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Friday, November 15, 2024

Ele Ludemann: Playing to the separatist gallery


The hikoi, or as Shane Jones called it on The Country yesterday, the car koi, is not just about the Treaty Principles Bill.

Any Māori grievance you could ever think of will be embraced by the hīkoi which is wending its way from the Far North and the deep south to converge on Parliament next Tuesday. . . .

Trying to find out, from those trudging along the Auckland waterfront under the snarled-up Harbour Bridge, what exactly what their gripe is was met with a frowning, blank stare or a cold shoulder. . .

One of the things it is about is the separatist grievance industry which is where the Maori Party garners most of its support.

That explains their behaviour in parliament yesterday when they were playing to the separatist gallery with their words, and their haka.

This is likely to sway support towards the Bill from more people than attract more opponents.

So too will the letter from senior lawyers asking for the Bill to be abandoned.



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Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agree completely with Ele. Seymour’s bill is lifting the lid on racist extremism and deep-seated division. That some, including msm media, suggest he is creating the division is gas-lighting (in my view).

Anonymous said...

Anyone arguing against his bill is making an argument against racial equality, against Martin Luther Kings dream.

If our MSM was honest they’d frame it this way.

The racists are worried their racial privilege is about to be lessened, hence the hekoi & all the crying

Amazing such racists are tolerated really

Anonymous said...

Who are the 42 “senior lawyers”?
Usually, with an open letter to the PM, there’s a proudly-published list of names.
This time — nothing. No-where in any media coverage of this “letter” are there any names.
Could it be that the 42 Kings Counsel have massive conflicts of interest they would rather us not be aware of — like a client list of iwi and other Maori bodies they represent (at taxpayer expense) before the likes of the Waitangi Tribunal?
Do we have to OIA this list of names from the PM’s office? (because obviously MSM don’t see a need to pull this thread).