Māorification of New Zealand is turning people off.
Under the education minister’s oversight, a ‘paramount objective’ for school boards is that local tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori and te ao Māori is taught in schools. The National Party currently seem hellbent on quietly embedding all things Māori into legislation. When found out, Minister Erica Stanford got on her high horse, trying to reign in the criticism and limit the damage. The line from Hamlet, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” seems rather appropriate. Clearly, the insults thrown at Hobson’s Pledge blaming them for ‘spreading lies and misinformation’ for simply pointing out her racist legislation, suggests an overreaction or excessive defence.
