“However, my office was advised I could attend the powhiri but not speak – conditions which are not acceptable to me.”
On that I agree. Hopefully this year and last year will just be the only years where the PM didn't attend
Oh so because I dislike the PM being gagged I must be a National voter?
"However, my office was advised I could attend the powhiri but not speak – conditions which are not acceptable to me." Yes, he has been prevented from speaking
I can't spell most english words correctly and my spell check is not particularly good at spelling Maori words. Telling someone they can't speak because they aren't Maori is pretty racist IMO
In the former a leader is having their speaking rights limited in his own nation on a day celebrating that nations birth. In the latter a leader having their speaking rights limited in a foregin nation while on a diplomatic trip. You consider these events ...
Traditionally the speach from the PM during the powhiri at Te Tiriti is about the issues facing the Nation. Key was prevented from speaking about TPP, which was signed several days previously, as the iwi leaders believed it would be too inflamatory to ...
Haha yea lets all sit in echo chambers and never engage with one another. Thats a great way to progress /sarcasm
The Treaty of Waitangi binds Maori and Pakeha into a single Nation. The leader of our nation should get to speak on that day William English from Southland has been prevented from speaking. Do you think he would be able to speak if instead he was Weremu ...
First of all their is precident, until last year the Prime Minister was always able to speak at the powhiri without a gag. Secondly, Waitangi is a day commemorating the founding of our nation. A small group of people deciding that our political leader ...
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