New Zealand has officially entered dangerous territory with an extraordinary compensation demand linked to one of our most critical export hubs. In this episode of Duncan Garner, Editor-in-Chief, we look into the shocking legal submissions connected to the Port of Tauranga expansion. Representatives for Ngāti Kuku are demanding between 335 million and 475 million dollars over 35 years for cultural impacts and revenue sharing. Duncan labels it a total standover and looks at how these massive financial demands threaten national productivity and scare off foreign investment.
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This is extortion, there is no other word for it, and it seems to be endemic and sadly no one in government seems both willing and able to upset a the small but very vocal minority of people who openly see it as "business as normal".
"You get what you reward", the rewards are very clear and until it's stopped it will continue. So, who has the sphericals to butt heads with the extortionists?
No surprise... the 2 tier system of special treatment is advancing rapidly.
We have enough trouble already dealing with criminal gangs and the activities they delight in; we certainly don’t need a large group of mixed race thinking that they can use a tribal name to attempt extortion of a vital port. NOT HAPPENING.
We in NZ have a history of taking the comments from minority groups seriously and reflecting on our behaviour. Whilst this is generally a good trait, too often it has not gone further and we have not analysed the best path forward for the country. Instead we have assumed that the minority groups are right and our plans have been revised in the interests of the minority groups. This has led to rewarding the demands of small vocal minority groups to the detriment of the country. By not confronting the issues we actually reward the aggressors. It’s simple psychology, reward the behaviour you want to amplify. And we wonder why we get extortion …. The route forward is for us to change our behaviour thereby forcing the minority groups to change their behaviour.
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