National has a
problem. They don’t seem to know why they were elected. It is bizarre.
In fairness, they are making good progress on some issues. But the problem is, they are making almost no progress on many of those other concerns that motivated New Zealanders to vote for change.
To see what National is failing to address, we need to look back at Labour’s record in government – and understand that powerful cabals drive the party.
In a frank interview with the Investigate Magazine, then Cabinet Minister John Tamihere revealed that in 2005, those factions were ‘women, gays, and self-serving unionists’.
He described Helen Clark’s Labour Party as “all ‘rosy’ on the outside, not the inside”.
Of the unions he said, “I can’t stand them… It’s always about threats and intimidation… They don’t deserve that level of influence. These people think in timeframes of ten to 15 years.”
Many of the country’s most powerful unions, including E tū - which also represents media, the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the Public Service Association, are still affiliated to Labour, paying them levies, writing policy, and assisting them to undermine the Coalition’s reforms.
When asked about the “machine” that existed on the ninth floor of the Beehive, John Tamihere described it as “formidable”: “It’s got activists in everything from the PPTA all the way through. Its intelligence-gathering capabilities are second to none.”
Asked, “What is the most powerful network in the Labour executive?”, he was unequivocal: “The Labour Party Wimmins Division. It’s about an anti-men agenda… Men’s problems are traditionally dealt with by the criminal justice system. Women, on the other hand, get millions of dollars… Men get nothing… My job is to talk to kiwi males who are feeling out in the cold and also to stand up against some of the PC bulls**t.”
When questioned why “social engineering” policies were so popular on the ninth floor, he responded, “Because Helen has been brutalized by people who have called her lesbian, no children and all the rest of it. Her key advisor Heather Simpson is butch, and she’s very comfortable in that world - that’s why it’s got strong legs.”
He then explained that this network had been embedded throughout the public service: “When you go through the Beehive it is infiltrated with it, in key policy and decision-making processes and the upper echelons of the ministries, and it skews things. It is an unhealthy weighting, because even if you give a policy directive they’ll skew the policy underneath you.”
Putting aside the irony that these were the words of John Tamihere, his comments made some 20 years ago still resonate today - although over those years Labour’s Maori caucus has become far more influential and radical.
The factions driving Labour were revitalised during the Ardern era. Under the guise of identity politics - a Marxist agenda which centres the struggle for social justice on the so-called ‘oppressed’ groups in society - race, gender, and sexuality were embedded throughout the public service.
Through special ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) clauses in the 2020 Public Services Act recruiting was re-directed to prioritise identity rather than merit. As a result, state institutions have been stacked with Labour activists pushing their ideological agendas – and largely ignoring Coalition directives.
In fact, a large proportion of the 19,000 additional Public Service staff recruited during the Ardern years are DEI hires.
The emergence of Labour’s He Puapua agenda to introduce tribal governance, resulted in a rapid escalation in the number of highly paid Maori managers. For example the number employed by Statistics New Zealand – an agency that signed a co-governance deal with iwi leaders to help ‘massage’ census data - rose from zero in 2017 to 26 percent in 2023, and in the Ministry of Culture and Heritage the numbers increased from zero to 29 percent.
As a result of the explosion of DEI initiatives and the embedding of the fabricated Treaty “partnership” culture throughout the state sector, the public became engulfed in a tsunami of “woke”.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Conservation, as this week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator David Round, a committed conservationist and former Law Lecturer at Canterbury University, explains:
“It is hard to believe, now, that the conservation movement was once a power in New Zealand. From the enormous popular agitation to save Lake Manapouri, all through the battles of the 1980s to protect native forests, conservation was a major political issue. The public filled large halls for pre-election meetings asking ‘Which party will save the forests?’
“Where is that public now?
“Alas, the wokesters are now in charge.”
Accusing conservation groups of “woke lobbying for Maori supremacy”, David condemns their support for the handing over of the conservation estate to tribal interests:
“Maori do not have a gene for conservation. The environmental record is clear, for example, that before the arrival of Europeans, Maori were responsible for the destruction by fire of between a third and a half of New Zealand’s original forest cover. Maori were responsible for the extermination of far more species of birds before European arrival than European settlers have eliminated since… To assume that any Maori input anywhere will be conservation-oriented is wilful blind stupidity.”
He believes conservation organisations have now become “the enemies of conservation.”
Many of the “woke” influences that emerged during Labour’s time in office - like the proliferation of DEI in the public service - were initiated by new legislation. The 2020 Education and Training Act was the vehicle used to indoctrinate children. From pre-school to tertiary level, the focus of education was transformed from academic excellence and achievement, to Maori rights and the Treaty.
With tribal leaders pressing for control of the country, Labour’s enforcement of Maori privilege didn’t stop at state agencies. All organisations that received taxpayer funding, like the media through the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund, were targeted - as were organisations that relied on the government for registration like Real Estate Agents, and charities like St John… now called “Hato Hone St John”.
To the dismay of voters, the 2023 election and change in Government has not stopped the separatists’ attempt to transform New Zealand into “Aotearoa”.
The private sector is now being attacked by activists – especially the 24,000 incorporated societies that are required to re-register with a new constitution by April 2026 as a result of Labour’s 2022 changes to the Incorporated Societies Act.
Tens of thousands of groups throughout the country are being pressured into adopting new constitutions based on the Treaty - even though Treaty obligations are the sole responsibility of the Crown not the private sector.
As a result, organisations like the New Zealand Audiological Society now has a Treaty-based constitution, which requires the indoctrination of members through anti-racism training, while the Pharmacy Council, now requires pharmacists to prioritise Maori.
InternetNZ has also been captured, not only prostrating itself before the alter of woke by declaring itself to be systemically racist, but it is seeking redemption through a proposed new constitution that will embrace co-governance with Maori activists.
Such madness could, of course, be stopped if members of these organisations simply stood together and objected as a group, but as we’ve seen with the Real Estate Institute, the majority prefer the safety of silence instead of risking their livelihoods by voicing their concerns.
The long-term impact of DEI hiring - no longer employing the best person for a job but filling identity quotas instead – is not only lowering New Zealand’s productivity performance, but it also risks tragedies when employees without the right skill set are given crucial responsibilities beyond their capability.
Furthermore, by discriminating against people on the basis of race, gender and sexuality, “woke” programmes dangerously undermine New Zealanders’ right to colourblind equality before the law.
But instead of stepping up and dealing with these growing concerns, the PM continues to turn a blind eye. And this is where National has a serious problem.
When the country tossed out Labour they did not vote for a weak Labour-lite leader. They voted for real change to remove the cancerous policies of the Ardern years.
And unfortunately for Christopher Luxon, US President Donald Trump has provided New Zealanders with a model of the sort of decisive action that can be taken to turn this situation around.
On his first day in office, the President issued an Executive Order to rescind ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’ programmes from all federal agencies, and private sector groups that contract with the government.
The President not only wanted to terminate DEI in the federal government, but the private sector as well. He wants to restore hiring on merit in the US so that Americans once again have the opportunity to go as far as their hard work, individual initiative, and competence can take them.
As a result of the President’s measures, it is now illegal in the US to hire employees based on race, gender, sexuality, or other diversity quotas.
And while National is still nowhere to be seen in this debate, last week hope did appear on the horizon in the form of Winston Peters with a Bill to remove “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” regulations from the public service.
Through the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, New Zealand First wants to ensure employment decisions are based on merit not DEI targets:
“This bill would put an end to woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector. New Zealand is a country founded on meritocracy, not on some mind-numbingly stupid ideology. The public service exists to serve New Zealanders - not to be a breeding ground for identity politics. Removing woke ‘DEI’ requirements will give the public confidence that the right person is in the right job based on their skills, not their identity.”
However, since the proposed legislation is a Private Member’s Bill, whether or not it is drawn from the Parliamentary ballot, will be a matter of chance.
But this issue is far too important to leave to chance.
Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. The NZCPR website is HERE. We also run this Breaking Views Blog and our NZCPR Facebook Group HERE.
After six years in charge, Labour had stuffed up the country. Their
incompetence was universal.
When they were kicked out of office in October 2023, inflation was raging out
of control, the economy was tanking, crime was rampant, health and education
were failing, and racial division was on the rise.
The Labour Party today is no better than it was back then. The failed ministers
are still there, with their destructive ideas on full display.
In light of all that, it is astounding that Labour rates at all in the opinion
polls. Yet they do – they are polling on a par with National.
Surely, that must send a message to National’s hierarchy that their first 18
months in office is not delivering what voters had expected.
In fairness, they are making good progress on some issues. But the problem is, they are making almost no progress on many of those other concerns that motivated New Zealanders to vote for change.
To see what National is failing to address, we need to look back at Labour’s record in government – and understand that powerful cabals drive the party.
In a frank interview with the Investigate Magazine, then Cabinet Minister John Tamihere revealed that in 2005, those factions were ‘women, gays, and self-serving unionists’.
He described Helen Clark’s Labour Party as “all ‘rosy’ on the outside, not the inside”.
Of the unions he said, “I can’t stand them… It’s always about threats and intimidation… They don’t deserve that level of influence. These people think in timeframes of ten to 15 years.”
Many of the country’s most powerful unions, including E tū - which also represents media, the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the Public Service Association, are still affiliated to Labour, paying them levies, writing policy, and assisting them to undermine the Coalition’s reforms.
When asked about the “machine” that existed on the ninth floor of the Beehive, John Tamihere described it as “formidable”: “It’s got activists in everything from the PPTA all the way through. Its intelligence-gathering capabilities are second to none.”
Asked, “What is the most powerful network in the Labour executive?”, he was unequivocal: “The Labour Party Wimmins Division. It’s about an anti-men agenda… Men’s problems are traditionally dealt with by the criminal justice system. Women, on the other hand, get millions of dollars… Men get nothing… My job is to talk to kiwi males who are feeling out in the cold and also to stand up against some of the PC bulls**t.”
When questioned why “social engineering” policies were so popular on the ninth floor, he responded, “Because Helen has been brutalized by people who have called her lesbian, no children and all the rest of it. Her key advisor Heather Simpson is butch, and she’s very comfortable in that world - that’s why it’s got strong legs.”
He then explained that this network had been embedded throughout the public service: “When you go through the Beehive it is infiltrated with it, in key policy and decision-making processes and the upper echelons of the ministries, and it skews things. It is an unhealthy weighting, because even if you give a policy directive they’ll skew the policy underneath you.”
Putting aside the irony that these were the words of John Tamihere, his comments made some 20 years ago still resonate today - although over those years Labour’s Maori caucus has become far more influential and radical.
The factions driving Labour were revitalised during the Ardern era. Under the guise of identity politics - a Marxist agenda which centres the struggle for social justice on the so-called ‘oppressed’ groups in society - race, gender, and sexuality were embedded throughout the public service.
Through special ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) clauses in the 2020 Public Services Act recruiting was re-directed to prioritise identity rather than merit. As a result, state institutions have been stacked with Labour activists pushing their ideological agendas – and largely ignoring Coalition directives.
In fact, a large proportion of the 19,000 additional Public Service staff recruited during the Ardern years are DEI hires.
The emergence of Labour’s He Puapua agenda to introduce tribal governance, resulted in a rapid escalation in the number of highly paid Maori managers. For example the number employed by Statistics New Zealand – an agency that signed a co-governance deal with iwi leaders to help ‘massage’ census data - rose from zero in 2017 to 26 percent in 2023, and in the Ministry of Culture and Heritage the numbers increased from zero to 29 percent.
As a result of the explosion of DEI initiatives and the embedding of the fabricated Treaty “partnership” culture throughout the state sector, the public became engulfed in a tsunami of “woke”.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Conservation, as this week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator David Round, a committed conservationist and former Law Lecturer at Canterbury University, explains:
“It is hard to believe, now, that the conservation movement was once a power in New Zealand. From the enormous popular agitation to save Lake Manapouri, all through the battles of the 1980s to protect native forests, conservation was a major political issue. The public filled large halls for pre-election meetings asking ‘Which party will save the forests?’
“Where is that public now?
“Alas, the wokesters are now in charge.”
Accusing conservation groups of “woke lobbying for Maori supremacy”, David condemns their support for the handing over of the conservation estate to tribal interests:
“Maori do not have a gene for conservation. The environmental record is clear, for example, that before the arrival of Europeans, Maori were responsible for the destruction by fire of between a third and a half of New Zealand’s original forest cover. Maori were responsible for the extermination of far more species of birds before European arrival than European settlers have eliminated since… To assume that any Maori input anywhere will be conservation-oriented is wilful blind stupidity.”
He believes conservation organisations have now become “the enemies of conservation.”
Many of the “woke” influences that emerged during Labour’s time in office - like the proliferation of DEI in the public service - were initiated by new legislation. The 2020 Education and Training Act was the vehicle used to indoctrinate children. From pre-school to tertiary level, the focus of education was transformed from academic excellence and achievement, to Maori rights and the Treaty.
With tribal leaders pressing for control of the country, Labour’s enforcement of Maori privilege didn’t stop at state agencies. All organisations that received taxpayer funding, like the media through the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund, were targeted - as were organisations that relied on the government for registration like Real Estate Agents, and charities like St John… now called “Hato Hone St John”.
To the dismay of voters, the 2023 election and change in Government has not stopped the separatists’ attempt to transform New Zealand into “Aotearoa”.
The private sector is now being attacked by activists – especially the 24,000 incorporated societies that are required to re-register with a new constitution by April 2026 as a result of Labour’s 2022 changes to the Incorporated Societies Act.
Tens of thousands of groups throughout the country are being pressured into adopting new constitutions based on the Treaty - even though Treaty obligations are the sole responsibility of the Crown not the private sector.
As a result, organisations like the New Zealand Audiological Society now has a Treaty-based constitution, which requires the indoctrination of members through anti-racism training, while the Pharmacy Council, now requires pharmacists to prioritise Maori.
InternetNZ has also been captured, not only prostrating itself before the alter of woke by declaring itself to be systemically racist, but it is seeking redemption through a proposed new constitution that will embrace co-governance with Maori activists.
Such madness could, of course, be stopped if members of these organisations simply stood together and objected as a group, but as we’ve seen with the Real Estate Institute, the majority prefer the safety of silence instead of risking their livelihoods by voicing their concerns.
The long-term impact of DEI hiring - no longer employing the best person for a job but filling identity quotas instead – is not only lowering New Zealand’s productivity performance, but it also risks tragedies when employees without the right skill set are given crucial responsibilities beyond their capability.
Furthermore, by discriminating against people on the basis of race, gender and sexuality, “woke” programmes dangerously undermine New Zealanders’ right to colourblind equality before the law.
But instead of stepping up and dealing with these growing concerns, the PM continues to turn a blind eye. And this is where National has a serious problem.
When the country tossed out Labour they did not vote for a weak Labour-lite leader. They voted for real change to remove the cancerous policies of the Ardern years.
And unfortunately for Christopher Luxon, US President Donald Trump has provided New Zealanders with a model of the sort of decisive action that can be taken to turn this situation around.
On his first day in office, the President issued an Executive Order to rescind ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’ programmes from all federal agencies, and private sector groups that contract with the government.
The President not only wanted to terminate DEI in the federal government, but the private sector as well. He wants to restore hiring on merit in the US so that Americans once again have the opportunity to go as far as their hard work, individual initiative, and competence can take them.
As a result of the President’s measures, it is now illegal in the US to hire employees based on race, gender, sexuality, or other diversity quotas.
And while National is still nowhere to be seen in this debate, last week hope did appear on the horizon in the form of Winston Peters with a Bill to remove “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” regulations from the public service.
Through the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, New Zealand First wants to ensure employment decisions are based on merit not DEI targets:
“This bill would put an end to woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector. New Zealand is a country founded on meritocracy, not on some mind-numbingly stupid ideology. The public service exists to serve New Zealanders - not to be a breeding ground for identity politics. Removing woke ‘DEI’ requirements will give the public confidence that the right person is in the right job based on their skills, not their identity.”
However, since the proposed legislation is a Private Member’s Bill, whether or not it is drawn from the Parliamentary ballot, will be a matter of chance.
But this issue is far too important to leave to chance.
The point is
this: an extremist agenda that was put in place by Jacinda Ardern is now being
rolled out across the country, ‘capturing’ private sector organisations and
forcing them to become agents of radical indoctrination - pushing the
race-based lies that Maori did not cede sovereignty, that New Zealanders are
racist, and that tribal leaders are in partnership with the Crown.
Yet the Coalition, which we elected to protect us from this madness and rid the
country of such dangerous propaganda is standing by and doing nothing.
Is it any wonder Kiwis are feeling disillusioned.
What National needs to do now is adapt the New Zealand Fist Bill as Government
legislation to end the tsunami of woke and finally get New Zealand back on
track.
Furthermore, by once again making it against the law to discriminate on the
basis of race, gender or sexuality, this legislation would progress one of the
Coalition’s most Important objectives: “reverse measures taken in recent years
which have eroded the principle of equal citizenship.”
National needs to take stock of why Labour failed, if it is to avoid the same
fate. And they need to do this quickly - before their credibility is sucked
into a vortex from which Christopher Luxon will find it difficult to recover.
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15 comments:
An excellent summation.
Thank you.
The inadvertent typo, 'NZ Fist Bill' actually encouraged me to think that opposition to 'wokeness' can only be achieved through a strong punch to the political goolies.
The problem with this summary is that voters aren't continuing to support the causes they voted for in 2023. If that was the case, the National voters would be supporting ACT and NZ First,
Instead, they are going over to the destructive left wing parties that caused all those problems. They just look at what they can buy, and if they think they are entitled to more, they vote for a change of government in the hope they will improve things.
What I don't get is if Kiwis are "feeling disillusioned" about National's unwillingness to tackle anything to do with racial privilege then why are they going back to Labour? Why aren't they flocking to either ACT or NZFirst who are the only parties putting forward Bills to change things?
I can only assume that the swing voters who ultimately decide every election are either ignorant of Labour's past and present racist policies (they must all watch TVNZ news), or apathetic towards them, or just bloody stupid!
Maybe it's all three.
Many people use polls to send a message to the govt - "if you keep doing what you're doing I'm gonna vote for the other lot next time" - without intending to actually do so. This is one of the dozen or so reasons why we shouldn't take polls taken a long time before the next election too seriously.
From talking to people i find most are unaware of matters such as professional and trade bodies being required to follow a treaty agenda, the war on free speech in education and central and local govt , the journalism fund with conditions and it goes on . If it is not in Stuff NZme, TV 1 and 3 it is not happening . Push it too far and they think you are one of those disinfo people they were warned about .
A great summation, Muriel. Regrettably DeeM, a fairly large proportion of the NZ populous are indeed, apathetic, ignorant, racist, and/or stupid. Just look at the damage to the country in recent years and the percentage that still persistently vote Labour, the Greens, or TPM.
And Muriel's mention of John Tamihere was apt - evidencing a chap who has over the intervening years more than 'transitioned and adapted' to the 'opportunities' that have presented. His latest achievements rather well summarised by a commentator here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXlho10te_0&lc=UgyZ8C2_0KVfm9qjn394AaABAg
I agree. this is an excellent summation.
However, on its own, will do nothing to avoid an election loss next year.
I we don’t want all the good work that Winston Peters, David Seymour and others are doing to be wasted, then we must focus on actions resulting in changes to the National Party leadership that will deliver a change in Government direction. Luxon must go and be replaced by a PM who is fearless in the face of threats to our sovereignty.
I would be happy to see the Coalition partners make a decision in favour of the best person for the job - either David Seymour or Winston .
Although both would have to support the Treaty Principles Bill becoming law or at least promote a referendum on the issue at the nearest opportunity ie: during the next general election campaign.
I have no doubt that, should the Coalition politicians be brave enough to seriously explore this option, their waning support would be reversed almost immediately.
Surely they must realise the future of this government is in their hands.
It is all three!
It would be nice if the NZCPR actually offered help and guidance on how to fight such things rather than just complaining about them. As a member of one of the aforementioned organisations I did ask, but no-one seems interested in actually helping.
PS: Many of the members of these organisations pushing these agendas do so because they believe that they are doing something good. A big part of the problem is the failure of previous generations, including Muriel's to instil correct values and beliefs into their children and teach them the real history of New Zealand. But instead you sent them to public school and let their minds be formed by radicals. We reap what you have failed to sow.
NZ is fooked, welcome to Aotearoastan.....well anyone who is left and that includes many, many maori that will leave for Australia because they too do not want to live under the yoke of race theory writ large.
Disasters occur in various ways. But concrete action is becoming daily more urgent.
Actual protest by the 83% carries a particular risk - i.e. the turn out might be insufficient - so, any protest event would be a flop. The MSM would crow about this! NZers are hard to read: are they apathetic ? or do they prefer to give their view at the next election?
However, noone can deny that the crossroads are coming soon: radical Maori/Iwi have made their goal very clear. i.e. tribal rule. Up to NZers to react and resist to maintain their ( currently shaky) first world status.
People should be very angry with Luxon - any PM who refuses to give the people a referendum on democracy is a very special type of leader.
Anon@4.39 religion, McDonalds and those fractional ancestry Treaty subjects have all well-appreciated the maxim: "get them while they're young" and the other: "give me the child and I'll give you than man." Too many apathetic, ignorant and stupid NZrs have been sleeping while this cancer has spread. And unless you're in the elite Rangatira league, you're just another useful idiot and you'd be better to leave as anon@6.08 suggests.
PM Luxon, do you have any clue as to what's going on in NZ, or are you more interested to press the flesh and pat the back of A-listers?
Dr Newman and her readers live echo-chambers of which this is one. Counter-voices on the NZCPR Facebook page are blocked. You don't get new supporters by saying the same thing repeatedly and at great length. You just bed in the supporters you have, and make others' eyes glaze over. People in general don't feel that Maori are the enemy: they have other things to worry about.
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