I say, WRONG. (See
Addendum)
Winston has always enunciated equality of all cultures which
make up New Zealand.
It was not a matter of Winston inventing an issue. It was a matter of National failing to address the racially divisive policies of a radical element within Māori, embraced by the Labour government and propagated by the “hidden power” within New Zealand aka Mandarins. (1)
The failure of National to address the issue, opened the
door for Winston to waltz through and capture a large chunk of traditional
conservative National voters and conservative and Labour voters
Winston did not invent or elevate the race issue which
today deeply divides New Zealand.
2nd October Mike Hosking hosted Mr
Luxon. First-time I and a cabal of
politically sensitive “persons” (note multi gender politically correct
“pronoun”) think we heard the National Party-political leader deliver an
unequivocal commitment to dump three waters and dump co-governance.
This, in my view, signals a massive change in National’s
approach – from equivocations, prevarications, obfuscations and direct
statements as I recall, emanating from Mz Willis and Mr Luxon, in time
gone by.
Why the change, I ask myself?
Bumbs in Crown Limos?
Yep – probably one of the factors precipitating this apparent change of
policy by National. And a pay rise.
But what precipitated these 180 changes?
Was it Julian Batchelor’s NZ Tour of “Stop Co
Governance” which definitely enlightened the masses as to the True Treaty of
Waitangi viz the progressively invented Radical Māori version of The
Treaty, seemingly predicated on Busby’s bunder? (2)
But Batchelor’s crusade is only the tip of an iceberg.
It all started when Rt Hon Helen Clark’s stand against
“wreckers and haters” (3))
Foreshore Projection legislation, was repealed and replaced by National’s John
Key via the Marine and Coastal Area Act 2011. (4)
The legal side of this political parody has been well
traversed by eminently qualified contributors to NZCPR, but politics
does intrude.
For example, the clandestine trip to New York by Peter
Sharples where he signed some UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights (or
something similar) was the starting point of Te Pua Seabed and Foreshore which
culminated in the Edwards case which significantly changed the “customary
rights” from “shoreline exclusively used since 1840” to use by “multi-iwi”
which had the effect of expanding the number of claimants from about cira
5% to just about all of the coastline.
By my assessment, the irony of the land grab falls squarely
at the feet of former Prime Minister Rt Hon Sir John Key and his
Attorney General Chris Finlayson. (5)
I arrive at this conclusion not only because of Key’s repeal
of Clark’s peg in the foreshore, but because of Key’s silence over Sharples
visit to New York and his later statement that his silence was because he
didn’t want to “steal Sharples thunder”?
So, where does this leave me?
ACT’s David Seymour will get my vote. Why?
In my view, he has been the only politician to stand tall and stand fast
against the tsunami of utter crap being invented by radical Māori- from
a totally bastardised Treaty to Māori Myth amounting to science. (6)
Furthermore, David Seymour has “evolved” from appearing to
me to have been a schoolboy out of his depth, to that of a matured political
leader – as a few of his recent TV appearances unequivocally demonstrate.
ADDENDUM
I’m not NZ First supporter nor am I a fan Winston. But objective political opinion is
more valid than subjective prejudice.
If a bloke, has done well, or knows his stuff, then he/she deserves credit
and protection.
As I penned in, A Step Too Far (7)
Winston and I both hail from the same school in the rural
rump of Northland; and very similar pathways from lower that social economic
region.
Both us have Māori pedigree. We both failed School Cert first run. Winston went on via a teaching career to a
Law degree and parliament as an MP. I went
on via a police career to a Master’s in privatisation while an MP in
parliament.
From any objective angle, Rt Hon Winston Peters has
been an outstanding politician – superseding (in my view) Rt Hon Sir Rob
Muldoon – as the most charismatic and enduring politician New Zealand has
ever experienced.
Both Winston and I demonstrated that one with Maori pedigree can achieve on one's own merits and not via the demeaning and in my view, insulting offer of a position, based not on one's ability but heritage.
A republican I may be, but I do think, it's time Winston
was Knighted.
Ross Meurant BA MMP Former Police Inspector. Former Member of Parliament, Former Honorary
Consul.
References:
(1) https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/10/ross-meurant-mandarins-rule-politicians.html
(2) https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ross-meurant-busbys-blunder.html
(3) https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/09/ross-meurant-to-hold-pen-is-to-be-at-war.html
(4) Ibid
(5) Ibid
(6) https://www.nzcpr.com/maori-myth-not-science/
(7) https://www.nzcpr.com/a-step-too-far-bi-cultural-partnership/
9 comments:
The only upside I can see of having NZFirst as part of a three-way centre-right government is that National will be under far more pressure to take real action against co-governance and the Labour sponsored racism which has infected all public life.
Peters does have a nack for putting people on the spot and Luxon is fair game.
With just ACT, National will probably become arrogant and dismissive, especially if they agree on a collective Cabinet responsibility arrangement.
Apart from that, I don't care for or trust Winston Peters one bit. Casey Costello on the other hand.....
Winston is a "Jack-in-a-box" politician. He is rarely heard of until someone says "Election", and boing, up he pops saying "I'm here, vote for me, vote for me". That isn't to say that he isn't clever, firstly because what he does works with enough people to get him into parliament( 2020 excepted) and secondly he usually dares to go where other politicians fear to tread in the knowledge that he can usually bluster his way out of any sticky position he may land himself in. I agree with a lot of what he says but I'll not be voting for him because after the trick he pulled after the 2017 election I don't trust him to do what he says.
NZF is the insurance policy. Nationals latest flip flop on CG - having seen the way the voter wind is blowing - confirms why Luxon does not inspire trust on this critical issue of NZ's democracy.
I think Acts intent of a referendum on the Treaty will be very divisive. Far better to present the arguments against the Treaty reinterpretations and then pass some Act restating and limiting the original intent. Peters is able to see angles and I suspect he would be inclined to avoid the crude referendum which would be so susceptible to the racist assertion.
I think Winston is thinking about his legacy at this point. He has been referencing Sir Apirana Ngata a lot lately.
If NZF become part of the next government, and if NZF is the driving force in stopping and reversing the apartheid push by the Maori mafia and begins the process of removing ALL race based statues from legislation, then he would have earned a knighthood IMO.
Robert, it would depend on what the referendum says. I would doubt that Seymour would want to ask "Do we keep the Treaty or not?"
If it was worded in the way Julian Batchelor argues --we honour the Treaty that was written in Maori and signed by most of the chiefs" and this was explained to the public, very clearly along with the background to how the Treaty originated, was written and translated then a referendum could good. It could be looked upon as NZ reaffirming the Treaty as it signed in 1840.
Winston helped Jacinda and co into Government. In return he dropped his commitment to removing racist Maori Seats.
I agree a referendum is a hideous prospect. Look at the awful mess Australia is getting itself into with divisive ideologies meeting the fashion of the day.
My thoughts exactly, when a referendum was mentioned, this could get messy.
The observance of the original treaty is all that is required.
DeeM sums Winston's place very well in her first paragraph.
Ross is correct, the only treaty is the one written in Maaori and signed by 500+ chiefs, yet all of our legislation in recent years is based on the false "Freeman" treaty in English. The one that very conveniently for todays Maaori elite mentions things such as fisheries and forests. Pure fabrication!
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