Pretending Maoris are natives of this land and all others are not is a wicked fiction There are three reasons for this. Maoris arrived here from Taiwan in about 1200 AD, so they’re immigrants like the rest of us.Maori activists were born in the last few decades,...
Non-Maori votes enfeebled as unelectable Maoris never face elections There is a hostility building among conservatives in Middle New Zealand at the Labour government’s blatant vandalism of our democracy. Their radical, race-based alterations enfeeble non-Maori...
Think New Zealand’s pretty great? Of course you do—but it might be better than you think (NZ is third from the left, above). You may have heard recently (because our democracy is under attack) that we’re one of the world’s oldest continuous...
by Richard Treadgold4 February, 2022 We need to clarify exactly why people are upset with the government’s changes to our democracy. Most of the media and many commentators give the impression the government’s been pushing the co-governance barrow for...
