There is only one race: the human race. Despite endless attempts to divide us by skin colour, tribe, whakapapa, or identity labels, the truth is that all human beings share mixed origins. No individual on this Earth today is of pure lineage, nor can any group claim uninterrupted ancestral sovereignty without ignoring the vast, chaotic interbreeding and migration that has defined humanity for tens of thousands of years. Whether you go back 200 years or 200,000, what you find is movement, merging, mating, conflict, survival — and no clear dividing lines.
Even modern science is divided. Theories include evolution, intelligent design, the Big Bang, ancient astronaut hypotheses, parallel dimensions, and everything in between. Humanity has been linked to apes, aliens, cavemen, hollow-Earth civilisations, and celestial folklore such as the Seven Sisters star cluster (also known as Subaru, Pleiades, Matariki). The point is not which theory is true — the point is no single explanation is universally accepted, and likely never will be. Therefore, the law should not be written to reflect one group’s cosmology, ancestry, or metaphysical story over another.
This uncertainty is the one truth we can agree on: the origins of humanity are utterly unknown. When faced with such ambiguity, the only fair legal framework is one that recognises no spiritual, ancestral, or racial authority — just shared citizenship, equal rights, and evidence-based governance. To embed any origin myth — be it tribal, colonial, religious, or cosmic — into law is to privilege one human story over all others. That is discrimination dressed as tradition.
Legal identity must not be inherited. It must not be awarded based on surname, skin tone, blood quantum, or spiritual belief. Every New Zealander must be treated equally under law, regardless of which version of history they believe or reject. No one knows where humanity truly began, and that’s precisely why secularism is essential. Only a secular framework treats all people — and all their theories — with equal indifference under law.
This uncertainty is the one truth we can agree on: the origins of humanity are utterly unknown. When faced with such ambiguity, the only fair legal framework is one that recognises no spiritual, ancestral, or racial authority — just shared citizenship, equal rights, and evidence-based governance. To embed any origin myth — be it tribal, colonial, religious, or cosmic — into law is to privilege one human story over all others. That is discrimination dressed as tradition.
Legal identity must not be inherited. It must not be awarded based on surname, skin tone, blood quantum, or spiritual belief. Every New Zealander must be treated equally under law, regardless of which version of history they believe or reject. No one knows where humanity truly began, and that’s precisely why secularism is essential. Only a secular framework treats all people — and all their theories — with equal indifference under law.
2 comments:
Labour says: " we agree to disagree about sovereignty."
This is outrageous.
Sounds like a speech for David Seymour that will sadly never be shared through nzs msm
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