On Sunday Winston Peters said the unthinkable in New Zealand politics, daring to say that Maori are not indigenous. Maoris’ own oral history tells us they are not indigenous and in fact that they are fellow immigrants and may be the first colonisers.
Christopher Luxon, who thinks he’s the smartest man in the room went full-on woke and said Winston Peters was wrong.
Christopher Luxon disagrees with Winston Peters’ comments that Maori are “not indigenous” but has again stopped short of saying whether he’ll rule in or out a post-election coalition with New Zealand First.
It comes as polls show the minor party is within spitting distance of entering Parliament.
According to Stuff, Peters told a Nelson audience yesterday: “Here’s the rub if you are Maori. We’re not indigenous”.
He said: “We come from Hawai-iki. Where’s our Hawai-iki? We think it is in the Cook Islands. We think it’s in Rarotonga … but we’re not from here. And you go back 5000 years, we came with our DNA from China. Not like 55,000 years in Australia.”
The party leader then reportedly told a Stuff reporter: “Excuse me, I am from that background […] We know we’re not indigenous, and we don’t believe in bulldust.”
Luxon was questioned today about Peters’ remarks.
When asked whether Maori were New Zealand’s indigenous people, the National leader responded with a one-word answer: “Absolutely.”
Then asked about Peters’ comments, Luxon said: “He’s wrong. They are.”
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Sadly Christopher Luxon, because he is wetter than an otter’s pocket, plays the woke card. He is wrong, and Maori’s own oral history proves that.
While he may be sky-high in the latest Newshub poll, he is about to take a hit off the back of Winston’s statement. I expect the next series of polls to show a surge for NZ First. People reached peak Maori some time ago, and Winston Peters intuitively knows this.
Luxon continues to try to be less crap than Labour, keeping up the pretence of the new, rewritten treaty, and Winston Peters will start hoovering up support on the basis that a Christopher Luxon-led National Party is highly likely to keep all aspects of co-governance, with a few minor tweaks.
All Winston has to say now is that he thinks Luxon will sell us out to Maori interests, and point to this recent statement as proof. Watch it happen.
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