The most divisive, and I am not even sure it played any sort of role in the vote, but the most divisive is males wanting to compete as females in sport.
60% oppose, only 14% are in favour and the rest are various versions of not sure.
In one of the more surprising findings, same sex marriage is only supported by 56% of us. Listening to the media and commentariat you would think it's normal and 99% of us aren't bothered.
Equally on the “noise to reality” metre, it shows the vast majority of supported the gun register, at 75%.
Most people supported the wearing of masks (68%) and almost half of us (49%) supported vax mandates, with only 25% against.
The area that wasn't surprising were Māori wards, opposed by 60% of us, and bilingual signs which was basically evenly split.
That last part is perhaps an insight into why Labour did so badly at the election. They could back up their stance on guns and masks, but they were way out of line when it came to special treatment for Māori.
Egregiously, it is proof positive that when they changed the law around being able to vote against Māori wards, if your council foisted them upon you, they were voting against the vast majority of us, and our views, and they must have known that.
Also, all the councils who continue to insist on introducing Māori wards, and many are in the process as we speak, are now knowingly going against the will of the people who put them there.
I note with interest that there is some sort of organised campaign at the moment over the ACT Party idea of having a vote on the Treaty and its obligations. That will be because they know full well that if we got a say what the outcome would be it wouldn't be swinging their way.
The upside for them is I doubt it will see the light of day out of the coalition talks.
But if you want to take the pool at face value, and in totality, it paints a picture of a conservative country, and socially is nowhere near as progressive as many would have thought.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
Equally on the “noise to reality” metre, it shows the vast majority of supported the gun register, at 75%.
Most people supported the wearing of masks (68%) and almost half of us (49%) supported vax mandates, with only 25% against.
The area that wasn't surprising were Māori wards, opposed by 60% of us, and bilingual signs which was basically evenly split.
That last part is perhaps an insight into why Labour did so badly at the election. They could back up their stance on guns and masks, but they were way out of line when it came to special treatment for Māori.
Egregiously, it is proof positive that when they changed the law around being able to vote against Māori wards, if your council foisted them upon you, they were voting against the vast majority of us, and our views, and they must have known that.
Also, all the councils who continue to insist on introducing Māori wards, and many are in the process as we speak, are now knowingly going against the will of the people who put them there.
I note with interest that there is some sort of organised campaign at the moment over the ACT Party idea of having a vote on the Treaty and its obligations. That will be because they know full well that if we got a say what the outcome would be it wouldn't be swinging their way.
The upside for them is I doubt it will see the light of day out of the coalition talks.
But if you want to take the pool at face value, and in totality, it paints a picture of a conservative country, and socially is nowhere near as progressive as many would have thought.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
2 comments:
Did Talbot Mills ask if we want total control of water by maori? Ownership of ditto? Maori effective domination via co governance of all aspects of govt and local body control? Te reo every where? A non factual warped pro maori school syllabus? Time wasting, obstructionist, mana seeking consultation (paid for) on near everything of those whose part maori ancestors were sometime in last few hundred years transient in the area? Favoured treatment of maori in health, housing. Race based financial inducement for maori to vote, get vaccinated, attend the doctor, get hospital treatment etc etc? Subsdised insurgency/propoganda coordination centres (marae)? Deplore the violence based (haka) maori culture? Substitution of maori words for everday ones, including where maori had none (ie days of the week)? Or if we were afraid of cancellation for expressing doubt about pro maori trends. Or whether we believe in democracy? Or if we voted against Labour because loath all the above.
Be interesting if the survey asked about mask support after showing they don’t work, vax support after showing it doesn’t work, and gun register support after showing it will make no difference to crime levels
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