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In keeping with good left-wing journalistic practices, I have purposely given you a misleading headline. Well, at least partly misleading, because when I was growing up (I’m about to enter my eighth decade) it was a day of pride. New Zealand in the 1950s, soon after the end of WWII, was pretty settled, with people living in peaceful communities and one could say, to all intents and purposes, unified. I remember when two races came together on the day at Waitangi in the cause of a celebration. Can the same be said today? No. Why?
Mainly because of a minority of vocal racists with their hands out who claim the Treaty document does not mean what it says. The word partnership has been introduced, which completely changes the meaning of what was signed – and hugely to their benefit. What they have done is taken the word and completely misconstrued its real meaning. But they have inadvertently fallen into a trap.
The true meaning of partnership is two entities, in this case races, working together and living in harmony for mutual benefit. By conferring on them (Māori) through the Crown (Queen Victoria) the same rights and privileges as others had they were being given equality. Over the decades since it has become clear that, for the vocal minority of racists, this is not what they want nor is it good enough. Their idea of ‘partnership’ is to rule the roost. Their ample crowing in this regard over the recent years is testament to that. But ‘partnership’ isn’t that.
They want their own parliament, health and other government services. I don’t see anywhere in the Treaty advocating that. They even apply things to the Treaty that weren’t in existence when the signing took place. This behaviour needs to be called out for what it is – a rort. If they were given all of what they wanted, it would be at the expense of the taxpayers. Their own economy is now said to be worth $126 billion, but they wouldn’t see the need to use any of that. Koha, like the gravy train they are on, only runs one way and it’s past time it ran out of steam.
There was a wrong: the confiscation of land and that has been recognised with considerable amounts of money paid out as restitution. That process should now have an end date applied. There is only one major tribe yet to be recompensed and that is because they have yet to file a claim. The reason is, like the Māori Party, they are continuing to argue amongst themselves.
Imagine them running a country. The sewage overflows in Wellington would look minor by comparison. A day of reckoning for grifters like Waititi and Ngawera-Packer is needed.
This racist minority are not interested in the economy of the country. In fact they can’t understand it, as was evidenced last week in an application for mining off the Taranaki coast for a mineral that the world needs. This would be a one billion dollar a year export earner. This was originally approved by a committee set up by the Government to oversee applications under the Fast Track legislation but was then turned down. This was due to the risk factor for dolphins, kororā (little penguins) or fairy prions. Knowing how well mining can be done these days to mitigate these risks, this decision is an embarrassment for the country and exposes the nonsense Shane Jones has been banging on about.
The very people demanding all the money are the very ones who are the first to prevent the government from earning it. We will never progress on any path to economic prosperity while this insanity is allowed to persist. Like the gravy train, it has to be stopped. Currently we are talking to the United States about mineral exports, so this decision makes us look like a joke. Let’s hope it never gets near Donald Trump’s ears. The vocal minority take putting animal life above human life to ridiculous lengths. We are being held back and made poorer by this nonsense.
There will be no unification of the country while vocal minorities are allowed to prevail to the detriment and wellbeing of the majority. The Treaty specified ‘one law for all’ and that is the only way we can achieve unity, by observing that principle. Until that happens Waitangi Day as a day recognising sovereignty, when a minority don’t want to, should be dispensed with. It is now not fit for purpose. It has been ruined by those who have deliberately twisted the narrative of the Treaty to suit their own agenda. It’s a disgrace.
The left media are all in on promoting this divisiveness. Some so-called political reporter on the anti-government (but government-owned) news channel had the audacity to state that the country had a long way to go before it even comes close to honouring the Treaty. Why do we as taxpayers have to fund this type of verbose stupidity?
We have been let down by the National Party and a weak prime minister who has largely failed to deliver on his campaign promises. In the area of race, Christopher Luxon resembles UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in weakness. As I have said before, this failure to act is costing National votes and will do so at the election. The party needs to stop the endless pandering to people who will never vote for them. But I have an idea of how Mr Luxon can partially redeem himself, and it’s not new.
Let’s have a public holiday called New Zealand Day. That name is all encompassing. Waitangi Day could still be recognised but not as a public holiday. A small ceremony could be held locally but spare me the pitiful sight of politicians, particularly those on the right, trooping up there to be yelled and screamed at. As Winston told them: “We didn’t come up here to be insulted.” Correct, but the smarter opinion would have been to stay away.
Waitangi Day will never bring unity. New Zealand Day just might.
