Numerous economic benefits accrue from that status, notably having the highest average incomes. But it’s not all roses.
The biggest nuisance is being the constant destination for protests from across the nation. The routine is for protesters, for a rich multitude of causes, to first gather on Parliament steps, cheer their leaders’ predictable speeches, then present a petition to the poor sucker MP who’s drawn the short straw to accept it and who will effectively then bin it, once the protestors depart.
It’s at this stage where the protesters nowadays have become a nuisance.
That’s because prior to the lockdown, having completed their pointless Parliament steps speechifying, the protesters, always about midday, would then try to march down Lambton Quay but be quickly rendered ineffective as they were dissolved into the milling lunch-time crowds.
But now, on the days I pop into the office to deal with my correspondence, at least weekly, despite being 12 stories up in one of my Lambton Quay towers, the peace is disturbed by a protest march’s bellowing from below. I look out and note the pedestrians, to which all of this is wearingly familiar, paying them absolutely no attention whatsoever.
The government has now ordered the public servants back to work from January, putting an end to the pretend-to-be-working-from-home scam. That will be a blessing for the CBD inhabitants as once again it will end the insufferable bellowing from protest groups as they become scattered and broken up by the lunch-time crowds.
Today, we’re about to be inflicted by several thousand bullshit protesters who are doing it for totally bogus reasons. Their complaint is at the presentation to Parliament of ACT’s innocuous racial equality bill. Yet they’re fully aware that regardless of its merits or shortcomings, it will not be enacted, given National has said it won’t back it. But still they come, pointlessly inflicting themselves on an unwilling host.
Estimated at 10,000 in number, they represent precisely 0.020% of our nation’s population.
People who join such mass protests are simply weak-minded fashion followers. A meaningful protest is one set out in a written argument.
The big winner from the publicity accorded this rubbish is the ACT party as I have no doubt the vast majority of people subscribe to racial equality in our laws.
Maori dominate all of our negative statistics, be it crime, welfare dependency, health, unemployment, child abuse, low incomes and so on, all take note, TOTALLY SELF-INFLICTED. And all of those negatives carry a considerable financial cost to the rest of society.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the previous and indisputably worst government in our history to promote the ludicrous cult of maori-wonderfulness, be sure the average Kiwi sees that as an absurdity, flying as it did in the face of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Maoris will continue to fall behind the rest of the nation until hopefully the day arises when they finally wake to the reality that having a mindset in the past, will simply keep them there.
The Maori Party, led as it is by a cowboy hat-wearing, face-tattooed world class buffoon, would be more accurately described as the Maori Failure Party, for that is what he and his unpleasant co-leader are effectively promoting.
I’ll cheer him on should he take this nonsense to its logical next step, namely the pre-European maori practise of cannibalism.
He’s an appalling role-model for maori kids. Far better they note truly great maori achievers, such as Kiri Te Kanawa for example, and in particular the key factor in her success, namely her personal and not collective effort.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
It’s at this stage where the protesters nowadays have become a nuisance.
That’s because prior to the lockdown, having completed their pointless Parliament steps speechifying, the protesters, always about midday, would then try to march down Lambton Quay but be quickly rendered ineffective as they were dissolved into the milling lunch-time crowds.
But now, on the days I pop into the office to deal with my correspondence, at least weekly, despite being 12 stories up in one of my Lambton Quay towers, the peace is disturbed by a protest march’s bellowing from below. I look out and note the pedestrians, to which all of this is wearingly familiar, paying them absolutely no attention whatsoever.
The government has now ordered the public servants back to work from January, putting an end to the pretend-to-be-working-from-home scam. That will be a blessing for the CBD inhabitants as once again it will end the insufferable bellowing from protest groups as they become scattered and broken up by the lunch-time crowds.
Today, we’re about to be inflicted by several thousand bullshit protesters who are doing it for totally bogus reasons. Their complaint is at the presentation to Parliament of ACT’s innocuous racial equality bill. Yet they’re fully aware that regardless of its merits or shortcomings, it will not be enacted, given National has said it won’t back it. But still they come, pointlessly inflicting themselves on an unwilling host.
Estimated at 10,000 in number, they represent precisely 0.020% of our nation’s population.
People who join such mass protests are simply weak-minded fashion followers. A meaningful protest is one set out in a written argument.
The big winner from the publicity accorded this rubbish is the ACT party as I have no doubt the vast majority of people subscribe to racial equality in our laws.
Maori dominate all of our negative statistics, be it crime, welfare dependency, health, unemployment, child abuse, low incomes and so on, all take note, TOTALLY SELF-INFLICTED. And all of those negatives carry a considerable financial cost to the rest of society.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the previous and indisputably worst government in our history to promote the ludicrous cult of maori-wonderfulness, be sure the average Kiwi sees that as an absurdity, flying as it did in the face of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Maoris will continue to fall behind the rest of the nation until hopefully the day arises when they finally wake to the reality that having a mindset in the past, will simply keep them there.
The Maori Party, led as it is by a cowboy hat-wearing, face-tattooed world class buffoon, would be more accurately described as the Maori Failure Party, for that is what he and his unpleasant co-leader are effectively promoting.
I’ll cheer him on should he take this nonsense to its logical next step, namely the pre-European maori practise of cannibalism.
He’s an appalling role-model for maori kids. Far better they note truly great maori achievers, such as Kiri Te Kanawa for example, and in particular the key factor in her success, namely her personal and not collective effort.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE - where this article was sourced.
9 comments:
Hi Bob. It's all true what you say.The clown show has been aired in the UK, USA, Australia and other parts to the embarrassment of ex-pats living abroad. I thought I would escape the continual Maori bitching here in Q.Land but No! Perhaps in one hundred years the blood line will be down to zero and the great grandchildren of the future will get on with their life as the rest of New Zealand. Lets hope so.
Sir Bob I like your characterisation of the Treaty Principles Bill as the “racial equality bill”. That’s exactly how I see it and why I support it.
Imagine seeing Sir Bob's comments in a MSM newspaper - now, now don't be silly (to self). Personally I'm affronted by all the eye bulging, tongues out, threatening gestures and bellowing that seems to accompany such protests. I also ask myself, what's wrong with the original TOW articles then, and secondly, why shouldn't we all be equal under the law? Why is there one special culture, separate from the rest of NZ citizenship? Might it be that there's a hint, a slight hint, that the grievance machine isn't a perpetual motion construct after all?
Same here, Anon !!
The Hikoi of Hate !!
That's the message.
And, YES - They are only 0.02% of the population !!
I am still intrigued with NZFirst stance of saying "there are NO principles in the Treaty of Waitangi" however the NZF & National coalition agreement is for a rewrite of the Treaty of Waitangi , the partnership issue and the principles . It is easy to find a copy of the Coalition agreement between National and NZF and it is disegenuous by Winston to slam ACT and diabolical that Luxon states his apalling statement of "nothing in the ACT Treaty Principles Bill he likes " Clearly he has to slam NZF as well . Hmmph
Sir Bob states that the number of people who took in today's march was 0,02% of the population. It is said that 15% oi the population has Maori blood. Go figure!
Kevan
The thing that must be remembered is the first people who came by boat and called themselves Maori, immigrated here. Thus they must be colonists like any other group who left one country to go to another.
Furthermore, all people born in NZ are indigenous to NZ and have equal rights, as in any country.
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