> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Luxon Likes Lefties Way Too Much
- URL: https://goodoil.news/luxon-likes-lefties-way-too-much/
- Published: 2022-02-27T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-27T03:49:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

**Lindsay Mitchell**  
[lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2022/02/luxon-likes-lefties-way-too-much.html?ref=goodoil.news)

*Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001\. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.*

---

Talking to Chris Lynch this morning on Magic Talk, National Leader **Chris Luxon** was singing the praises of our last Children’s Commissioner **Andrew Becroft.** There is no link available so you have to trust me. He said something to the effect that Becroft was a really great Children’s Commissioner (in a discussion about the role being disestablished).

> Becroft was a really great socialist. He clamoured for bigger benefits and wage indexed benefits.

He supported Labour’s move to stop requiring mothers to name the father of their child (after describing, as Principal Youth Court Judge earlier, how the most common factor in those that appeared before him was ‘fatherlessness.) He called for child support payments to stop being used to offset sole parent benefits, preferring the taxpayer to make up the shortfall. Because more than half of sole parents are Maori he said the current law was racist. He backs the devolution of Oranga Tamariki services to Maori buying into the ‘legacy of colonization’ excuses for disproportionate Maori child abuse.

While I cannot give you his direct word-for-word quote from this morning’s interview here is what he [said ](https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/andrew-becroft-this-is-our-chance-and-we-must-grab-it/?ref=goodoil.news)in his departure interview:

> The Maori staff in my office tell me that pre-colonised New Zealand was a land where children were not only valued but were also involved and included in community decision-making.   
>  
> That’s not something we do so well in New Zealand now.

Over his tenure I watched him tow the government line more and more; the Maori worldview more and more.

Not once did I read or see him advocate for parental responsibility. He was totally into Jacinda’s Robin Hood recipe for child poverty reduction.

Even if Luxon only read the well-meaning headlines he must have formed some opinion of the Commissioner’s chosen ideology.

**Luxon likes lefties way too much.**

[If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.](#)

[If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.](https://thebfd.co.nz/subscription-plans/?ref=2)