Ele Ludemann: Does reset need a referendum?

Act wants a referendum to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The principles do need redefining and that redefinition will almost certainly result in a reset that reverses a lot of the insertion of the undefine principles in areas which many think have nothing to do with the Treaty.

It is 23 years since David Lange said:

Chris Trotter: Taking Charge - Luxon Must Demonstrate That He Can Not Only Win – But Govern.

Christopher Luxon has shown himself to be a fast learner when it comes to mastering the skills required to win. Now, having won, he cannot avoid revealing how quickly he can master the art of governing.
The first lesson he will have to learn is that being Prime Minister is not at all the same as being CEO. Political power is always and everywhere a matter of negotiation. Even dictators discover how dangerous it is to try and rule arbitrarily, and alone. Those who tried did not remain dictators very long.

Derek Mackie: D'ya wanna be in my gang?

“Yo, Deb-B! 

 Looking good, girl.” 

“Well, if it ain’t Willy-J. Wassup bro? 

You must be hurtin’ real bad after dat brutal election.” 

“Still here though and fixing for a fight. 

Heard about the plans to take away all our Maori rights and stuff that we were given for enduring years of colonial oppression?” 

“Yeah!  Dat’s so out of pocket, man. No way, right? I mean we’re entitled to all that stuff. 

Da Treaty says so.” 

Cam Slater: Maori Go Straight to Threats

New Zealand will never have a grown up discussion about the Treaty of Waitangi; even more so with threats of violence and intimidation over a democratic referendum about the Treaty. When Maori say democracy doesn’t work for them we should believe them, that they are against democracy. When Maori threaten violence and intimidation we should believe them about that too.

Roger Childs: Yet another dreadful Stuffer article

Continuing bias in the mainstream media

Throughout the term of the Labour government and particularly since the 2023 election campaign began, The Post and fellow Stuff papers have pushed hard for the Left to prevail yesterday. The political writers, some columnists and most cartoonists have shown a strong bias towards Chris Hipkins and hjs allies. This has been obvious in–

Graham Adams: Will co-governance drive a counter-revolution?

Seymour is not for turning on a Treaty referendum.

Despite the well-documented failures of the Ardern-Hipkins government — whether in health, law and order, education or homelessness — it has been extraordinarily successful in one particular area. That is, the stealthy insertion of an interpretation of the Treaty as a “partnership” — manifested as co-governance — into a broad swathe of New Zealand law and policy.