Substance matters

• Eddie
• 15 years ago
• Categories: national/act government
• Tags: maryan street, metiria turei, rahui katene, slave labour

Last night, our positive and ambitious National/Act government:

• Voted against Green MP Metiria Turei’s bill to protect the 111 Maui dolphins left.
• Voted against Labour MP Maryan Street’s bill to ban the importation of goods made by slave labour.
• Indicated they will vote against Maori Party MP Rahui Katene’s bill to institute Matariki as a public holiday.

So much for the ‘blue green’ National Party. So much for partnership with Maori. And so much for their bullshit ‘Labour with a tax cut’ framing.

It’s substance that matters, and that substance tells us the hard right are back in the saddle. How’s that change feeling New Zealand?