Recent Official Information dumps have given us insight into what the officials were saying to the Government on recognising Palestine and arresting the homeless and the private briefings are damning.
MFAT advised the Government to recognise Palestine…
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine in early advice the Government ultimately ignored.
In September, at a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the Government had decided not to recognise Palestine as a state, as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and more than 150 countries had.
…and this Government shamefully went against that advice in favour of siding with the war criminals committing a genocide.
The Police privately briefed the Government that street violence had fallen dramatically while homelessness had exploded…
‘Move-on’ orders for homeless come as public disorder hits 10-year low
The Government’s work into moving on rough sleepers comes despite advice that disorderly behaviour is at a 10-year low, according to police data.
The issue is related to rising homelessness, concern among business groups that shoppers are deterred from coming into the Auckland CBD, and concerns that there isn’t enough housing for those who might be moved on.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed he is looking at “move-on” orders to clean up downtown Auckland, which would enable police or maybe a council officer to order someone to leave for a period of time because of anti-social behaviour.
…the Prime Minister is embarrassed and ashamed at how the poverty that he is creating makes NZ look bad in front of all the tourists he wants to bring back.
His policies cut back on food banks, his policies cut back on homelessness outreach and his policies changed the the emergency housing rules which every single organisation working with the poor warned would cause more homelessness.
WELL HE CREATED MORE HOMELESSNESS!
That he has the fucking audacity to push for laws to arrest the very homeless that his policies have generated despite street violence at a ten year low is despicable even for National, ACT and NZF.
This Government are being privately warned against their stupid policies but do them any way!
By siding with the war criminals by not recognising Palestine stains all our mana.
By arresting the very homeless that the Government’s own policies are creating should shame us all.
How septic have you become by holding onto you post Covid bitterness for this to be acceptable?
Isn’t it time to seek therapy for all that spite?
If you voted National, ACT, NZF OR DIDN’T VOTE, you are enabling this.
It’s time to get off the fence, this right wing Government is disgusting.
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This is a shameless government, the very worst we have ever seen.