The problem with that is that those parliaments set rules for well-defined geographic areas. And that is only one of the issues. The other is of course the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments are founded on universal suffrage in their territory - not so a ...
It is not ravings, nor lunatic. It just seems that way to you because it has been carefully kept out of the view of most New Zealanders for decades. It has been a work in progress on a number of fronts since the 1980's. In a different life I associated ...
How about just stating openly what YOU believe here. Are you endorsing this separatist TMP policy as laid out here? For example - are you supporting the privatising of the entire Conservation Estate into private tribal corporations and trusts?
I would vote against any coalition proposal that put up handing back great swathes of the conservation estate back to Maori. You have not had that opportunity so far, why do you think you will even be allowed to vote on this? On an personal note this is ...
A radical and irredentist TPM determined to play mischief and blackmail the settler state And there lies the core of the issue. New Zealand, like many other western nations, have been subject to decades of psychological manipulation triggering a ...
9.Sure, with the proviso that these are not 'private' or 'businesses', great Well not too many people understand that effectively two major National Parks in the North Island have already been privatised into family owned businesses and that at least one ...
Excellent OP. I read it carefully Ad and applaud your even-handed treatment. Reading any sort of consistency into these TMP policies isn't easy, as soon as you apply some scrutiny, as a few people above have, the contradictions and things left unsaid ...
Why would a party's policy positions are somehow 'off-topic' - when considering possible post-election coalitions? But maybe you are right - considering the thread policy has become irrelevant. Maybe I should just stick to attacking the personalities like ...
The other obvious conclusion to be drawn from this thread is that any opposition or criticism of the wonderful TPM is ipso facto 'racist dog-whistling'. Frankly it's too late at night for any of that.
I was reflecting on the fact that whenever I have attempted to discuss TPM policy elsewhere there really wasn't much interest.
I note that no-one in this entire thread thought it appropriate to reference or debate any actual TPM policy.
I thought Ukraine should ask the Finnish if they could enter Russia via Karelia - encircle St Petersburg - and then negotiate.
And the answer to that question is "If the circumstances change, of course I might change with them. If TMP's leadership and policies were to change, then there is a chance to talk with them. But under the current circumstances - we are ruling them out." ...
Nope. I just rely on TPM's policy page on to inform me: https://www.maoriparty.org.nz/mana_motuhake Faced between a choice of ACT's radical economics amd TMP's radical constitutional and social agenda's - it's not all that clear which I'd pick.
Criticising a political policy is not the same as 'fearmongering'. No more than your not unreasonable objections to 'crazy far right radicalism' of ACT. As for "lifting Māori out of economic bondage" - the Māori I meet here in Australia seem more than ...
Yeah it is just speculation - but you have to admit it has some logic to it. It likely hangs on this calculus - have I peaked with Labour, or can I achieve more with TMP? What happens when middle NZ becomes aware of just how radical the separatist Maori ...
Likely well enough to waka jump when the moment is right.
Yes - when we first started building to rent 20+ years ago we approached the then HNZ in Porirua for some guidance, because according to their website at the time there was some sort of similar pathway available. I forget the exact details, but it offered ...
I'm going to do a shameless topping on that! From my desk, as I type, pink and grey galahs lined up on a branch, black cockatoos hooning about, a couple of pelicans crusing, a mass of black sheerwaters fishing, and a pair of rainbow lorikeets feeding their...
On a different note - and apols if someone has already referenced this - I found this article tackling yet another aspect of this debate. https://quillette.com/2023/05/04/fictionalizing-indigenous-history-in-the-name-of-gender-activism/
Any time I have encountered Finnish people in my working life, I've been impressed. Well educated, pragmatic people who get shit done. There is a lot to like about this pathway to address homelessness. But then again NZ has some distinct aspects that we'd ...
We currently have about 30% of New Zealand land owned by the State. A very large chunk of that will be the Conservation Estate - generally not suitable for housing at all.
your scan-based (knee-jerk?) reaction casts even those 5 references in a negative light – hardly a logical or objective response, imho. Well yes - fair enough. But as I've hinted at a few times now, this might be the risk you run with the wall of quotes ...
I scanned those references and as usual the main argument raised is 'nuclear is too expensive' and 'takes too long'. Both of which can be largely sheeted home to "Big Lie" LNT myth. Though it’s convenient, mathematically simple and well established in ...
Then again if you shut these sports down, none of these animals would ever likely lived anyway.
Another wall of quotes, and while I can guess why you thought them worth linking to - I cannot see anything substantive in your own words. But if I was to take a punt you are proposing the usual mix measures that involve a mix of energy poverty and ...
Quoting Sec 144: A response to a Te Mana o te Wai statement for water services must include— (a) a plan that sets out how the water services entity intends (consistent with, and without limiting, section 4(1)(b)) to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai, to the...
I came back and re-read your comment above and I want to express appreciation for the sincere thought and time you put into it. If I have not responded to every point it is was in the interests of brevity rather than merely ignoring them.
Indeed I was being simplistic - but this is a political forum not a science journal and I usually try to balance readability for the vast majority of our non-technical readers, while conveying the idea with adequate precision. Essentially I am exploring ...
Well as one of your references speaks to - 'why is it so hard to communicate about climate change' - I suggest the answer is not very complex. It is because the message being conveyed is that the solution to CC is energy poverty - or some variation of this...
Well yes I am not unsympathetic to that view - but surely if we had abolished political parties, then the Electoral Integrity Act itself would serve no purpose. And we would not be having this conversation.
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