Check out the four members of the review panel:
1. Chair is David Cochrane, lawyer former member of the Waitangi Tribunal and part of a review of the Tribunal also.
2. Marama Royal, former public servant, chair or member of several Maori and community trusts and boards including Ngati Whatua Orakei Trust.
3. John Walters, lawyer, former director of several government and private companies and a Treaty of Waitangi settlements negotiator.
4. James Christmas, lawyer, former senior adviser to Attorney General Chris Finlayson and adviser to John Key and Bill English. He co authored the book Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa NZ with Finlayson.
Is it just me? Or does this not look like an objective review panel. Anything that mentions Finlayson is anathema to many.
Source: Facebook
One Vote. One Standard. One Chance – Say NO to Divided Local Councils - Steven Mark Gaskell
Time is Running Out—Don’t Let Them Decide for You
A binding referendum on Māori wards and constituencies is heading our way, and if you care about accountable, neighbourhood-based local governance, now is the time to act.
Since 2021, several councils established Māori wards without asking the public now, the law gives you a chance to have your say. This vote isn’t just symbolic; it will lock in the future structure of your local council for 2028 and 2031. Don’t let an unelected minority reshape local representation without real community approval visit www.vote.nz and register today to vote in the referendum!
Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Council.
This isn’t about race it’s about democracy. A “no” vote ensures all citizens, regardless of background, have equal footing in local government through neighbourhood representation. Delay means giving control to Wellington and activist agendas rather than local communities.
The clock's ticking register now at. www.vote.nz. encourage your friends and family to do the same, and show up at the ballot box this election. Small town decisions deserve broad community buy-in, not narrow identity politics.
Source: Facebook
Tribal elite's magic - Steven Mark Gaskell
It’s truly inspiring how Te Pāti Māori has mastered the art of identity marketing just shout “sovereignty” loud enough, wrap it in some protest flags, and suddenly a whole new generation of disaffected, state funded radicals is born.
Never mind that many are proudly racist against New Zealand itself as long as they throw a fist in the air and chant something in te reo, it’s all forgiven.
The real magic? Convincing brainwashed underclass Māori voters that handing more power to unelected tribal elites will somehow liberate them from the very system those elites thrive in.
It’s not policy it’s performance art, and the audience is paying for their own tickets.
Source: Facebook
3. John Walters, lawyer, former director of several government and private companies and a Treaty of Waitangi settlements negotiator.
4. James Christmas, lawyer, former senior adviser to Attorney General Chris Finlayson and adviser to John Key and Bill English. He co authored the book Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa NZ with Finlayson.
Is it just me? Or does this not look like an objective review panel. Anything that mentions Finlayson is anathema to many.
Source: Facebook
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One Vote. One Standard. One Chance – Say NO to Divided Local Councils - Steven Mark Gaskell
Time is Running Out—Don’t Let Them Decide for You
A binding referendum on Māori wards and constituencies is heading our way, and if you care about accountable, neighbourhood-based local governance, now is the time to act.
Since 2021, several councils established Māori wards without asking the public now, the law gives you a chance to have your say. This vote isn’t just symbolic; it will lock in the future structure of your local council for 2028 and 2031. Don’t let an unelected minority reshape local representation without real community approval visit www.vote.nz and register today to vote in the referendum!
Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Council.
This isn’t about race it’s about democracy. A “no” vote ensures all citizens, regardless of background, have equal footing in local government through neighbourhood representation. Delay means giving control to Wellington and activist agendas rather than local communities.
The clock's ticking register now at. www.vote.nz. encourage your friends and family to do the same, and show up at the ballot box this election. Small town decisions deserve broad community buy-in, not narrow identity politics.
Source: Facebook
***********************************
Tribal elite's magic - Steven Mark Gaskell
It’s truly inspiring how Te Pāti Māori has mastered the art of identity marketing just shout “sovereignty” loud enough, wrap it in some protest flags, and suddenly a whole new generation of disaffected, state funded radicals is born.
Never mind that many are proudly racist against New Zealand itself as long as they throw a fist in the air and chant something in te reo, it’s all forgiven.
The real magic? Convincing brainwashed underclass Māori voters that handing more power to unelected tribal elites will somehow liberate them from the very system those elites thrive in.
It’s not policy it’s performance art, and the audience is paying for their own tickets.
Source: Facebook
5 comments:
Expect a whitewash in regard the Treaty legislation review. The Waitangi Tribunal has shown its bias so one wouldn’t expect anything new from David Cochrane for a start. And has Marama Royal been party to initiating existing legislation?
Regarding the Treaty Clauses Review Panel: I would agree, what on earth is Finlayson doing on this panel? Totally inappropriate considering he has always consistently acted for part-Maori interests. Surely they have other qualified people who would be impartial? Another reason not to vote National. I think they are having their voters on.
Janine, you may have misread it - I don't think Finlayson is on the panel?
The Treaty reference review group seems to have or had a lot of skin in the game. They will not be popular if they seriously dent the gravy train industry, so will not. All views and attitudes will presumably find a way back to maori insurgency coordinators, a serious inhibitor of frank discussion.
Re the vote for maori wards, except in maori majority areas, if given the general coordinated opposition warranted, I am sure an overwhelming vote against separate maori wards would ensue. But coordinated opposition is likely to be very limited. Not many are in a position to devote the effort. And very few dare risk cancellation. A national campaign on the scale warranted is likely beyond Hobsons Pledge and similar. Besides the captured m.s.m dismiss their efforts and turn many against, whilst supporting maori. Individuals and firms everywhere are effectively countered by the artful threat of cancellation and of utu. Maori have the advantage of their vast state subsidised networks of insurgency coordination centres (marae), kapa haka, te reo, kura. And a myriad lightly occupied available and motivated "workers" 'in the "by maori for maori" assistance sinecures and students of maori studies propoganda courses..
Hang on a minute - these 4 unelected people are going to determine whether NZ reverts from an almost democracy to an ethnocracy ???
The result of their deliberations is already obvious !
Why has Luxon decided that 5.5M people can't have a Referendum, and that 4 clearly biased people can determine our future ?
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