Noone involved in the Govt is seeking to change the Treaty of Waitangi. You are creating a Strawman to beat down.
What damage? How can any damage be done by having a discussion? Unless someone is actively promoting violence or even agression against people as a result. There is no indication that is going to happen.
Where is your actual hard evidence for this "shadowy funding for the far right ACT party propaganda"? The most I've seen is some rather long bow drawing which tries to link ACT with the TPU with Atlas. ACT has to publish it's list of donors over a certain ...
What is he going to apologies for - Hurt feelings?
Given the fact he has now hinted he might be convinced to swing the National party behind passing the proposed legislation at a 2nd reading I suspect he has recived focu group and internal polling that suggests there is a lot of support for it and he won't...
You come across as so conspiratorial. There is little to distinguish you from say an anti-vaxxer. Next you will be telling me to "Follow the money". If you have evidence present it. If you don't then don't expect me to blindly accept that what you are ...
Can't you handle dealing with racists? They tend to be the easiest opponents to deal with as their logic is so flawed. You just point out that genetically there are more differences within racial groupings than between them and we all come from a tiny ...
How does it thwart their ambition? Please give an example of a rich persons ambition being thwarted by the Treaty that will be unthwarted by the changes being proposed.
What do you mean how it is done? What is being opened up for debate is the concept of the Principles of the Treaty. This is referred to under legislation but there is not such definition of what these means in the Treaty itself. It has essentially been ...
Of course the public will be able to make submissions on this. This is why it was part of the coalition agreement between ACT and National to ensure it would get past the First reading stage so it would then go to Select committee and people could get ...
When was the concept of sovereignty ever discussed at a national level and agreed by government officials in conjunction with others?
You have missed my point. The argument was that those who disagree that Maori Hapu and Iwi retain sovereignty in NZ are bitter souls with the implications they are out of touch with the mainstream. The reality is this IS the current mainstream position of ...
There has been no discussion around stopping or reversing the Treaty settlement process so your claims have no foundation in reality.
What do you mean those bitter souls? The position of the government of NZ since it's inception WITHOUT EXCEPTION has been that the Crown has undisputed sovereignty over the entirety of NZ. Every single government YOU voted for has held this position. Are ...
With all due respect that is nonsense Robert. Take the matter of sovereignty. The debate you are meaning I am pretty sure is all to do with what people believe the Hapu and Iwi leaders who signed the Treaty thought about the topic. Then there is a very ...
There is evidence that there was a significant Hindu temple on this site that the Muslim invaders of India demolished and then built their Mosque in it's place. Also do you object to the Turks turning the Hagia Sophia into a Mosque?
David Seymour's and ACT's position on this is quite clear - there should be a nation wide debate on what the principles of the Treaty mean for NZ as a whole. The opposition to this concept seems to be that debate on this is bad because of racism. This ...
I must admit I am quite chuffed to have a rule named after me even though the reason I got the rule named after me was perversely almost the opposite of what the rule is about.
It is rather sad as even though I disagreed (and often times disliked) her political viewpoint she did add to the vibrancy and diversity of the NZ Parliament and made a good show of promoting the political views and people she represented. I hope she gets ...
Do you not think that because both commentators on the left AND right are on agreement on how The Greens are mishandling this it might suggest that there is in fact bad political mangement going on here?
Weka is most likely meaning Kennedy Graham and David Clendon who resigned on a matter principle rather than "went rogue" over the Metiria Turei revelations of benefit fraud and the unravelling of her story attempting to justify it.
Do you think they should have a statement from her by the end of the day?
As dennis has pointed out to you there is no indication of when they will make a statement now she is back in the country.
They should have demanded that Golriz Ghahraman provide them with either an assurance there was nothing untoward happening or for her to provide them the information about what she did wrong so they can request that she resigns
Because this damages the party's image and therefore the brand. The Greens are big onstating they have integrity and are better than your usual set of politicians. What they have done so far in dealing with this suggests otherwise.
Yeah but the Story should have been dealt with cleanly so it did not develop legs. They should have got the entire story from Ms Ghahraman and if there was any question of inappropriate behaviour then she should have resigned as an MP immediately. Now if ...
Why have The Greens handled the Golriz Ghahraman allegations so badly? Their approach to date has not shut down the story and it has given it legs. Even exactly when Ms Ghahraman is due back in NZ is unclear which just adds to the confusion. Do The Greens ...
Import substitution is an idiotic policy especially for a smallish country like NZ
Weren't we meant to have hit "Peak oil" about 5 years ago? https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2022/11/30/peak-oil-the-perennial-prophecy-that-went-wrong/?sh=701c49bf2bbe
LOL! There was a massive change in the Poll since the election. In case you missed it the Center Right parties increased their lead over the left wing by over 10%. That is a huge swing in favour of them. Seems like most people like what they see of the new...
"If English is such an important language that it must come first then some people are going to have to learn about semantics, context and the meaning of words." Ehh??? What has that got to do with anything?
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