The NZ Government voted to pass unprecedented punishment against 3 Opposition Māori MPs last night in what was the darkest day in NZ Democracy.

The 7 day stand down double punishment handed out to Hana (she had already been punished) and the 3 weeks to Debbie and Rawiri will be damned by history as blatant racism masquerading as Westminster principle.

The speeches were extraordinary and highlighted the insanity of what was being debated.

Labour, Greens and Māori MPs spoke with passion, anger and deep sadness at the total abdication of responsibility Luxon has caused here.

The ACT, National and NZF MPs who spoke disgraced themselves with their vile putrid pettiness. They should forever be held in contempt for their comments.

Winston said the most racist thing he has ever uttered in his entire career and I genuinely wonder how much damage he will cause Māori supporters of NZF.

National, NZF + ACT figuratively lynched the Māori Party and we are a far uglier place for it.

Chris Bishop

Fresh from almost starting drunken brawls by ranting against a Stan Walker performance at the music Awards, you could almost hear Bishop flinching the whole time as he tried to defend the most racist ruling ever handed out by Parliament. His dulcet tones and embarrassment weren’t enough to hide the shame. His argument was bullshit, he even managed to insult Māori again by attacking them for refusing to participate in his Kangaroo Court. As a former tobacco lobbyist, he is the last one to lecture on any issue.

Dr Duncan Webb

Made the point that this changes the Privileges Committee forever as a weapon by the majority. Criticised the claim the Haka was an actual threat, because as he notes, it wasn’t. He also points out that the MPs were not required to attend, and to punish them in this manner was wrong and extreme.

Takuta Ferris

Passionate argument about how racist Parliament is for making this punishment. Points out that the Haka was a response to ACT’s horrific Treaty Referendum Bill. This has Simon Court jumping up and down like a Nonce cleaning that he was offended.

Shut up clown.

The ACT MPs were fucking disgrace.

The Champions of free Speech ACT Party all stood to make the most vile of points in the debate for the Māori Party MP punishment.

Simon Court – the great free speech champion hypocritically kept leaping to his feet to find offence at people saying mean things about how racist his party was. He’s such little Karen demanding to see the manager.

Nicole McGee – Listening to McGee complain about process when she is trying to ram gun change through would be laughable if she wasn’t so dangerous. Listening to McGee complaining about finger guns when she is trying to deregulate real guns is a fucking joke.

Parmjeet Parmar – Had the audacity to play multiculturalism to justify why she wanted to imprison Māori MPs. She then claims the race card by claiming the race card is being played. She is so hateful.

Karen Chhour – She cried Karen tears and begged why everyone can’t work together, while then calling for the most extreme punishment ever handed out.

Let’s not forget, this Haka happened because of the deeply racist Treaty Referendum Bill their Party brought to Parliament, that’s why there was so much righteous fury!

They brought a racist bill to the very heart of NZ Democracy and then wanted to whine about why they were getting so much heat for it.

It’s like an arsonist demanding to know why you are so upset with the fire they lit.

The fact a middle class white woman like Brooke can say the C word in Parliament and that’s ok vs a Haka to reject a racist piece of legislation equating to the end of Western Civilisation highlights the double standards.

MARAMA DAVIDSON

Gave one of the best speeches by pointing out how ridiculous the decision was by forensically going through the charge and comparing previous punishments. She was a strong voice for reason and pointed out the double standard and blatantly partisan and arbitrary nature of the penalties.

Winston Peters

Jesus wept, Winston’s insult towards Rawiri in Parliament during the debate on the Māori Party MP punishment was the most racist thing I’ve ever heard him say in Parliament:

“The Maori Party are a bunch of extremists. The one in the cowboy hat.. The one with the scribbles on his face..’

WTF?

“The one with the scribbles on his face” that’s a direct quote, he said it and the term was so racist and offensive the Speaker forced Winston to stand and withdraw but sweet Jesus, “The one with the scribbles on his face”?

Even for cross burning, redneck, dog whistling Winston, “The one with the scribbles on his face”, is jaw dropping!

I’m not sure the conservative Māori electorate he likes to appeal to will look at those words with any pride.

“The one with the scribbles on his face”?

If any whjiote person had said something so racist, they would face an immediate demand to stand down, Winston plays his favourite game of being the Māori basher that old white Volk love and he gets away with it.

“The one with the scribbles on his face”?

Even for Winston this is a new low.

To mock his own people that way?

Wow.

Just, wow.

I thought the anti-vax, climate denial, anti-trans malaise was bad enough, but “The one with the scribbles on his face”?

Wow.

Māori voters who support Winston have to take a long hard look in the mirror.

“The one with the scribbles on his face”?

That’s on Māori who vote NZF.

Willie Jackson

Gave the best speech of the night. Thanked the Maori Party for standing up against the Treaty Referendum Bill, while also asking them to reflect on the tikanga of Parliament and asking them to focus on working together rather than attack everything. He quips if Hana had said the C word she would already be in prison! Jackson is Labour’s greatest asset, he has the ability to reach out the white working class with a message off solidarity and working together. The radicalism of the Maori Party can be frightening to some pakeha, but Jackson, whose entire career has been built in the Union movement, always saw class above identity and he is the bridge not only to the Maori Party but also to the Labour working classes. He reminds one of their greatest orators.

Chloe Swarbrick

Gave one of the best speeches, just eviscerated ACT and attacked the decision with such passion you could hear the cheering online. Highlighted how Luxon’s total abdication of responsibility in this makes this entire mess his fault. She was a champion of the people and the people roared! Highlighted the absurdity of Winston lecturing on following the law when he was in front of the same Committee and found guilty of deceit!

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

The deep, deep, deep sadness of her words bring tears to the eyes. It is a disgrace what they have don to her. The issue is not our response to the problem, it was the dishonourable Treaty Referendum Bill that was the problem. She has already been punished and yet she is being punished again.

Adrian Rurawhe

Made a beautiful and humbling and incredibly sad contribution. Reprimanded the Maori Party that they had to work together rather than political theatre. He was dismayed at what had been done to the Maori Party but reminded them of their obligations to NZ democracy as well.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Her dignity and the grace of her words will go down in history. Claiming that her supposed finger guns were a threat in the light of her speech made the Right look so much more racist.

 

Ricardo Menendez March

He was so angry. I’ve never seen him this angry. He points out the disgrace of the government rolling out its migrant MPs to justify this. Probably the best speech of his career.

Arena Williams

Her brilliant speech is why I think she will be the Leader of the Labour Party one day. She made an intelligent and intellectual argument about the relationship of the Crown and Democracy that marks her as a real visionary and leader.

Rawiri Waititi

He holds up the noose that hung his ancestors. He responds to Winstons claims of cowboy hat and scribbles on his face. He tells Winston the Hat was his fathers who was in the second world war and his group was called ‘The Cowboys’ and he took it off his fathers Coffin and wore it ever since. The Parliament is utterly silent in shame at his painful painful painful words. An indigenous MP forced out of Parliament holding up a noose  is the image Luxon’s pathetic leadership has created for NZ on the global stage.

Casey Costello

How dare she pretend to claim Parliament is sovereign and that she is here for that sovereignty when she is a paid pimp for the Tobacco industry! Her loyalty is to Tobacco, it sure as Christ isn’t about her loyalty to the Crown!

Kahurangi Carter

When people attack the Greens and try to pretend they are all wild eyed extremists, Kahurangi Carter is the counter. She was reasonable, dignified and righteous in her condemnation of what this Government has done. She is a great voice for justice.

Steve Able

I am a huge fan of Steve, he rationally argued against the decision and righteously denounced the double standard of many who participated in the Haka not being punished. He holds himself up, notes he did the Haka and he isn’t being punished. He puts the disorder in the house with those who actually created it, the ACT Party and Luxon’s weakness, not the Haka performance.

The real c word in Parliament is Colonialism!

Hana, Debbie and Ra-wiri 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 fiddling fiddler on fiddling day!

If you don’t want angry hakas in Parliament, don’t do things that provoke angry hakas in Parliament then!

That Hana, Debbie and Ra-wiri 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 Privileges Committee that history is seeing.

National, NZF + ACT figuratively lynched the Māori Party today.

This is NZ Democracy’s darkest day.

 

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