Wendy Geus: A moment of silence please for the death of free speech

Russell Rimmington, former Chair of Waikato Regional Council, is the first major casualty of the Government’s radical He Puapua policy. He was sacked for having an opinion, contrary to the politically correct view of the day. When discussing the polarising Three Waters policy earlier this year, he dared to express concerns over:

“Māori gaining control of water and that farmers and horticulturalists could be at their “beck and call”.

Some of his colleagues stated that the comment was ‘racist’. Really? Isn’t giving one race power over another racist?