Monday September 30, 2024
News:
Whose identity are we protecting? The question of adding te reo Māori names to Selwyn’s wards
When asked if Māori names should be added to Selwyn’s ward names, one woman said “heritage and tradition are important. So is identity”.
“Are you hoping to change the names and confuse everyone?” she said.
This comment is one of hundreds submitted during consultation on the Selwyn District Council’s representation review.
The council asked residents: “Do you support the name suggestions for the four local electoral wards from Malvern; Rolleston; Ellesmere; and Springs to Tawera Malvern Ward; Kā Mānia Rolleston Ward; Te Waihora Ellesmere Ward; and Kā Puna Springs Ward?”
Of the 582 people who answered the question, about a third were for the change. The majority were against the addition of reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Should Change Oil And Gas Ban Stance
“Te Pāti Māori should swing in behind oil and gas exploration, they’ll need it to keep their jetset ways going. With one MP spending $3,000 a week on flights, Te Pāti Māori have managed to overtake the Greens, often the biggest flyers and climate hypocrites,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Just four days ago, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was posting in support of Iwi opposed to oil and gas exploration. She even called hydrocarbons that could be found off the Taranaki coast—like jet fuel—‘twilight fossil fuels.’
“As it turns out, Debbie was burning them like nobody’s business. Her $39,000 bill flying around was more than all five of ACT’s non-Minister MPs....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Willie Jackson on proposed cuts to Whakaata Māori
A defining and transformative conflict
Compulsory context
The council asked residents: “Do you support the name suggestions for the four local electoral wards from Malvern; Rolleston; Ellesmere; and Springs to Tawera Malvern Ward; Kā Mānia Rolleston Ward; Te Waihora Ellesmere Ward; and Kā Puna Springs Ward?”
Of the 582 people who answered the question, about a third were for the change. The majority were against the addition of reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Should Change Oil And Gas Ban Stance
“Te Pāti Māori should swing in behind oil and gas exploration, they’ll need it to keep their jetset ways going. With one MP spending $3,000 a week on flights, Te Pāti Māori have managed to overtake the Greens, often the biggest flyers and climate hypocrites,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Just four days ago, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was posting in support of Iwi opposed to oil and gas exploration. She even called hydrocarbons that could be found off the Taranaki coast—like jet fuel—‘twilight fossil fuels.’
“As it turns out, Debbie was burning them like nobody’s business. Her $39,000 bill flying around was more than all five of ACT’s non-Minister MPs....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Willie Jackson on proposed cuts to Whakaata Māori
A defining and transformative conflict
Compulsory context
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1 comment:
Usually, Council conducted local surveys re maori names are hopelessly compromised. The scarcity of maori in the SI has hopefully saved the situation in this case.With their vast extended families, uncertain addresses, social lifestyle. idle time, insurgency coordination centres (marae) , maraes at schools, kapa haka groups, gang networks, and myriad active propagandists, maori are well organised to swamp surveys and usually do.. Walking the suburbs and observing letter boxes I am surprised at thegeneral lack of interest in local newspapers and other circulars. A huge number of non maori are very fully occupied with the demands of life and have no time for extensive idle social contact. Whilst most are against confusing maori names they are too busy to bother with the response process. In any case maori names should not exceed three syllables or however many the existing English has. Most maori names are very unmemorable and represent inefficiency and confusion, especially serious in th case of emergency services. A local park has all the bridges elaborately and expensively labelled with maori names, but are only referred to as the yellow, the blue bridge etc.The pander to maori cult has got totally out of hand. Maori acquire mana by inflicting maori names, the more tangled the greater the mana for putting it over the colonist descendants.
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