Sunday November 17, 2024
News:
Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
Former prime minister Dame Jenny Shipley has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in law.
"The Treaty, when it's come under pressure from either side, our voices have been raised," she told RNZ's Saturday Morning.
"I was young enough to remember Bastion Point, and look, the Treaty has helped us navigate. When people have had to raise their voice, it's brought us back to what it's been - an enduring relationship where people then try to find their way forward.
"And I thought the voices of this week were completely and utterly appropriate, and whether they breach standing orders, I'll put that aside.
"The voice of Māori, that reminds us that this was an agreement, a contract - and you do not rip up a contract and then just say, 'Well, I'm happy to rewrite it on my terms, but you don't count.'
"I would raise my voice. I'm proud that the National Party has said they will not be supporting this, because you cannot speak out of both sides of your mouth.....
See full article HERE
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"And I thought the voices of this week were completely and utterly appropriate, and whether they breach standing orders, I'll put that aside.
"The voice of Māori, that reminds us that this was an agreement, a contract - and you do not rip up a contract and then just say, 'Well, I'm happy to rewrite it on my terms, but you don't count.'
"I would raise my voice. I'm proud that the National Party has said they will not be supporting this, because you cannot speak out of both sides of your mouth.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Robert MacCulloch: NZ's King's Counsels Don't Know Constitutional Law
Ross Meurant: ‘History can be a Bitch’ – once said Titewhai Harawira
Mike Butler: David and Goliath
Simon O'Connor: Respect to be respected
Propaganda:
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Te Tiriti is forever, because mana is forever
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6 comments:
Ms Shipley: it is not the ACT TP Bill that could incite civil war - it is the baffling refusal to consult the NZ people in a referendum. A minority ( many with minimal Maori ancestry) cannot dictate to the majority of citizens.
Did this really person run NZ?
I don't think civil war because this is 3% against 97%,. Let them throw their tantrums. Personally I am enjoying how commentators from Australia and Usa are mocking them. Luxon should give us a referendum.
I do not know what company Shipley keeps but likely the legal and management set who stand to profit from the forever ongoing Treaty reinterpretation industry. She is unlikely to have close contact with the maori set who state their self serving aims bluntly, more likely with the upper echelons who are conning the populance supply. She has been duped before, as when she OKd the transfer of vast corporate sum irretrievably to China. It is absurd that the Treaty is constantly revised to reflect what artful modern trace maori and exploiting lawyers think their ancestors 200 years ago should have specified in a world beyond their (or anyone else's) imagination; not least the mixed blood aspect. I do not know what Shipley's motivation for interfering is. Perhaps, as with the glasses, she craves attention. Or was it an attempt to knobble Seymour as future rival PM? (When far and away the greatest threat to NZ is return of maori manipulated Labour.) Her contribution on RNZ must be among the least helpful or constructive. A superb coup for ultra pro maori RNZ. I wonder how they learned of her disposition. Willie Jackson must be in heaven. Despite he not being Minister his stated goal of RNZ as a pro maori propoganda machine has been fulfilled to his wildest dreams. I wonder when he and Mah??? Forbes are going to celebrate. Eat your heart out Manu Dunlop!
Meanwhile RNZ continues to issue dates and times for the hikoi so rebels need not trouble to contact their local insurgency coordination centre (marae) to fathom when to join their blinkered stone age mates.
What a stupid comment from a former Prime Minister.Poor choice of words
“Treaty Principles Bill 'inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says”?
Well Shipley, because of you and other “weak kneed” politicians caving in to the part Maori “victim scam”, and ably assisting this minority by throwing taxpayers money at them, we find ourselves in a serious apartheid pickle.
Any “civil war” rests on yours and all other past and present politicians shoulders.
The Ship should stick to being a failed Company Director.
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