It’s important at the beginning of his leadership to clearly define what Luxon is not by way of direct comparison to Judith Collins time as leader.
Judith’s leadership was highly antagonistic towards Maori. Her definition of co-governance as ‘separatism was straight out of the Don Brash playbook, indeed she openly asked him to help her attack Maori in a desperate plea for white populism that only managed to entrench the public’s negative view of Collins as a race-baiter.
Luxon’s leadership will not be that openly crass.
Luxon’s wealth however does promise the type of elitism that has kept Maori outside the decision making rooms since this country was formed.
His hiring of a Mercedes to cross the road, his promotion of an aspiration many simply can’t afford and his immediate defence of the properties class all point to a leader who can hold up clean hands to declare they aren’t racist while allowing the lifestyle price of their values to keep a tighter stranglehold on cultural and economic segregation in a way a 1000 Judith Collins never could.
Meet the new colonizer, same as the old colonizer.
First published on Waatea News.
In fairness the Maori tribal elite have done more damage this year than Collins, Key and Uncle Fester could do in a term as PM.
There is a simmering ‘us versus them’ powderkeg. Iwi checkpoints might very well be the fuse.
Nzers will accept Police on checkpoints – Hone and his mates. Yeah nah.
Luxton turning back the clock. True Blue and very eltist. Sadly many won’t see it.
Yes RD, True Blue came through loud and clear on Q&A this morning. I wish Jack Tame had asked if he had any thoughts about a CGT, but sadly no mention. Luxon was having none of Jim Bolger’s reshaping of capitalism for a more equitable society.
Sadder still is that for many he is exactly what they want.
Richard. Dahlberg – That black Mercedes was pathetic – he’s no blue blood. I’ll wager a bet that he grew up on the east side of Christchurch and has been desperately trying to compensate since. Vulgar – the Nats are, time and time again, male and female, whatever, and the ultimate flag bearers for materialism – hence wee John Key salivating for a new flag just to suit himself. Moron.
As the housing crisis worsens, which really is what is at the root of so many societal problems that directly affect those in lower to middle socio-economic zone, what is Jacinda or Labour doing? Sweet bugger all.
Or to put it another way and without doubt, exactly what Luxon would do. Ensure the haves, have it all. And the rest, who identify themselves, are dumped in motels.
Yes Martyn, nothing in Luxon’s leadership for Maori. For Q&A he had obviously been schooled in the title for each Article of the Treaty, but admitted no depth of understanding; but against this lack of understanding was prepared to criticise the proposed Maori health authority.
Here’s a re-wording specially for Bg:
What is Luxon going to do to facilitate the ongoing process of rebalancing and redress, for those who have suffered generations of institutionalised, targeted discrimination and segregation here in Aotearoa/ NZ?
Also, this report just out:
Poverty rates for Maori and Pasifika children slammed
“More than 25 percent of Pasifika children face material hardship – living in a household that can’t afford six or more essentials including having enough to eat, fresh vegetables, and warm clothes.
“Twenty percent of Maori and disabled children live in poverty and 11 percent of all children in New Zealand are experiencing material hardship.”
Kheala. Thanks for highlighting this terrible situation. It’s good to see that they got out and spoke with the persons most affected, i.e. the children. It is horrific though that such a high percentage of children are receiving a message that in the eyes of government, they don’t matter. Some of their lives will be forever stunted, through absolutely no fault of their own, which is inexcusable.
Yes, and for children to be going hungry, – any children, – in a country that produces some of the best quality food in world, really is an ugly crime. Via the GST on foods, those at the top, including all MPs, are feeding off the poor. Again, the gst on fruit and veggies in particular, needs to be removed, – not just in the supermarkets but right down the line. By the time a child looks hungrily at a piece of fruit, even if it was grown nearby, the govt has been grabbing $$$$s out of that item multiple times. Greed, greed, greed and more greed, at the expense of our children!!! Shame on them!!!
Kheala. Yes GST off all foodstuffs, and children’s clothing, just as the Brits do – and much of the kids’ clothing here is made in China crap, no longer good quality garments which can be passed down through the family, or recycled into quilts and rugs.
The high cost of fresh produce is impacting more than just children. An elderly volunteer at the Sallies lamented the cost of buying a pork chop to me, and then he died.
Store bought fruit and vegetables are perhaps double what they cost in the UK and Australia. Buying and eating food in the UK is cheaper than in New Zealand, in spite of much of it having incurred the extra costs of being processed (and less nutritious ), or imported.
It’s a huge challenge for mothers trying to provide for children on very little money, and it is a debilitating ongoing strain, which I doubt any politician even begins to understand, or cares about.
Good to see someone to fire bombs at the commies in Labour. Fuck their police state and pandering to a tiny minority- all who forget 50 – 90% of their heritage is European.
Obviously a bald-head – romgitupongi is not te reo – where does that come from – deep south of USA.
What I have noticed is the sycophantic mainstream NZ media is giving Luxon a publicity stunt to the point of being OTT.
And as a result I have switched off more so than ever before bothering with the NZ media who are quite obviously so deep into the NZ National Party pocket to no longer see daylight but MUST obey their Master John Key.
Whilst I felt National needed a younger team at the helm the choice of Luxon and Willis is coming across as a John Key choice that may as well be referred to like a soap opera of The Bald and the Bobble-head. Reason for this thinking on my part is Luxon has the stench of John Key in his aura and arrogance and Willis nods her head like a Bobble=headed toy dog whilst holding a PanAm Smile that just doesn’t DO IT for National.
What Team Luxon and Willis do for National is something we just have to wait and see. But deep down I still feel National needs a young team but with no links to John Key.
Meanwhile who knows but John Key may well be weighing in in his own ponytail pulling way to be the president of National. It will be the ONLY time in his abysmal and selfish ridden life time that Key would be addressed as a president albeit of the political party he so well ruined in his “greed is good” mantra that Mike Hosking so adored.
Just me – I think that besmitten Willis is out of John Key’s office too, just like that spy woman was, and although it’s not necessarily a “ young “ team that the Nat’s need, it looks as if too many of the dirty politics brigade are wielding power there, and if they’ve got the media again, then pity New Zealand.
Yes but have we haven’t been treated like Pakeha. Listening to Luxon was really just another version of John when asked how often he talks to John his face went a bit red it seems he didn’t expect to be asked that question. Based on his interview with Jack he offers nothing new just the same old ideas. Telling us to diversify yet the biggest component of his own investment is housing. He referred to Matariki as matarangi this says a lot about how little he thinks of us and our culture. Jack didn’t really ask him the hard questions and almost all of this comments were vague. He has a lot of work to do, stating with cleaning up his parties shit.
Covid is pa. If Luxon referred to Matariki as matarangi, then he truly comes from the land of the blind and deaf. The whole Matariki discourse has been one of the most culturally and spiritually significant dialogues which we’ve had, and very important as such, and that the head – or whatever he was – of Air New Zealand can’t even get that right is unbelievable. It may not be anti – Maori, it may simply be of no importance to a money man, just as pronouncing New Zealand properly was of no interest to John Key.
And Matarangi?
A rich white colonial Coromandel beach estate where $2 million “bach’s” lay empty waiting for the usual Auckland holiday influx.
Bert – Freudian slip then.
Probably
A John key clone.
This one’s teflon too.
Anything thrown at him just slips right off again.
Then you need some Jiff. That’ll scrape it off. Cant beat that stuff for bench and table tops.
The thing Luxon has going for him is how strong his psychological defences are. In comparison to Muller who couldn’t withstand the attacks and quickly destabilized.
The second coming of Key is the trojan horse Luxon is using to enter, the problem is beyond the corporate jargon we don’t know who he really is or what he is capable of. In regards to his lack of knowledge around indigenous issues we get insight into his callousness and disconnection.
There’s not much political value in trying to buy the Maori vote, they’ve already been bought (at great expense) and their voter turnout is below 10% of eligible voters. Probably best to just ignore them.
FWIW, if what I’m hearing is a reasonable reflection of opinion; people – European, Asian and many Maori believe the current lot have gone way too far with their OTT acquiescence to separatist Maori policy.
S.F.A………..Luxon will be hoping the Maori Party will support National again in 2023. I’m confident the Maori Party will never forget what voters did to them in 2017 for propping up the Key Government.
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