WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: This has been the most anti-Māori and anti-Treaty Government in living memory
The National, ACT and NZFirst Government has officially ended.
What an extreme 3 years.
After decades of progress on Crown relations and a serious attempt to recognise Māori sovereignty through co-governance, this Government has trashed any progress because the Prime minister Chris Luxon has been hopeless at standing up to Seymour and Winston.
This is not the National Party of Sir Doug Graham, John Key, Jim Bolger or Chris Finlayson, this is a rudderless National Party led by the extreme fringes of ACT and NZFirst.
The Treaty Principles Referendum, stripping the Treaty out of 19 pieces of legislation, the undermining of Māori input in the RMA, the dismantling of Te Reo, making English an offical language and the never ending attack on Māori aspiration, this Government has found more support in a. polarised electorate by leaning into bashing Māori.
Nicky Hager’s recent book ‘Dirty Work’, highlights how the Taxpayers’ Union stumbled upon the racism that empowered their 3 Waters campaign.
The Political Right have realised they can play to the worst angels of our nature and gain political power.
We now have NZ First and ACT promising to dismantle the Waitangi Tribunal and the Māori Electorates in a. competition to see who can harm Māori the most.
National can not be trusted to provide the leadership to reign ACT and NZFirst in so this election represents the most important vote in a generation.
If they are not stopped this election, they will manage to push their anti-Māori and anti-Treaty agenda far beyond what we have seen.
Yes, the MOST ANTI-MAORI, ANTI-TREATY govt in living memory!! NOT a proud label for National, Act and NZF to carry ‘forever’! What’s really wrong with these three parties? Colonial White Privilege, supported by Wealth, Money, Power and Greed! Luxon wasn’t ‘hopeless’ he IS ‘gutless and complicit’! Sadly for NZ and all its people, this last three years have been ugly, vile, corrupt and Racist, with a never-ending attack on our indigenous people. And even sadder, the racist element in NZ has grabbed and run with this – shame on you all! What is also damning is Act and NZF have not learnt anything from this, but have plans to dismantle the Waitangi Tribunal and the Maori Electorates, to bring us all under their “White Colonial Umbrella”. How simple and misguided is that? Again, in case some of you haven’t grasped this yet – Maori were here 400 years before the colonialists! Clearly many of you don’t get that. Put yourselves in their shoes? How dare you take such a smug, self-entitled, superior stance on this! Way past time for you to show some sense of morality and common garden fairness.