New Zealand has a government problem, and it’s not taxes or crime—it’s obsession. They’ve become fixated on reviving Maori, not through natural interest or genuine demand, but through brute force. And the tool of choice? Legislation. The Maori Language Act has turned into a bottomless pit of taxpayer cash, all to keep a dead language staggering around like a zombie.
A living language doesn’t need government life support. English didn’t. Mandarin didn’t. Hindi didn’t. They spread because people wanted them—because they were useful. Maori is the opposite. It is being stapled into schools and government offices because left to its own devices, it wouldn’t survive. And deep down, everyone knows that.
Kids are already overloaded. Many are bilingual at home—Chinese, Indian, Samoan, Tongan, take your pick. Forcing a third language on top of that? Completely unnecessary. It doesn’t open doors; it slams them shut. The world runs on English, and if we’re serious about preparing kids for success, that’s where the focus should stay. Not on a language that’s little more than a political vanity project.
Of course, the defenders trot out the same tired line: “But Maori children were once forced to speak English!” Yes—and a hundred years later, English is what gives them access to the world. That argument collapses under its own weight. Today’s children need skills that will feed them, house them, and give them futures. Pretending that resurrecting a language solves historical grievances is nothing more than emotional blackmail.
Mandatory Maori isn’t about education—it’s about control. When people won’t pick something willingly, politicians make it compulsory.
That’s what the Maori Language Act exists for: to force-feed the country something it would never choose on its own. Strip that Act away, and the entire revival project crumbles to dust overnight.
And let’s deal with the inevitable smear: “If you oppose mandatory Maori, you’re racist.” Nonsense. Refusing to waste time on something irrelevant isn’t racism—it’s reality. The “racism” card is nothing but a silencer, waved around by people who can’t win the debate any other way.
The truth couldn’t be simpler: if you want to learn Maori, go for it. Optional classes, clubs, cultural programs—fine. But mandatory? No. Mandatory is theft. Mandatory is politicians using children as pawns. Mandatory is the state hijacking education to prop up its pet project.
This whole scheme is a fraud. It drains money, time, and energy from things that actually matter—healthcare, housing, infrastructure, literacy, technology. All sacrificed on the altar of a language revival that nobody asked for and nobody needs.
Repeal the Maori Language Act. Stop pouring millions into this fantasy. Give people the freedom to choose. Maori should be optional—always optional. Anything else is a waste of everyone’s time and a betrayal of the country’s future.
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Kids are already overloaded. Many are bilingual at home—Chinese, Indian, Samoan, Tongan, take your pick. Forcing a third language on top of that? Completely unnecessary. It doesn’t open doors; it slams them shut. The world runs on English, and if we’re serious about preparing kids for success, that’s where the focus should stay. Not on a language that’s little more than a political vanity project.
Of course, the defenders trot out the same tired line: “But Maori children were once forced to speak English!” Yes—and a hundred years later, English is what gives them access to the world. That argument collapses under its own weight. Today’s children need skills that will feed them, house them, and give them futures. Pretending that resurrecting a language solves historical grievances is nothing more than emotional blackmail.
Mandatory Maori isn’t about education—it’s about control. When people won’t pick something willingly, politicians make it compulsory.
That’s what the Maori Language Act exists for: to force-feed the country something it would never choose on its own. Strip that Act away, and the entire revival project crumbles to dust overnight.
And let’s deal with the inevitable smear: “If you oppose mandatory Maori, you’re racist.” Nonsense. Refusing to waste time on something irrelevant isn’t racism—it’s reality. The “racism” card is nothing but a silencer, waved around by people who can’t win the debate any other way.
The truth couldn’t be simpler: if you want to learn Maori, go for it. Optional classes, clubs, cultural programs—fine. But mandatory? No. Mandatory is theft. Mandatory is politicians using children as pawns. Mandatory is the state hijacking education to prop up its pet project.
This whole scheme is a fraud. It drains money, time, and energy from things that actually matter—healthcare, housing, infrastructure, literacy, technology. All sacrificed on the altar of a language revival that nobody asked for and nobody needs.
Repeal the Maori Language Act. Stop pouring millions into this fantasy. Give people the freedom to choose. Maori should be optional—always optional. Anything else is a waste of everyone’s time and a betrayal of the country’s future.
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3 comments:
All too true and obvious. No wonder the country is in a mess.
Hear, hear! And definitely, no pun intended.
My understanding is that Maori parents use to want their children educated in the English language. They were not forced. That is only an Activist's phony view on the subject. A view to be completely ignored,
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