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Playing up to the old, angry, Pakeha, white crowd, Simon Bridges launches an attack on the Maori Parliamentary Seats and the Waitangi Tribunal, calling for both long standing and respected New Zealand institutions to be abolished.
Simon Bridges is walking a well trodden path.
Winston Peters has made a successful political career out of pandering to anti-Maori, anti-immigrant sentiments found in the Pakeha White Majority.
Following down the same trajectory;
What will we see from Simon Bridges next?
An attack on Asian immigrants?
With National’s links to the Communist Chinese Government, this might seem unlikely.
But not impossible.
NZ is still a partner in the US led Five Eyes security network.
If push comes to shove, in a dispute between the US and China, under US pressure, National would quickly abandon their new found friends.
In this event, anti-immigrant race baiting will be fully embraced by the Nats.
It worked for Trump.
Even the other farmers are against setting the precedent to using the sea as your wastewater toilet in mega intensive dairy farms.
“Oceania Dairy, owned by Chinese dairy giant Yili group, lodged six consent applications with Environment Canterbury for the construction of a 7.5km pipeline that would allow it to discharge up to 10,000cum of treated wastewater into the sea per day.”
https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-life-other/proposed-oceania-pipeline-draws-irrigators’-ire
Sad news, the death of Dr Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus and asking for medical supplies.
Coronavirus: Doctor’s death unleashes mourning, fury at Chinese officials
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119364005/chinese-rage-over-death-of-hero-doctor-who-sent-early-warning-about-coronavirus
“Given there are 24 percent of New Zealand population who identify as being disabled and we have an aging population, I hope we continue to be aspirational around that target,” she told Newshub.”
Astonishing statistic aka 24% of the NZ population is disabled, if accurate… also if it is not accurate, then it can also have the effect of making more seriously disabled get less services than they should be getting, aka housing.
Personally think the severely disabled should be the priority for housing in particular if it effects mobility as it would be extremely difficult to get private housing for that.
When 1 in 4 are identifying as disabled, something sounds wrong with that picture.
(And if it is true that 24% are actually disabled, then you have to wonder what is going on in NZ, that we have such a big percentage of disabled people).
All sympathy to disabled people as one of the most difficult things to manage.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/wellington-s-housing-crisis-taking-huge-toll-on-people-with-disabilities.html
So if 24% of the NZ population is disabled, why are they closing down facilities!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018732252/nz-disability-rehab-centre-closure-worries-clients-i-don-t-know-where-i-ll-go
There is a shitload of bullshit artists commenting about the Bernie Sanders Campaign. First of all the Iowa Causas Chairs are deeply current and the DNC is deeply corrupt. And Warren, Biden and that Pete, are deeply corrupt.
They’re just over there at the standard being rats. I was always suspicious of McFlock, SPC, Andre and the vast majority currently commenting but with so many in one place it’s now undeniable. They hate the, they’ve always hated the left and they’re doing anything to drag the left down.
This is unbelievable how those wana be standard moderators could be manipulated like that. Old Mr Lprints bullshit behaviour algorithms was all a lie.
“EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.”
The above list is evidently not comprehensive.
People who make comments which fail to pass moderation are left wondering what the Daily Blog team find so objectionable about certain political arguments, for example, a study into the meaning of the words “Kawanatanga” and “Rangatiratanga” which refers to contemporary sources to elicit the respective meanings of the two words and concludes that Maori did not cede sovereignty in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Seems that for the Daily Blog there are some very sensitive political issues that go beyond various phobias and unorthodox medical opinions.
Could we have the full list please?
Well I’m not going to go into a full list but it was noted that kawangatanga meant governments and Tino Rangatiratanga means sovereignty or self determination. Now I don’t know what the framers meant by the treaty, maybe they meant immigration policy, maybe economics, maybe war, frankly it doesn’t make much hey thinking about it.
If you want to be apart of Aotearoa-New Zealand then you’ll want to be apart of the Treaty because you’re making a compromise on certain freedoms of action because of the gains that come to you or to others, and not just to you. The same is true for sovereignty.
National sovereignty in and of itself is of no value. E Ke the marae is nothing with out the people is a famous Māori proverb in so far as governance contributes to human welfare, rights, freedoms, privacy and so on.
In this world the participantion of and construction of international agreements such as The Treaty of Waitangi for it to be a healthy one is a good thing for everyone not just Māori and tau Iwi. Not just us but anyone else who seeks safe harbour.
So I don’t see any contradiction between Māori maintaining control over their people and resources and of there own politicking in fact Māori are trying to create control because they don’t have much control over the way decisions are made with in there own communities and nation and so on and so on and making our own decision to subordinate Māori into solidarity and unionism into crown institutions.
To me there is no contradiction. To me it’s like the same choices you’d make amongst your own family or any or no bigger than that.
CENSORSHIP prevails on TDB, it is worse than ever, as it is election year.
Sam – first thought to mind. You have used ‘apart’ when you mean ‘a part’. It seems to me that these two word usages are polar opposites – and one blank space makes this world of difference. Isn’t that amazing. That is why legal documents have to be so carefully drawn up and I think they don’t put commas in at all or much. The idea is to be very clear with no compromise on meaning. So take care to ensure that you don’t drive us apart with your thinking when your intention is for all thinking and warm people to be a part of a great group working together in goodwill and to the same ends.
Depends if youre arguing that Māori ceded sovereignty or not.
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