Desperate Key calls off Waitangi Visit and provocatively raises TPPA protest stakes
A mix of desperation at the level of protest building at Waitangi Day with the need to manufacture violence during the TPPA signing has led Key to dramatically call off going to Waitangi Day celebrations unless he gets an invite.
John Key may not attend Waitangi Day unless Ngapuhi extend official invite
Prime Minister John Key’s attendance at official Waitangi Day commemorations is in doubt as he awaits on Ngapuhi to decide whether he’s welcome at Te Tii marae.It’s understood Key will stay away from Waitangi and instead attend celebrations in Auckland if Ngapuhi can’t agree on extending a formal invitation for him to speak at the marae.
While this should not affect his official attendance at the Waitangi Treaty grounds it’s understood he won’t go at all unless both marae are open to him.
Ngapuhi co-chairman Rudy Taylor released a statement on Tuesday saying it was Key’s duty to attend Te Tii marae and Ngapuhi would “honour its role in hosting the Government”.
“It’s high time the Government hears the voice of Ngapuhi and the only way to listen is to front up to Maori at Te Tii Marae and blocking Mr Key is not the solution”.
This is needlessly provocative and Key’s manufacturing is obvious.
The manner in which Key is driving towards conflict is alarming.
John Key behaves like a King who gives gestures and commands from the throne now. He simply says, ok, I won’t come, unless you sort yourselves out and give me a kind and open arm welcome.
With that he puts the cat amongst the pigeons, and Ngapuhi argue among themselves about what to do, to extend an invitation or to tell him he is not welcome.
It is just more divide and rule playing, and media communicate the messages between the players and to the public out here.
So people think, oh my, oh my, we do not need trouble, we do not want trouble, get your acts together and be kind to each other, invite the Leader of Highest Esteem who is adored by so many as the supposedly “best” PM we ever had.
The man at the top leans back and lets it all play itself out. Too many sycophants, back stabbers and narcs are out there, all doing their part, he has nothing to worry, so he does not even dish out threats as such, he simply says, I will or I won’t.
As for the TPPA protests and police preparing, this will have been prepared long ago, and Key can rely on the executive to do what they deem necessary. Having passed the laws to give police, security services and even WINZ and IRD more power (incl. search and surveillance), Key can again lean back, it is all under control.
Most are ignorant of the details and the complexity of the scheme, so they just look at what the surface shows, look at the nice man in Paul Henry’s studio and suck up what the MSM report.
All is working perfectly well, in the most sophisticated defacto dictatorship we have, welcome to NZ Aotearoa, the land of the long darkening clouds.
Fuck jonkey
The whole fucking charade is a provocation. And, that is by design.
Agreed @ e-clectic – it’s all becoming to clear now, a biased, owned media and a puppet prime minister – told what to do by a group of well paid marketers. Enough is enough. Unite New Zealand – like you did on the 4th – and ALL give this useless government the one finger salute.