Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Max Ritchie's avatar

National is under pressure from its members on this. You can’t hunt with the hounds and run with the fox forever and National party members agree with Brownlee. But then doing away with the Maori sears has been Party Policy for years and totally ignored by the leadership. “Too divisive” doesn’t actually wash when you listen to Jackson and watch the haka party. I prefer the Scott Joplin version. There’s a time and a place and the haka is for marae and footy fields. And gang funerals. There a majority which is over this. We’ve been pushed away - divided - but not gone on the rampage to show it. Time the Luxons of this world got that message. Ignore Bolger, Key and Shipley - Shipley helped destroy a company and can’t even buy a house which doesn’t leak - and either pass the Principles Bill or get on with the NZF Principles Removal Act and pass ACT’s Bill as a Fundamental Law. Kia Kaha!

Expand full comment
Sam's avatar

Lets start with the first elephant in the room. All evidence from 1840 and the continued actions of both parties of the Treaty from 1840 to fairly recently back up the evidence that Maori did cede sovereignty and they Knew exactly what that meant when they signed the treaty.

Expand full comment
9 more comments...

No posts