But somewhere along the line, metaphysical mumbo-jumbo has snuck in and taken over. ACC is now paying for Rongoā Māori, a so-called “healing program” built on Māori spiritual beliefs. And at the heart of it? Tikanga.
Now, ACC and the bureaucrats won’t call it religion — but let’s get this straight: tikanga is a religious framework. It’s a system of spiritual rules, rituals, ancestral guidance, and life-after-death beliefs. It dictates how practitioners perform rituals, how patients are treated, how ceremonies are carried out. That’s religion, plain and simple. Pretending it’s “culture” or “holistic care” is nonsense. Absolute nonsense.
And what exactly are they funding? Mirimiri, romiromi, karakia, wairua work, plant remedies, and spiritual guidance. Stones, herbs, chants, prayers, ancestral energy — you name it. None of it has a biological mechanism to heal torn ligaments, fix nerve damage, or repair broken bones. None of it. Yet it’s paid with public money, while people wait months for scans, surgeries, and physiotherapy because “resources are limited.” But ghost stories in lab coats? Paid immediately.
Let’s be blunt: culture does not knit bone. Belief does not repair tissue. Ritual does not replace medicine. And renaming superstition “holistic wellbeing” or “culturally informed care” does not make it science.
And don’t give me the politically correct crap. If this was Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, people would be screaming it’s faith healing and demanding it be stopped. But because it’s Māori and wrapped in Tikanga, suddenly it’s untouchable? That’s not inclusivity — that’s double standards and bureaucratic sleight of hand.
New Zealand likes to pretend it’s secular. Guess what? We’re not. Not even close. We’re a soft theocracy. And the proof is in the legislation and policies that fund a religious framework under the guise of healthcare, while real, evidence-based treatment is rationed.
So if this makes you uncomfortable — good. That’s what happens when euphemisms stop lying. If it doesn’t make you uncomfortable, congratulations — you’re part of the problem. You’re complicit in a system that funds metaphysical mumbo-jumbo with our taxes while real healthcare suffers.
And what exactly are they funding? Mirimiri, romiromi, karakia, wairua work, plant remedies, and spiritual guidance. Stones, herbs, chants, prayers, ancestral energy — you name it. None of it has a biological mechanism to heal torn ligaments, fix nerve damage, or repair broken bones. None of it. Yet it’s paid with public money, while people wait months for scans, surgeries, and physiotherapy because “resources are limited.” But ghost stories in lab coats? Paid immediately.
Let’s be blunt: culture does not knit bone. Belief does not repair tissue. Ritual does not replace medicine. And renaming superstition “holistic wellbeing” or “culturally informed care” does not make it science.
And don’t give me the politically correct crap. If this was Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, people would be screaming it’s faith healing and demanding it be stopped. But because it’s Māori and wrapped in Tikanga, suddenly it’s untouchable? That’s not inclusivity — that’s double standards and bureaucratic sleight of hand.
New Zealand likes to pretend it’s secular. Guess what? We’re not. Not even close. We’re a soft theocracy. And the proof is in the legislation and policies that fund a religious framework under the guise of healthcare, while real, evidence-based treatment is rationed.
So if this makes you uncomfortable — good. That’s what happens when euphemisms stop lying. If it doesn’t make you uncomfortable, congratulations — you’re part of the problem. You’re complicit in a system that funds metaphysical mumbo-jumbo with our taxes while real healthcare suffers.
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John Robertson is a patriotic New Zealander who frequently posts on Facebook.
John Robertson is a patriotic New Zealander who frequently posts on Facebook.
5 comments:
Let's face it, ACC is down the hole with OUR money so why add to it by funding nonsense?
The placebo effect maybe?
When ACC is campaigning to reduce career recipients it is incredible that they are suporting rongoa rorts. I presume like every other govt agency, maori insurrectionists have fully penetrated ACC.The power of cancellation they exert is so great I guess noone has the nerve to point out that the Emperor has no clothes. With the maori degre of connection and opportunistic propensity there is sure to be many dubious patient/ tohunga understandings.
It seems that the white ants have been attacking the ACC from the inside, and successfully eroding any faith we may ever had in this government organization.
I bet that there are people within who could identify the white ants, but are fearful of losing their jobs by whistle blowing.
A 152% increase in claim numbers, with the cost going up by all-but 200%! Appears to be typical Maori reverse efficiency at work - but, naturally, all at the taxpayers expense.
Then again, they do have that $120+Billion economy to maintain.
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