Matua Kahurangi: Mass immigration, double standards, and the Auckland Harbour Bridge excuse

I find it strange that NZ Transport Agency has rejected the anti mass immigration march organised by Brian Tamaki for 31 January, claiming that a march across the Auckland Harbour Bridge could cause serious structural damage. It is a flimsy excuse. More than 200,000 vehicles cross that bridge every day. We have also seen large numbers of people cross it during the Toitū Te Tiriti protests without the sky falling in.

What makes this harder to swallow is the way parts of the media have framed the issue. Journalists at the New Zealand Herald, including one who thinks their own children can change their sex and gender, were quick to label the event as anti immigration. That framing is deliberate. It leaves out the keyword, mass. The same trick was used across the Tasman during March for Australia, where Australian media softened the debate by pretending the concern was immigration in general rather than mass immigration in particular.

The March for Australia and the media’s great deception
Matua Kahurangi  31 August 2025

When thousands of Australians took to the streets yesterday for the March for Australia, I knew exactly what was coming. The mainstream media would not report honestly on why those people were there. They would not listen to the speeches, they would not look at the banners or talk to the everyday Aussies who marched. Instead, they would reach straight f…
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Like Australia, New Zealand is being hammered by mass immigration. The pressure is obvious. Housing, roads, hospitals, schools, water infrastructure and social cohesion are all under strain. We are importing tens of thousands of people from third-world countries at a pace this country has never experienced before, and the result will permanently change New Zealand’s demographics. That is not a fringe view. It is a material reality backed up by population data and visible stress on public services.

Against that backdrop, New Zealand Police have taken a hard line. DEI hire Superintendent Naila Hassan warned that any unlawful access to the motorway would be met with enforcement action. Police, she said, recognise the right to peaceful and lawful protest, but any attempt to walk across the bridge or disrupt motorists would be considered unlawful. That stance sits awkwardly alongside the tolerance shown during previous marches that were politically fashionable.

Superintendent Naila Hassan

At the same time, we have Toitū Te Aroha, a group opposed to what it defines as hate, marching from Britomart to Aotea Square. The event has been promoted by Eru Kapa-Kingi (the bloke with the pumpkin tattoed on his face), and by former newsreader Oriini Kaipara, who has since cemented her place within the Māori Party ecosystem. That march is framed as virtuous, necessary, and beyond criticism.

Of course the poster is splashed with rainbows and paedophile trans colours, the now standard visual shorthand used to signal moral superiority while shutting down any uncomfortable discussion about real world consequences…

Matua Kahurangi is just a bloke sharing thoughts on New Zealand and the world beyond. No fluff, just honest takes. He blogs on https://matuakahurangi.com/ where this article was sourced.