A brighter future for Maori?

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1. Rupert the Beer 1

   25 January 2012 at 12:18 pm

   He’s an explanation for a man who puts all his faith in the rationality of the market: if Maori are better off under National, the fact that they overwhelmingly favour Labour (or the Maori Party) at the polls would suggest that they are not voting in their own self interest.

   Or they are, and Key – as usual – is talking out of his arse.
2. Hateatea 2

   25 January 2012 at 5:06 pm

   Not this one. I haven’t enjoyed the two months to date and don’t foresee any improvement over the remaining 34 months
3. tc 3

   25 January 2012 at 6:35 pm

   Be great if folk showed up to vote, Maori are part of a larger group that just don’t seen to be arsed casting a vote. The Maori seat turnout was pretty telling in its own right but the NACT have the foot on the entire lower brackets……hello out there ! Apathy wins….OK?
   • Hateatea 3.1

     25 January 2012 at 8:49 pm

     I am Maori. I voted. I always do. I also seize the opportunity, whenever presented with one, to communicate my thoughts to any MP who comes my way. I even participate in submissions, petitions and even went on the Foreshore and Seabed march on Parliament.

     That said, so many of my friends and relations feel disenfranchised by the systems that keep them statiscised, criticised, marginalised and frightened that they feel their vote is meaningless when balanced against the wishes of the wealthy as represented by the majority of NZ’s mp’s. Sometimes, I find myself thinking and feeling that way too and I AM engaged and I know how to voice my opinion.
4. Arandar 4

   25 January 2012 at 7:16 pm

   I’m Maori. I voted. Not National. I lost my job on Christmas Eve. National’s definitely made a difference to me. Not liking it so far. Don’t expect to feel any better any time soon.
5. tc 5

   26 January 2012 at 7:14 am

   It’s pretty much assumed that anyone blogging here voted, especially the trolls, probably a few times.
   It’s the near 1 in 3 who didn’t we must ensure get to the booths in 2014 a marginally bigger turnout and we probably wouldn’t have the NACT now.
6. Uturn 6

   26 January 2012 at 9:13 am

   I happened to catch John Key telling journalists that National had done more for maori than Labour, like building state housing years ago. What he left out was context. National were merely continuing Labour’s already successful policy. He did the same thing this election, claiming roads built during Labour terms as National party successes. The guy is a terminal liar.
   • Marjorie Dawe 6.1

     26 January 2012 at 9:48 am

     Agreed but he forgot to mention that they bulldozed many state houses before replacing a few of them so the numbers are still behind. Ask the more than 150 families in Glen Innes who are being evicted from their state houses by mid year because the wealthy want more land.
     • Uturn 6.1.1

       26 January 2012 at 10:56 am

       Time moves on, but the story remains the same. Funny you should mention Glen Innes. Not far from there, about fifty years ago, the government burnt maori out of their homes (while they were still living in them) and built state houses on top the hill overlooking the land they were stealing. In a breathtaking act of arrogance, they even held a public raffle about what to do with the land they didn’t own and had not yet “appropriated”. Nasty, nasty, stuff.

       Pretty sure that whole G.I. area, down to St Heliers, is still technically moari land. Wouldn’t know to look at it.
7. foreign waka 7

   26 January 2012 at 9:15 pm

   I am amazed that there is not a better outcome for Maori. It is my understanding that under the Treaty Settlements large amounts of moneys were paid to the iwi and they in turn support their kin with costs for Education etc? I do know that many people, regardless of race are in very tight situations and just scraping by. Food prices, petrol and essentials have increased by a large % and GST being on top of these has also been increased. Still at a loss why the Maori Party went with National. Surely the Seabed legislation cannot be the only reason?
   • Colonial Viper 7.1

     26 January 2012 at 9:29 pm

     Maori Moneytocracy rules the Maori Party.

     Corporate elites always cosy up whether they are brown or white.

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