In an extraordinary act of tone deafness they’ve decided if you are brown, or presumably merely identify as Māori or a person of the Pacific, you can get a discount price for a music festival on January 26th called Waves.
The cheapest tickets, available to those of all skin colours or racial ethnicity, are the buy early variety. They’re $15. Missing that deadline means you pay $20 if you’re brown – or say you are – and $30 if you’re a bulk standard white person.
So a millionaire brown person like say, oh John Tamihere, or his high earning Te Tai Tonga MP Takuta Ferris, gets a cheaper price than an unemployed white person.
That’s really fair isn’t it?
It’s also highly patronizing on the part of this Brown Town outfit. The reason for the price difference between brown and white people is because of “systematic inequalities that have historically impacted Māori and Pacific communities.”
What Brown Town seem to be saying is that all brown people are poor and need a cheaper ticket. What tosh. There are hundreds of thousands of affluent brown people who don’t need a cheaper ticket just because of their skin colour or who their ancestors were. Just like there are hundreds of thousands of white people who are poor and could do with a bit of a subsidy to an event like this.
When Brown Town trot out the excuse about how tiered pricing is common at many events for students and pensioners and other economic groups, they’re ignoring the basic premise.
To discriminate against a group of people on the basis of their skin colour or ethnicity is illegal in this country. It is now in the statute books – the Human Rights Act – but it has always been the morally correct way for people to behave.
Brown Town have now changed the wording in their marketing material. The cheap tickets are still for those who buy early. But the reality is despite some fancy word changes the pricing structure still discriminates. The ticket for “Alofa” is $20 and for “Ally” is $30. That translates to whitey having to cough up $10 more than brownie.
WE DON’T DO THAT IN NEW ZEALAND.
The reaction of government agencies supposedly overseeing this fiasco has been pathetic.
The Human Rights Commission says its received complaints but can’t tell us what they are because of the Privacy Act.
Sigh.
Then a spokesperson says this: “The commission also can’t make findings or decide if the law has been breached.”
Well find someone who can – like the police.
And just to prove how stupid the HRC is we had this doozy.
“It’s our understanding that the ticketing structure to this event was amended this morning.”
No it wasn’t. The ticketing structure is exactly the same. Only the fancy ways to describe brown and white people has been changed.
Creative New Zealand’s Dinah Vincent doesn’t want to face reality either.
“Many events have tiered ticket pricing, named in ways that reflect the organisation, the event and the target audience.”
Except Dinah dear, we don’t discriminate against people because of race, ethnicity or skin colour. That’s ILLEGAL.
Neither has the new Race Relations Commissioner made an auspicious start.
“While recognising the event organisers were well-intentioned in aiming to increase accessibility for their communities, there are alternative, non-discriminatory avenues which could also achieve the same outcome without the risk of perpetuating negative stereotypes about particular communities.”
Melissa Derby should stop being an academic and learn to speak English.
Something like: “this ticket pricing discriminates against a group of people based on their race. That’s not allowed and the ticket price categories must change.”
The event has already had to shift from its original venue because the owners of that place, Muy Muy, didn’t want anything to do with such blatant discrimination.
Currently Waves is on at a venue TBA. But the illegal and racist ticket pricing still continues.
If you want racial disharmony in this country separatist policies like this are just the ticket – unless you get the early bird special.
Peter Williams was a writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines. Peter blogs regularly on Peter’s Substack - where this article was sourced.
So a millionaire brown person like say, oh John Tamihere, or his high earning Te Tai Tonga MP Takuta Ferris, gets a cheaper price than an unemployed white person.
That’s really fair isn’t it?
It’s also highly patronizing on the part of this Brown Town outfit. The reason for the price difference between brown and white people is because of “systematic inequalities that have historically impacted Māori and Pacific communities.”
What Brown Town seem to be saying is that all brown people are poor and need a cheaper ticket. What tosh. There are hundreds of thousands of affluent brown people who don’t need a cheaper ticket just because of their skin colour or who their ancestors were. Just like there are hundreds of thousands of white people who are poor and could do with a bit of a subsidy to an event like this.
When Brown Town trot out the excuse about how tiered pricing is common at many events for students and pensioners and other economic groups, they’re ignoring the basic premise.
To discriminate against a group of people on the basis of their skin colour or ethnicity is illegal in this country. It is now in the statute books – the Human Rights Act – but it has always been the morally correct way for people to behave.
Brown Town have now changed the wording in their marketing material. The cheap tickets are still for those who buy early. But the reality is despite some fancy word changes the pricing structure still discriminates. The ticket for “Alofa” is $20 and for “Ally” is $30. That translates to whitey having to cough up $10 more than brownie.
WE DON’T DO THAT IN NEW ZEALAND.
The reaction of government agencies supposedly overseeing this fiasco has been pathetic.
The Human Rights Commission says its received complaints but can’t tell us what they are because of the Privacy Act.
Sigh.
Then a spokesperson says this: “The commission also can’t make findings or decide if the law has been breached.”
Well find someone who can – like the police.
And just to prove how stupid the HRC is we had this doozy.
“It’s our understanding that the ticketing structure to this event was amended this morning.”
No it wasn’t. The ticketing structure is exactly the same. Only the fancy ways to describe brown and white people has been changed.
Creative New Zealand’s Dinah Vincent doesn’t want to face reality either.
“Many events have tiered ticket pricing, named in ways that reflect the organisation, the event and the target audience.”
Except Dinah dear, we don’t discriminate against people because of race, ethnicity or skin colour. That’s ILLEGAL.
Neither has the new Race Relations Commissioner made an auspicious start.
“While recognising the event organisers were well-intentioned in aiming to increase accessibility for their communities, there are alternative, non-discriminatory avenues which could also achieve the same outcome without the risk of perpetuating negative stereotypes about particular communities.”
Melissa Derby should stop being an academic and learn to speak English.
Something like: “this ticket pricing discriminates against a group of people based on their race. That’s not allowed and the ticket price categories must change.”
The event has already had to shift from its original venue because the owners of that place, Muy Muy, didn’t want anything to do with such blatant discrimination.
Currently Waves is on at a venue TBA. But the illegal and racist ticket pricing still continues.
If you want racial disharmony in this country separatist policies like this are just the ticket – unless you get the early bird special.
Peter Williams was a writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines. Peter blogs regularly on Peter’s Substack - where this article was sourced.
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And what would the headlines be screaming if for instance, NZSO concerts were advertised as more expensive for brown people ?
SUPREME COURT. TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1847. IMPORTANT CASE. WAIVER OF THE CROWN'S RIGHT OF PREEMPTION—TREATY OF WAITANGI.
During this case, the plaintive argued that, “The English version of the Treaty of Waitangi was not correctly translated, or did not agree with the native version”.
The Attorney General (representing the defendant) without expressing any opinion as to the character of the English version of the treaty, would contend himself with replying that it having been agreed to upon the record that, “On the argument on the demurrer the Treaty of Waitangi as translated in papers relative to New Zealand, printed by order of the House of Commons, 1st May, 1841, shall be taken to be the true version of the said treaty”.
This false, fake, fraudulent Freeman’s English version of the treaty has been used to introduce apartheid legislation into New Zealand, spawned $Billion Iwi corporations, the 2040 he puapua blueprint to create a retribalized third world state controlled by a rentier elite, and the “brown town” generation.
While this “Freeman fraud” dictates race relations in New Zealand (political divide and rule trick) the thermostat will continue to be turned up.
Extremely disappointing reaction from Melissa Derby of our so-called Human Rights Commission. Alofa vs Ally is no improvement on Browntown’s first attempt at blatant race-based discrimination.
just googled who they are and what they do and can't imagine many non Maori/Pacifica people will want to attend anyway.
How many times does it have to be said to how many people?
If you can flip it from one colour to another and it sounds racist, it is racist.
Browntown are clearly active racists and the HRC/Police need to see this is an intentional brech of the law and act upon it otherwise this type of cancer in these type of humans only gather speed.
It's clearly black and white that Brown Town have no idea what racism means.
These ethnic regressive progressives are a glimpse of life under co-governance, or worse, life under full part-Maori control.
Anyone with a smidgen of decency and fairness take note.
They already divide everyone into two groups Peter. Tangata whenua who are the people of the land and tangata tiriti, who are non-maori 2nd class people, who are alliowed to live here by the tangata whenua. The kids are all being taught this in schools and uni's and the maori party and the greens use these terms all the time. I recently saw a video of a uni student saying how she was tangata tiriti. It's quite similar to the brainwashing of the german people prior to ww2. The guy running this festival may have been taught that this is how things should be done.
Someone should be looking at ACC's policy regarding cultural safety that requires all providers to work towards equity of outcome for Maori and provide evidence of their efforts towards this upon request or face cancellation of their provider contract.
https://www.acc.co.nz/for-providers/provide-services/cultural-safety-and-competencies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXHBNcrXrbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyfTiTtp7oo
Peter, great work highlighting these real racists. While not wanting to lower ourselves down to browntowns level aided by the toxic racists on the far left, we need to continue the fight against these insidious types. I'm guessing anon @ 10.01 is one of these types who won't face reality or the truth well.
The nonsense being talked about here typifies mao-marxist thinking. Neo-marxism is built on the premise that all history is explained by group X sitting and shitting on group Y - it focuses exclusively on vertical power relations and inequalities. The 'solutions' put forward reflect that simplicism = all members of group X are assumed to be 'powerful' while all members of group Y are assumed to be 'powerless'. So ANY member of group X must be 'punished' while ANY member of group Y should be 'recompensed'. The real world is, of course, rather more complex as it mostly involves horizontal relationships rather than vertical ones.
I see a distinct pink being added to the clarity of being one people. How much longer before it turns blood red?
Kevan
Hello Barend Vlaardingerbroek - can I safely assume that your non sensical diatribe has the approach of a Socialist?
My thoughts, having read past posted comments by you and now this one, that you have an academic background?
My association with former People of South Africa (White) informs me, that what they have observed since 2016 - is NZ is heading toward a South African style Country (as currently run by the corrupt ANC) - to which many of our current Radical Maori Elite have studied plus that of Zimbabwe as run by the late Robt Mugabe, to which I am informed that there has been visitation by Maori to that Country during the " reign " of Robt M.
In both Countries, I have mentioned, note that the White Population left - if they did not they ended up dead - and there has been via YouTube many videos on this subject.
Please also note that the current Radical issues, more by Maori than other NZ Citizens, is being led by the " Wealthy, elite" who
are using by extension their Kin to be the " mob howling at the moon ".
Now this " tactic " relates to a subject i have interest in - Russia from 1916 and how " the then elite " used the "mob" to achieve an ends to a means. I am sure that with your European background you will know this only to well.
Just like the KGB using the " Red Brigade " in West Germany to under mine the then developing Government - to which the name Vladimir Putin seems to surface - as that shadow in the background - again sound familiar?
What you need to review is - how the elite of Maoridom are using their people to achieve and end, but when you look closely who the elite are then ask yourself - " what do they do, or have they done for their own People in last 100 years"?
Again I use the growth of Russia 1916 onward, and the years under Putin, my point being - Russian (from which comes the Marxist, Socialist, Communist thinking) and the elite and their personal direction & lifestyles against the normal citizen (who are unlikely to holiday in the South of France or own a Super Yacht) and what the elite of the ANC have done, for themselves, but not for any other tribe that dwells in South Africa.
Maoridom are heading in the same direction and i will equate Willie Jackson to Trotsky & John Tamihere to Lenin - again sound familiar?
Peter (and others), there's no point complaining about stuff like this, unless you were genuinely intending to go to "Brown Town" (the name should give it away), it'll get you nowhere. Save your breath and focus your energy on more productive 'protests.' In this type of situation, the answer is simple: if you're white, just don't go. The organisers will lose heaps of money...that'll teach 'em!
Anon 555, you have it completely arse about tit. No, I am not a socialist. Yes, I am an academic, but I can't for the life of me work out the relevance of your commentary to anything I have said here. I don't think you understand half the words I use. It makes any discussion rather difficult.
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