In both New Zealand and Australia, the push to "reframe" ANZAC Day has crept in like a fog—slow, deliberate, and carefully disguised as "inclusion." Suddenly, it’s not enough to honour the dead. No, now you need to tick the reconciliation box, perform the required cultural rites, and endure the guilt-laden sermons before the Last Post even sounds. And if you raise an eyebrow? Clearly, you're a bigot. Just ask today’s media in Melbourne—quick to smear anyone who dared boo the Welcome to Country as a neo-Nazi, rather than consider that maybe, just maybe, people are fed up with the politicisation of sacred ground.
The real insult isn’t the booing—it’s hijacking ANZAC Day to push a narrative. It's turning a day meant to unite into one that subtly divides. People didn’t show up to be re-educated—they came to remember. But don’t expect the media to reflect on that. Easier to wave the outrage flag than admit the obvious: that the crowd wasn’t rejecting culture, they were rejecting politics where it doesn’t belong.
Steven Mark Gaskell is a patriotic New Zealander. His comments were sourced from Facebook.
The real insult isn’t the booing—it’s hijacking ANZAC Day to push a narrative. It's turning a day meant to unite into one that subtly divides. People didn’t show up to be re-educated—they came to remember. But don’t expect the media to reflect on that. Easier to wave the outrage flag than admit the obvious: that the crowd wasn’t rejecting culture, they were rejecting politics where it doesn’t belong.
Steven Mark Gaskell is a patriotic New Zealander. His comments were sourced from Facebook.
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The Melbourne protest was led by a known neo-Nazi, Jacob Hersant, famous for attacking hikers, and then giving the Nazi salute after his conviction, saying that he was a "Hitler soldier.' Australian indigenous soldiers fought in both world wars but weren't included in the land grant scheme open to war veterans. Writing here as an Australian.
Spot on!
Bravo for the Aussies who rubbished the abo. waffle at an Anzac service. Elevating abo. to revered level was the last thing on the mind of WW1 and 2 soldiers. it is not what they gave their lives for. I used to attend the local Anzac service until the local Island band ceased to attend (and play onward Christian soldiers and other rousing albeit questionable tunes ). I turned my back when diatribes in te reo commenced. Much is made of the sacrifice of maori soldiers. Bur they stood to lose more than others. Neither the Germans or Japs if victorious would have treated them reverently. And although few soldiers twigged, far primarily from Empire pride and continuance, maori were encouraged by their elders who foresaw opportunity for race based favouritism in the future, as now.
Er, in the above, swap "discourse "for "diatribe". (One reason I do not enthuse about te reo, is that I have not mastered English yet)
I tuned into TV1 to view the national Anzac Day service. I tuned out again after eight minutes of Maori commentary from the so-called host, and Maori rituals from the official group that had nothing to do with the purpose of the occasion. So much for this Government's commitment to the values of the majority culture. It begs the question of why Nicola Willis was even allowed on the podium.
The media deliberately focused on the Nazi, which I have no time for , but others joined in as the point is don't mix your politics on ANZAC Day. The organisers were wrong to give this activist time on the podium to voiced his ideology, when it's about all ANZACs.
I thought as much. Last year Christchurchs dawn service was so full of wokery that this year I stayed away.
Even playing Maori version of God Defend New Zealand , ahead of thd English version pisses me off - it amazes me that so many young Kiwis are so indoctrinated that they know all the te reo words
I've been angry for years about the lies that the Maori 28th Battlion won the Western Desert campaign with only a little help from the rest of the 8th Army.
Then there was all the trouble they caused in Italy with their irresponsible behavior.
Lest we forget.
In reality, Maori enjoy a good fight (obviously even more today), and delighted in the WW2 killing and destruction.
Not many joined in at the Melbourne event. Anyway looks as if site managers trawled Fb for blokes whingeing about Maori, nominated them patriotic NZers , and slapped their stuff up. A bit lazy.
In that regard, it is " mission fully accomplished" for these young people as future Left wing voters.
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