In this video, I explore the bigger picture of where collective governance comes from, its outcomes, and why we should vote against it.
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Friday, August 22, 2025
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand Local Body Elections - Time to restore democracy?
Labels: Anglo Saxon, Maori wards
In October 2025 New Zealand goes to the polls in its local body elections across much of the country. For this year the coalition government has restored the right to ratepayer veto of maori wards.
In this video, I explore the bigger picture of where collective governance comes from, its outcomes, and why we should vote against it.
In this video, I explore the bigger picture of where collective governance comes from, its outcomes, and why we should vote against it.
12 comments:
All too obvious but how many people take the time to listen to this viewpoint?,
Certainly not Luxon. He may be getting pass marks for how he is dealing with the economy and tackling minor issues, but until he deals with the continuing move to apartheid, he does a disservice to ordinary NZ’ers.
his intelligently reasoned but not lightweight logic not easy to follow at the rate delivered.
Slavery verses Liberty.
Great analysis.
But yes - delivery counts. Always ask: Who is the audience?
(cf Stop CG often has too much information.)
So simple and sharp messages are vital
Well reasoned and researched commentary. Hope the pollies are listening
Just listen more than once!
For those that find it hard to follow, here is the transcript of the video > https://tinyurl.com/2cka97nm
Can anyone explain why so many home broadcasts including from serious regulars are blighted by audio boom? Many otherwise notable interviews on The Platform are just too taxing to persist with. Surely it is not all room echo. Are the microphones in hard contact with a hard surface? Surely a quality microphone is not expensive nowadays.
General comment on the sub titles of these you - tubes: too often approximate and erroneous.
e.g. the Peace of Westphalia and the Westphalian system ..... not West-failure.
NZ Education quality problems again?
Thanks, another great effort Rick.
A great shame that all four Mayoral hopefuls in Lower Hutt are all for such Wards, but then that Council has far from covered itself in glory with its censorial thinking and actions in recent times. Just maybe they're all inflicted with the PM's inability to read the room, let alone use their brains? But whatever, the referendum will be a revealing test of how attuned they are to the public they claim to represent.
I think it is AI that is the problem; a reading/listening computer programme hears the spoken words and replies/prints phonetically. It is common on TV news also. Mind you, I think general understanding of English has declined.
I agree Allen, AI is the problem with the written sub text. But considering peoples different speaking styles, it does quite a remarkable job.
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