WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: David Seymour and the Minority Tyranny of the Majority
We have a situation where the indigenous minority are being told by an even smaller political minority that their legal rights will be decided by an electoral majority whipped into hysteria by the very same political minority and call that ‘democracy’.
That ACT can simply call a select committee and negotiate a completely different Treaty arrangement where the Crown no longer has an obligation to work with Māori and is based on a radical interpretation of the Treaty that only David Seymour and his reactionary supporters believe in feels like a cruelty to entrench 19th Century white settler privilege rather than herald a new age of Treaty relations.
What ACT are proposing is a race baiting exercise rather than legitimate democratic proposal, it will set this country backwards and cause a level of civil disruption the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Springbok tour.
Taking such a radical position that ends the Crown’s obligation to work with Māori and pretend it’s for a high minded democratic value is insulting, offensive and cynically manipulative.
We collectively deserve better than ACT’s debate.
First published on Waatea News.
We collectively deserve better than ACT. End of Story.
Or maybe Chris Penk who wants keep building cost down by making walls optional. What the f’k is wrong with these people. They are an embarrassment.
Yes wheel they are just plain stupid .Why would you not want warm houses .It seems the rich pricks that are building a 3 million mansion are complaining because it cost 50 k to insulate it .Bet they dont leave half the roof off because its costing 200k compared to 50 for the average house .
The Penk Plan: cost optimisation and reprioritisation by a balanced approach to cheaper housing through less nails and other non-frontline materials.
But but some unnamed builder told Penk that too much insulation can overheat a house….???? What!!!
Any fool knows that insulation does not heat a house.It will hold heat in a house for much longer than not having it ,and, the thicker the insulation in the ceiling walls and floor, the longer the heat is held.
If the house does not require much heating to achieve a comfortable room temperature, then that is a good thing.
Reducing the R.Value of the insulation to save a tiny weeny bit of money is sheer stupidity.
The installion time and cost is still the same.
Slashing $50,000 off the cost of building a house by cutting the R.Value of insulation is utter utter
bullshit.
Where the hell do these people get
their information from.
He’s turned out to be another Seymour….so stupid…so ignorant!!
The majority of ‘Maori’ aren’t even on Maori electoral roll which is a strong indicator of what most Maori want.
Incorrect. The Maori population to end 2023 was 904,100 (RNZ, 2024). The number of Maori aged 0 to 17 is 312,426 (Statistics NZ, 2023, who give a total Maori population 1% lower). This means eligible Maori voters 18+ number 904,100 – 312,426 = 591,674.
The Electoral Commission (2024) states the number of Maori on General roll is 275,190 on Maori roll is 291,581.
So Eligible Maori voters – Actual Maori enrolled = 591,674 – 275,190 – 291,581 = 24,903.
Only 4% of Maori eligible voters are not enrolled to vote. The Electoral Commission data suggests Maori prefer to enrol on the Maori roll.
Electoral Commission. (2024). Maori enrolment. Retrieved from
https://elections.nz/assets/Enrolment-stats-Maori-and-overseas/Maori-Descent-Enrolment-Stats-20240701.xlsx
RNZ. (2024). Maori population grows to 904,100. Retrieved from
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517010/maori-population-grows-to-904-100
Statistics NZ. (2023). 2023 Census population counts (by ethnic group, age, and Māori descent) and dwelling counts. Table 9. Retrieved from
https://www.stats.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/2023-Census-population-counts-by-ethnic-group-age-and-Maori-descent-and-dwelling-counts/Downloads/2023-Census-national-and-subnational-usually-resident-population-counts-and-dwelling-counts.xlsx
15-17 year olds calculated as 3/5 of 15-19 cohort.
Jody you just smashed another one of Andrew’s conspiracy theories by producing facts. The right don’t like facts, never have, it gets in the way of their alternative truths.
Whatever Andrew Māori mostly gave Labour their party vote and the Māori party their electoral vote. We are working on getting more Maori on the Maori roll it is in progress. However once some of the nasty ones like the lot abusing their democratic powers now see this will give us more say they will remove it as they are doing now with anything else that stands in their way.
Seymour is just a plastic Maori who thinks he knows better than the real Maori .
and you’re racist
Whatever Andrew Māori mostly gave Labour their party vote and the Māori party their electoral vote. We are working on getting more Maori on the Maori roll it is in progress. However once some of the nasty ones like the lot abusing their democratic powers now see this will give us more say they will remove it as they are doing now with anything else that stands in their way.
Democracy sucks when the other lot are in power doesn’t it.
So what about when the minority got to choose their own rights over everybody else for 6 years?
Wow. You finally show yourself as way more complex than transphobic. Add f’ing idiot to the list.
I see from headlines that both Seymour and Jones are under threat of contempt of court rulings over the removal of TOW provisions from various state organisations, where the courts have ruled they must comply. I believe, if I’ve read the article correctly, that the existing body of laws require certain actions be taken that cannot be overruled by executive direction. It means the pharmacy and Maori health actions are illegal and must be terminated until parliament changes laws, among other actions taken. I also see that unless the ministers, Seymour and Jones comply with the court rulings, a bench warrant may be issued committing them to incarceration for an indefinite term until they comply. Interesting.