Ross Meurant: Law v Lore

Is Civil War a real possibility in New Zealand?

Auckland University’s introduction of a mandatory paper in Māori, has certainly caught the attention of a tranche of New Zealander’s who appeared to have previously tolerated persistent Māori claims for more and more of the Land of the Long Black Cloud.

Such an intrusion impacts on the core values and beliefs of us all.

In a previous article I penned:

“As long as John Key keeps his nose out of National Party Conferences and ACT and NZ First maintain their pre-elections pledges, civil war in New Zealand, is unlikely in my view – irrespective of whatever a minority of Māori claim.” (1)

Notwithstanding this optimistic outlook, one ignores at one’s peril, the political aspirations of the cabal of radical Māori pseudo leaders who threaten civil war to grab power by a form of revolution, imposing Māori lore as the fundamental pillar of New Zealand’s constitution – yet to be designed.

Revolutionaries are invariably political Utopians and as such, do not recognise the natural limitations of human tolerance, as they strive for goals which cannot be obtained.  To achieve the goals of revolutionaries, a nation must pay a heavy price.

Revolution means destruction of values, material security, and lives.

As Lenin insisted during the October Revolutions February and October 1917, which overturned the Tsar’s monarchy, in Russia:

“How can you make revolution without firing squads?  If we can’t shoot saboteurs, what kind of evolution is this?” (2)

From Mexico 1911, Turkey 1919, Yugoslavia 1941, China both in 1911 and 1946-49, Egypt 1952, Iraq 1958, Cuba 1959, to Iran 1979 (Africa and South America excluded), these nations witnessed the overturning autocratic regimes for various interpretations of Marxism or rule by bureaucracy and police.

Ionically, these quasi-Marxist regimes delivered not power to the people, but merely replaced one autocratic regime with another.

These examples also provide hard evidence that imposition of a new reign of political power via revolution, brought with it, changes which to this day, delivers suffering and in turn sustains latent if not open, hatred and quests for vengeance.

Essentially, what some Māori now seek to impose upon New Zealand, is another version of Marxist socialism – Tribal hierarchies – i.e. political paradigms midst which any evidence of “trickle down” benefits to the disciples who languish in State Housing and unemployed, is hard to find.

From the empires of Ngāi Tahu in the south to Tainui in the north, commercial and property assets exceeding a billion dollars at least, seem to be firmly under the control of an elite few – while the bloke sweeping, the streets in Ngāruawāhia and the woman packing shelves in Invercargill – just keeps on sweeping and continues stacking.

Meanwhile, also latent but lurking, will be “others” who represent the majority of New Zealand, taken from White, Asian, Indian and also Polynesian, resentful and seeking restoration of their right for equality before the LAW –and not subservience to Māori Lore.

Ross Meurant BA MPP Former Police Inspector. Former Member of Parliament. Former Diplomatic Representative. Current partner www.gena.co.nz

(1) https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM331230.html#DLM331230
(2) Montefiore, Simon Sebag; Young Stalin, Phoenix, 2007.