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As I have been pointing out, the friction we saw erupt on a Australian University Campus between pro China students and pro Hong Kong students was simply waiting to occur here in NZ.
And it has…
I have nominated Pania Newton for New Zealander of the Year.
Clearly Simon is feeling safe in his position after the TVNZ poll to get back to doing what National Party leaders do best, being race baiting dogs.
If you were angry that Massey University denied Don Brash a space to talk race relations, you should be incandescent with rage that AUT has bowed so gutlessly to our Chinese Overlords.
Labour fear what is happening at Ihumātao because it crosses that most sacred of NZ lies, that we have great race relations.
The question every political pundit has been asking since last months surprise TVNZ and Newshub Polls ( which both told…
Does anyone think that the forced removal of protestors from a scared historic site that is in dispute with the indigenous people would result in anything other than violence?
Angry Chinese residents full of nationalistic fever + indignant Hong Kong students + shocked Kiwis + politicians too wedded to our Chinese Overlords to say anything critical = explosion.
The problem bigger than no electoral coalition partners and a lacklustre Leader with all the charisma of a pedestrian accident is the policy blackhole.
This is a gutsy move by Jacinda and has given her the mana to lead and propose a solution.