JC: All Is Now Laid Bare

Any chance of possible options of whether to vote left or right, if they ever existed, have now been extinguished. Recent utterances and events have confirmed that a vote for any party on the left is courting disaster for the country. The options are for one of the coalition parties only. We like to moan about the current lot and sometimes with a certain amount of justification. But, to use a slang term peculiar to both sides of the Tasman, we would be ‘spitting tacks’ under the other three headed monster.

Let’s start with the Māori Party. First their chair, John Tamihere, decided to shoot his mouth off describing the coalition Government as worse than Nazi Germany. Apart from being an outright lie, it was an insult of such magnitude to the Jewish community he should be held to account and made to apologise by the relevant government agency. If the boot were on the other foot all hell would have broken loose.

At a by-election event for the Tamaki Makaurau seat the Māori Party candidate Oriini Kaipara turned up wearing a red beret and sporting a South African flag. These are the emblems of Julius Malema, a South African politician. Malema is notorious for his chant linking him to brutal farm attacks. The link here is that the Māori Party’s anti-colonial stance aligns with Malema’s rhetoric.

Malema’s rhetoric is ‘Shoot to kill.’ ‘Kill the Boer.’ ‘Kill the farmer.’ I’m not suggesting that the Māori Party would actually kill anyone, but Oriini Kaipara turning up in such garb certainly raised eyebrows. Winston Peters, quite rightly, questioned why no journalists had pressed Kaipara on the beret and the flag. Well, they wouldn’t would they? Yet another example of either ignorance or not suiting the narrative. Posting on social media, Winston’s comments drew thousands of reactions from voters.

Obviously Malema’s views resonate with the Māori Party on issues, such as pushing for indigenous or native rights and questioning private ownership of land and resources. Racist rhetoric and calls for violent revolution are something else they appear to have in common. Should they be allowed anywhere near parliament, let alone political power?

There comes a time when democracy, as a bastion of freedom, has to usurp a movement that threatens to overthrow it. The intent of the Māori Party is now quite clear: their aim is to overthrow the system of government as we know it and replace it with a racist institution whereby the minority has rule over the majority. A vote for the Labour Party will, in effect, provide oxygen for its promotion.

The voters in Tāmaki Makaurau have not much of a choice. [Ed: Officially, there are five candidates on the ballot paper – including Kelvyn Alp from New Zealand Loyal, Hannah Tamaki from Vision New Zealand and Sherry Lee Matene as an independent.) Some might consider Peeni Henare as slightly more moderate; however, he has made it clear he would like the gang patches brought back even though it is not Labour Party policy. If ever there was evidence for the disestablishment of the Māori electorates, this is it.

We are witnessing what a left-wing government will look like and the ensuing dire consequences for the country. Hipkins will simply cave or the radicals will bring him down. They won’t be there to protect Hipkins or keep him in power. They believe they can build a movement large enough to not worry about needing the Labour Party. Add in the Greens and a mountain of trouble awaits the Labour leader: he simply won’t cope. He’ll fold quicker than a deck chair on the Titanic.

The 2026 election is fast shaping up as a must win for the current administration. Any other outcome will have serious repercussions economically, socially and racially. Commonsense must prevail.

JC is a right-wing crusader. Reached an age that embodies the dictum only the good die young. This article was first published HERE