Clive Bibby: Separatism by Stealth

As a nation, are we sleep walking to self destruction?

At a time when, relative to most other First World countries, our prospects for future prosperity appear guaranteed, why is it that we seem unable to recognise the obvious roadblocks that could derail our plans for a utopian existence.

Guest Post: Abraham Lincoln and the Treaty of Waitangi

A guest post by Peter Lynn published on Kiwiblog.

In 2005 I went on a pilgrimage with a group of Americans to Gettysburg, site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil War. At the climax of our visit, I was the only person willing to attempt Lincoln’s address. It was rendered in a kiwi accent with quite a bit of fudging but to sustained applause- very polite people Americans.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal—–”

Barrie Davis: There Will Always be an England

So sang Vera Lynn and millions died making it happen. Today, however, it seems unlikely. Whereas the few who flew the Spitfires and Hurricanes shot down young German men in small planes over the channel, today the British watch young Muslim men packed in small boats land unchallenged on England’s beaches. 

What lesson, if any, is there in this for New Zealand?

John Robinson: Another step towards Maori government

A rebel government has set up a separate and independent court to sit in judgement on New Zealand and New Zealanders.  This Maori court will follow their own set of laws, overturning the whole justice system.[1] 

“A Sovereign Independent Court of Justice – ‘Kooti Wakanga’ has been established under Tikanga and He Wakaputanga Law.”  This, claimed to be “the first sovereign independent Grand Jury Court of justice, Te Wakaminenga Kooti Wakanga nui of Nu Tireni – New Zealand, ...  will deal with civil and criminal claims for all Sovereign Nationals of Nu Tireni NZ who register with the Wakaminenga Maori Government under the jurisdiction of Tikanga and He Wakaputanga.”