It is of course a scandal, but more importantly it is part of the overall de-Māorification of the economy this current Government, in one form or another, promised to address.
The fact this stuff is still going on proves they are failing.
ACT’s Todd Stevenson the other day wrote to Public Service Minister Judith Collins asking about Māori names in government departments. She said there was a war on, and we had better things to do. Fair point? Or convenient excuse?
The simple truth is what they promised and what has happened are two different things.
Enter ACT, who are now promising to ban the Far North type of behaviour. Is that a double promise? Didn't you already say you would do that?
Here is the problem with it:
1) ACT aren’t running the Government; they are merely part of it. Unless they make it a bottom line, which they won’t, it may or may not see the light of day after the election.
2) Given their well-promoted stance on race-based policy, going into another election having had the opportunity to fix it already, you have a credibility problem.
And 3) My sense of this as a broad-based issue is it isn't what it once might have been.
Personally, I find Māorification problematic. To give someone rules, or money, or decisions of names, or a job based on race is simply irrefutably wrong.
But the fervour with which that was argued a couple of years ago doesn’t appear to be quite as white hot.
Yes, there is a very vocal group who seem to have made it their raison d'être, but they are small and many of them are rabid, which makes the appeal of the overall argument to the broader populace less enticing.
You might also argue that against this wall of determination was an even bigger wall of determination, i.e. those who believe in it, think it's good, who have held the line and carried on.
And can I suggest that at this point, and the Far North Council are your gold star example, it is they who are the more successful of the two camps.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
The simple truth is what they promised and what has happened are two different things.
Enter ACT, who are now promising to ban the Far North type of behaviour. Is that a double promise? Didn't you already say you would do that?
Here is the problem with it:
1) ACT aren’t running the Government; they are merely part of it. Unless they make it a bottom line, which they won’t, it may or may not see the light of day after the election.
2) Given their well-promoted stance on race-based policy, going into another election having had the opportunity to fix it already, you have a credibility problem.
And 3) My sense of this as a broad-based issue is it isn't what it once might have been.
Personally, I find Māorification problematic. To give someone rules, or money, or decisions of names, or a job based on race is simply irrefutably wrong.
But the fervour with which that was argued a couple of years ago doesn’t appear to be quite as white hot.
Yes, there is a very vocal group who seem to have made it their raison d'être, but they are small and many of them are rabid, which makes the appeal of the overall argument to the broader populace less enticing.
You might also argue that against this wall of determination was an even bigger wall of determination, i.e. those who believe in it, think it's good, who have held the line and carried on.
And can I suggest that at this point, and the Far North Council are your gold star example, it is they who are the more successful of the two camps.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
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The way people look at apartheid in the Far North is like the way people here viewed the Nazis in the 1930s. "It's on the other side of the world. We have a depression to think about. They don't effect us", until they do.
The last people (in the western world) who made privilege and issues based on someone’s race were looking for a master race of blonde hair and blue eyes.
We know how that ended.
Another non west example
Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda
It has to stop!
Ah, division opinion pieces. From uninformed commentators, no less! Perfect fodder for an Autumn weekday. Consider me effectively distracted from the economic carnage caused by the current government!
Mike is in the wrong here obviously. Central government can’t go overriding the wishes of the local electorate. It is the very definition of destruction of democracy. Council must make a stand, give those zealots in Wellington an inch and they’ll take a mile. We stood up to central government taking away our local rights with Three Waters and we can stand up to them on this too.
"You might also argue that against this wall of determination was an even bigger wall of determination, i.e. those who believe in it, think it's good, who have held the line and carried on." and "it is they who are the more successful of the two camps" - This shows how successful indoctrination has been and how swiftly Mahutu and the left move compared with the sloth exibited by National in this term.
Mike, you talk to Luxon most Monday mornings at 7:30 with hundreds of thousands of listeners all over the country.
You never ask him questions regarding the Maori racial issues besetting NZ.
Why not ?
Something to do with PIJF funding at NZME ?
How does he allow Mayors to appoint Maori radicals to take over Councils ?
Why are government departments still using Maori names in deliberate defiance of Collins instructions?
Unlimited Maori Days Off ?
Mandatory karakia sessions ?
Etc, etc, etc
How about something as simple , as you asked Ardern, can you tell us what the three Articles of the Treaty are ?
We need to know what Luxon is really thinking before the election.
You are right on the money Anonymous 10.14am. I believe Hosking is starting to wake up to the fact that he is out of step with voter concerns during his softball, fireside chats, with Luxon.
I agree eith anon 10.14. On zb they rarely talk about the maorification or ask politicians about it. Many people still have no idea this is going on. Why don't they? Their talkback topics are always super safe, too with topics like the weathrr land your favourite holiday destination etc.
"But the fervour with which that was argued a couple of years ago doesn’t appear to be quite as white hot."
Mike, as anon. @10.14 observed, you interview Luxon on Monday mornings, yet you don't ask him about the Maorification/co-governance issues. Why is that?
"To give someone rules, or money, or decisions of names, or a job based on race is simply irrefutably wrong."
It is still wrong, even if opposition appears to be muted. In my view, people are discouraged, both by the government's failure to take a stand, and by the msm completely ignoring it.
It remains a hot button issue. Of course Maori support it, but non-Maori who support it are failing to see the dangers. By the time they do, it may be too late.
Interesting comment, being compared to a rabid dog for believeing in the democratic process.
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