Why should a small percentage of the 16% of Maori in New Zealand tell us that they are taking over?
It makes no sense. But it’s happening.
The arrogance of the Maori aristocracy and elite is astonishing. The few Maori activists and their followers have to be delusional. They seem to think that taking what they want from the non-Maori majority will result in some kind of utopia for Maori. It won’t. If Maori were to get complete control of New Zealand, it would only make things much worse for themselves and for everybody else. There may well be things that need fixing, but taking this direction will fix nothing.
Many simply don’t know how to manage themselves, let alone a country.
Julian Batchelor – STOP Cogovernance Tour
Let us not forget that Maori have been given scholarships, quotas, seats on councils and in Parliament and billions of dollars over the past forty years. Has it made an overall difference to Maori? No. In fact, if anything, things seem to be getting worse.
Maori top the negative indicators on just about every measure: animal cruelty, child abuse, violent offending, prison, domestic violence, unemployment, fatherless children, drug and alcohol abuse and truancy from school.
Passion is rising for the future of our country as New Zealanders wake up to the conflict-ridden tribal rule goal. Kiwis love their country and are slowly but surely starting to fight back. STOP co-governance booklets are being delivered to households and businesses all over New Zealand, meetings are being held in towns and cities and massive protests are planned to raise awareness and remind everybody, including the government, that New Zealand at this time is still a democracy and ‘co-governance’ is not what the majority of Kiwis want. Tribal rule must not happen. It will not be good for Maori and it will not be good for the country.
It seems that a small but vocal and divisive group of Maori and Pakeha are unilaterally driving us towards some sort of renaissance without understanding the work involved in achieving a renaissance. They thumb their noses at everyone who doesn’t immediately agree with them and forge ahead with plans to control pretty much everything one can imagine, often seeming to operate outside both the law and common courtesy.
Meka Whaitiri MP recently jumped ship from Labour to Te Pati Maori without so much as an attempt at courtesy to the prime minister or anybody else in the Labour party. Bad enough to be so rude; it’s much worse that the Speaker, Labour and Te Pati Maori are covering up that Whaitiri should be subject to the waka-jumping legislation. But, because it suits, they’ll call “racist” at anybody who argues for staying within the law. Their attitude is that they do not have to answer to non-Maori but it’s plain to see that they themselves are divided and faking being nice to each other.
Whaitiri’s betrayal might well turn out to be a tinderbox ready to flare up into an outright verbal tribal war, engendering more jealousy and out-of-control greed not only between political parties but potentially the different tribes throughout New Zealand.
It is disturbing to see some young Maori are joining this activism.
After winning the 2009 season of Australian Idol at the age of 19, R&B sensation Stan Walker’s career went from strength to strength. His first album, Introducing Stan Walker, went platinum in Australia and triple platinum in New Zealand; his second, From the Inside Out, debuted at number 1 on the New Zealand Albums Charts and number 2 on the ARIA charts. He’s won multiple New Zealand Music Awards, been a judge on The X Factor NZ, and played starring roles in films Mt Zion and Born to Dance.
His book Impossible – my story told how he survived a childhood marred with violence, poverty, crime, drug use and sexual abuse. His success is inspirational.
But Walker’s new song “New TakeOver” and use of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag in the video would seem to contain an angry message. It seems Walker has joined the activist cause and the drive for tribal rule and self-determination.
If that is the case and Stan is buying into this aggressive form of activism, where the intent is democracy “their way” rather than New Zealand’s democracy of one person one vote, he is joining a small but loud group which is attempting to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi to mean Maori did not cede sovereignty to the Crown. They are delusional.
nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/stan-walker-breaks-out-from-box-that-made-him-famous
The Tino Rangatiratanga flag has become a focal point for Maori protest, especially regarding differing interpretations of the Treaty of Waitangi by Maori and Pakeha (European New Zealanders).
Stan Walker is a talented and respected potential young leader. He could use his position to help Maori turn around the negative indicators by using his gifts, his leadership and his musicianship to demonstrate a better way of living. He could inspire self-esteem and character in his people. Instead, the direction he seems to be taking is one which does more of the same and which will result in no positive outcomes for the country or for his people.
A word of caution for Stan: The situation is not the result of colonialism/white supremacy/’the system’ or racism. Falling for the blame game will help nobody. It’s a greedy game and provides excuses for bad behaviour. People like you can use your skills to make positive change. Driving a wedge between us can only deliver one outcome and that will provide no future for anybody.
