. Councils are just another arm of government which are or appear to be increasingly under pressure to conform with this socialist government. My take is: The general apathy of ordinary NZ landers will come home to bite us all in the butt and then it will be too late. His Maori fellow students bullied him to take it off because only Maories can wear these. I put a you tube commentary on line about the New Plymouth Council and it’s views One of the viewers made some comments They were basically that I was racist and did not understand the partnership rights of local Maori as provided for under the TOW.