JD: Questions You Won’t Hear the MSM Asking Any Time Soon

Guest post on The Good Oil by JD

Question for Chloë Swarbrick:

Given that the Green Party has been infiltrated by a group of anti-semitic, keffiyeh-wearing supporters of the terrorist organisation Hamas and has shifted so far left as to be indistinguishable from a communist party, do you think there is now a place in NZ politics for a new, more centrist political party to return to grass roots with a primary focus on environmental issues?

Question for Climate Change Minister Simon Watts and/or Chris Luxon:

Given that NZ’s renewed and increased commitment to reducing NZ emissions under the Paris Agreement (which Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw, in a fit of virtue-signalling braggadocio, signed us up for in 2021 shortly before fleeing the political scene and leaving the rest of us to carry the can) are projected to cost NZ somewhere between $24 and $48 billion in the purchase of offshore ‘climate/carbon credits’, whilst, at the same time, decimating the farming sector that generates much of NZ’s wealth, is it time to admit these inflated commitments are unaffordable madness?

And in addition, without the USA, China and India as signatories, should we also recognise that the Paris Agreement isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on and withdraw from it before it buries NZ under crippling debts for zero effect on worldwide emissions?

Question for Chris Hipkins:

Given that a vote for Labour in the next election will also be seen as an enabler for the rabid racists of Te Pāti Māori to enter government and gain legislative powers enabling them to further the aims of He Puapua and introduce a system of apartheid into NZ, how are you planning to distance Labour from that perception?

Question for Debbie Ngarewa-Packer:

If Te Pāti Māori does get into government at some future date and introduces legislation to create a separate Māori parliament, what level of Māori ancestry will be necessary to qualify as a candidate and, given that you are only part Māori, do you think you will be allowed to take a seat in that parliament?

Question for John Tamihere:

Given that you have been able to parley your control over the Waipareira Trust and its subsidiaries into significant personal gain, including salaries paid to yourself and your wife that add up to more than one million dollars per year, what do you say to urban Māori, the supposed focus of this charitable institution, living at or below the poverty line in south Auckland, who might think your levels of wealth and the money you have made from your involvement with Waipareira are excessive?

Question for Dr Caren Fox, chair of the Waitangi Tribunal:

How do you respond to the recent comments by Dr Michael Bassett where he asserted that Tribunal members are not salaried but only get paid hourly fees when they are actively involved as members of a tribunal panel adjudicating on a particular claim or grievance issue?

Consequently, Tribunal members, seeking to guarantee themselves the equivalent of full-time employment, are committed to ensuring that the number of claims under review proliferate, with the attendant and additional income fees that this generates, by broadening the scope of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to accept a multitude of claims unrelated to the original intentions under which the Tribunal was established.

And you, as chair, choose which members of the Tribunal will participate in any particular panel (usually consisting of between two and seven people) and you deliberately select each set of panelists, based on full knowledge of their political leanings, thus practically pre-determining the findings of that panel in regard to each claim or grievance.