Chris Hipkins gave one of the best speeches of his career yesterday as he eviscerated the Government’s decision to punish the 3 Maori Party MPs with the most extreme punishment ever meted out in NZ political history.
Chippy articulated that if we were to banish 3 opposition MPs from Parliament, we were at risk of doing terrible damage to our Democracy because banning Opposition MPs from Parliament is the sort of thing Banana Republics do!
Banning indigenous Politicians during the Budget or the Regulatory Standards Bill would be an egregious act that would permanently bruise our collective mana.
Chippy’s argument was so powerful, it saw the Government freak out and suspend the vote.
Turns out the real C word is Colonialism!
Hana, Debbie and Rawiri were handed an outrageously severe punishment for having the temerity of performing a haka in Parliament.
Now.
Everyone must feel safe and secure in Parliament, no one is disputing that.
But the context here matters eh?
The Political Right brought a deplorable race baiting piece of legislation to the very halls of our Debating Chamber in an outright declaration of war upon the Treaty.
Every Māori in that chamber had an obligation to Haka against this deplorable scumbaggery!
Remember, it only happened because David Seymour played Chris Luxon like a chump.
If you don’t want angry hakas in Parliament, don’t do things that provoke angry hakas in Parliament then!
That Hana, Debbie and Rawiri have faced the harshest punishment in NZ Political history for performing resistance to a deeply corrosive and malicious bill is an audacity too far.
Over a Billion people watched the power and majesty of that Haka.
History is watching and it’s a very white settler privilege from the Priviledges Committee that history is seeing.
By stepping in when he did, Chippy showed more actual leadership in that one speech than Luxon has shown for his entire time as PM.
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Of course, because Luxon is not a leader’s arse hole
But Druncle Winnie maths says ‘ we’ve been doing Parliament like this for thousands of years’. ( essence of beginning of Westminster 1300.. lmao).
That we fought in the World Wars to not have bare feet, t- shirts and hats in this place … wearing a power suit and tie..didn’t know that about the war did ya ?
Some white sailors lost in a ship at sea wearing lace and pantaloons arrived and falsely claimed THEY discovered something. The Story all over the globe.
Parliament is made up of people who have enough faith in their ideas to promote them .They then promote their ideas and see if enough people agree with them to form a policy that the voters like.
Seymour has this right just as TPM have their rights. Neither side has they right to try and intimidate the other.
It wasn’t intimidation by TPM, it was a protest of the bill. I can understand you not knowing the significance of Haka given your birth place. The irony is that the vote was counted and voted down prior to the haka being performed, further evidence that was a protest against a racially divisive party.
‘Neither side has they right to try and intimidate the other.’
So Parmjeet Parmar’s enquiry about imprisoning Maori members of Parliament not intimidating?
‘They then promote their ideas and see if enough people agree with them to form a policy that the voters like.’
Privatising of state assets- when was this idea promoted to see if people agreed with it or if voters like it?
Pay Equity Amendment swiftly pushed through as emergency. Any general agreement from the public sought in this legislation by stealth?
And the Regulatory Standards Bill? From Radio New Zealand.
‘ The hearing was originally for 6 June but had to be pushed forward, meaning only the claimant’s lawyers were able to provide evidence.
The bill is set to be introduced to Parliament on 19 May, meaning the Tribunal will lose its jurisdiction to scrutinise it. It meant the Tribunal had to cut the usual proceedings down to one day, facilitate it online, and restrict evidence submission to claimants lawyers only.’
‘Parliament is made up of people who have enough faith in their ideas to promote them” . This is utterly wrong.
Parliament is made up of people voted into office by the public to represent the public will. It is NOT so various idealogues and zealots can promote their prejudices.
Brilliant retort stevie.
If a haka was intimidating then it would soon be stopped before All Blacks matches, it adds to the atmosphere and was a perfect fit to the end of the attack on the treaty. It is certainly motivating and the extreme punishment required by the CoC just shows how small minded they are if they can’t handle any dissenting views.
It’s a war dance. That’s why it’s done by the All Blacks.
ACT were the intimidators here with their “No Maori allowed” exclusivity bill. TPM were just giving it the send off it deserved. Snowflake right whingers are facing diminishing authority and it shows.
And your point being? Apart from absolving the Act/lickspittle governing cabal of any responsibility for starting this paricularly ridiculous, ans shameful episode in the first place that is..
ACT have the same rights as every other party to speak, yes, but they don’t have the right to shut down dissenting opinion to what amounts to an attack on our society… even if it does expose their utter disloyalty to their constituents, and the country as a whole…
Are you trying to suggest that Te Pati Maori is attempting to shut Rimmer(Semour) down with threats?
So what you’re implying is the openly racist Treaty Principles Bill Seymour promoted is not intimidation because it somehow was just him promoting his ideas.
Shane Jones has enough faith in his “ideas” to promote them Trevor? I think he has faith in the cash involved
The clowns haven’t faced any punishment yet. And they can contribute to the budget.
white racist prick
Predictable shite comment from Gordon.
Which Clowns are we talking about Ennius? The one driving a vehicle up the stairs of Parliament or the ones telling Mexicans to leave the country?
The ones in dress up, that’s what Clowns do.
Panic? more like a yawn lol
To be fair it may have felt intimidating to Seymour given he chose Dancing with the no Stars over Fight for life. He’s such a snowflake.
I have no problem with a haka in The House, after all its part of our combined culture now. But I feel it should have been done from the TPM side of the house and without the finger pointing. The proposed penalty is excessive.
The piece was about defending ‘Chippy’ . Why? And don’t.