A mix of desperation at the level of protest building at Waitangi Day with the need to manufacture violence during the TPPA signing has led Key to dramatically call off going to Waitangi Day celebrations unless he gets an invite.
John Key may not attend Waitangi Day unless Ngapuhi extend official invite
Prime Minister John Key’s attendance at official Waitangi Day commemorations is in doubt as he awaits on Ngapuhi to decide whether he’s welcome at Te Tii marae.It’s understood Key will stay away from Waitangi and instead attend celebrations in Auckland if Ngapuhi can’t agree on extending a formal invitation for him to speak at the marae.
While this should not affect his official attendance at the Waitangi Treaty grounds it’s understood he won’t go at all unless both marae are open to him.
Ngapuhi co-chairman Rudy Taylor released a statement on Tuesday saying it was Key’s duty to attend Te Tii marae and Ngapuhi would “honour its role in hosting the Government”.
“It’s high time the Government hears the voice of Ngapuhi and the only way to listen is to front up to Maori at Te Tii Marae and blocking Mr Key is not the solution”.
This is needlessly provocative and Key’s manufacturing is obvious.
The manner in which Key is driving towards conflict is alarming.
I don’t know a hell of a lot about Maori protocol, but am I right in thinking that this is something like raising your middle finger at John Key?
I was taught that the haka, the porwhiri, and when you meet a person, that they are a challenge. It’s upto the guest to except the challenge.
In a round about way. You could be correct in a small way
*sigh* wish there there was an edit function. This chat thing is really touchy to use
I think Ngapuhi’s position is pretty clear here: ‘Ngapuhi co-chairman Rudy Taylor released a statement on Tuesday saying it was Key’s duty to attend Te Tii marae and Ngapuhi would “honour its role in hosting the Government”. ‘
So no, they aren’t raising a finger, but the marae is a place for a frank exchange of ideas and they will want to eyeball the PM and tell him to his face what their stance is on a few matters. Staying away won’t enable that to happen, so he needs to go.
Yes, he needs to go all right.
I was taught that the haka, the porwhiri, and when you meet a person, that they are a challenge. It’s upto the guest to except the challenge.
In a round about way. You could be correct in a small way
No matter what you think Martyn, the vast majority of voting NZ’rs couldn’t care less about Waitangi Day as it’s just a day off. You may be one of the ‘guilty white’ hand wring and weep for ‘The poor Maori’ but I think you will find if Key just came out with it and say that he won’t attend (this year or any year, possibly attend in his last year as PM in 2020 before he hands the PMship over to any number of capable National MP’s) as it’s just abuse each year (Helen got the same when she in Govt), the bump in poll %ages would be at least 3-5% as most would whole heartilly agree. Lets face it Martyn, If the PM of the day was not in attendance the media would hardly bother and the usual Maori activist gang wouldn’t get on the telly…a win for the majority and only a loss to the minority.
Did you hear what Key had to say about waitresses before you made this comment?
Its a bit late to be crying about Waitangi Day any how. The deals been signed. No backing out now.
Your comment just proves that Maori continue to be shafted, no matter whether there have been some “settlements” of grievances, no matter the talk about a “treaty”, no matter about all talk about a “bicultural nation”, the elite in power has a dim view, the media have a dim view (just listened to Garner on Radio Live(ing) Dead), most “ordinary” people seem to have no interest and a dim view.
And as high immigration of new residents is the best tool to contribute to more competition, more divide and rule, the government does generously use it to maintain in firm control.
Indeed, give it another generation or two, and there will be few traces of Maori culture and society left in this country, the defacto genocide continues, day by day.
Your pseudonym says it all.
Well sunshine, your “poor Maori” as you arrogantly call them, were the leaders of this anti-TPPA demonstration. They have taken on the task of showing the country what they think of dodgy deals, Shonkey, greedy American corporations, and your ignorant assumptions all at the same time.
Not “poor Maori”, but poor “Sleepy hobbits” who missed it all because they were too busy doing nothing. You included.
John Key behaves like a King who gives gestures and commands from the throne now. He simply says, ok, I won’t come, unless you sort yourselves out and give me a kind and open arm welcome.
With that he puts the cat amongst the pigeons, and Ngapuhi argue among themselves about what to do, to extend an invitation or to tell him he is not welcome.
It is just more divide and rule playing, and media communicate the messages between the players and to the public out here.
So people think, oh my, oh my, we do not need trouble, we do not want trouble, get your acts together and be kind to each other, invite the Leader of Highest Esteem who is adored by so many as the supposedly “best” PM we ever had.
The man at the top leans back and lets it all play itself out. Too many sycophants, back stabbers and narcs are out there, all doing their part, he has nothing to worry, so he does not even dish out threats as such, he simply says, I will or I won’t.
As for the TPPA protests and police preparing, this will have been prepared long ago, and Key can rely on the executive to do what they deem necessary. Having passed the laws to give police, security services and even WINZ and IRD more power (incl. search and surveillance), Key can again lean back, it is all under control.
Most are ignorant of the details and the complexity of the scheme, so they just look at what the surface shows, look at the nice man in Paul Henry’s studio and suck up what the MSM report.
All is working perfectly well, in the most sophisticated defacto dictatorship we have, welcome to NZ Aotearoa, the land of the long darkening clouds.
Fuck jonkey
Key has been told hes not welcome on marae at ti ti, hes decided not to go at all because he scared of repercussions,he can dish it out but cant take it.
Bernie Sanders in usa in tie with Clinton,Sanders going to make things equal in usa and says he going to tax the wall street criminality,
he wants everyone to benefit and the corporations are not going to have their own way,billionaires are not going to buy usa, he sounded very good. wish we had a Bernie Sanders,instead of our Wall Street type.
Maybe this is the start to something big and honest.
“Desperate”
Really?
According to polls, the most popular PM we’ve ever had “desperate”?
I think not!
Bored with their childish antics maybe, but hardly desperate.
The whole fucking charade is a provocation. And, that is by design.
Agreed @ e-clectic – it’s all becoming to clear now, a biased, owned media and a puppet prime minister – told what to do by a group of well paid marketers. Enough is enough. Unite New Zealand – like you did on the 4th – and ALL give this useless government the one finger salute.
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