This is edition 2025/199 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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THE DEEP STATE
Muriel Newman
- 🚨 "Deep State" in New Zealand: New Zealand has a growing "Deep State" problem, where public service agencies, like Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), act based on their own agendas, not the government's, particularly in language policies.
- 🌍 Language Priority Shift: Despite a policy to prioritize English names, LINZ continues to promote its Māori name first, citing a commitment to Māori partnership.
- 🏛️ Ministerial Responses: Public Service Minister Brooke van Velden responded by suggesting simple solutions, like flipping the text using Photoshop, but public agencies still resist the change.
- 🏢 Government Departments' Resistance: Of the 33 main government departments, 19 comply with the English-first policy, but the rest continue ignoring it, frustrating the Coalition.
- 💬 Māori Language Strategy: The Crown’s Māori Language Revitalisation strategy underpins this resistance, created by Nanaia Mahuta, with no updated strategy from the current government.
- ⚖️ Cultural Marxism in Public Sector: New Zealand's public institutions are accused of being captured by a form of cultural Marxism, promoting race-based identity politics and undermining democracy.
- 🧑🎓 Academics and Tribal Renaissance: Academics have promoted Māori cultural supremacy since the 1970s, influencing government institutions and promoting separatism rather than integration.
- 🤝 Biculturalism vs. Democracy: Biculturalism has elevated Māori ethnicity, leading to political rights based on ethnicity rather than citizenship, undermining equal representation.
- 📜 Te Tiriti o Waitangi: The weaponization of "Te Tiriti o Waitangi" has enabled race-based governance and decision-making power for iwi (tribal leaders) without democratic oversight.
- 🏺 Museums as Cultural Tools: Museums now promote a separatist narrative, blending Māori beliefs with scientific knowledge, challenging the neutrality of cultural institutions.
- ⚖️ Co-governance and the Courts: Co-governance frameworks and the influence of tikanga (Māori customs) in law risk undermining the rule of law and creating a divided legal system.
- 📉 Risk to Democracy: The empowerment of tikanga through government and legal systems is seen as a direct threat to democratic principles and economic stability.
- 🚫 BSA Overreach: The Broadcasting Standards Authority's expansion into digital media to regulate speech about tikanga represents government overreach and could threaten free speech.
- ⚖️ Call for Reform: A call to overhaul policies, eliminate race-based frameworks, and restore equal rights to strengthen New Zealand’s democracy and prevent tribal rule by 2040.
- 📢 Final Warning: The article urges immediate action to remove separatist frameworks, as inaction will lead to a tribal takeover of New Zealand’s governance by 2040.
