Leadership & Democracy

Leadership & Democracy

In my opinion our Prime Minister has shown only that he doesn’t understand the meaning of either word.

Our system of governance is based on EQUALITY of all citizens regardless of race colour or creed yet if we take the example set by the current Prime Minister you would argue that Maori have more rights than all other races in New Zealand.

The National Party and its coalition government partners made many promises (both before and after the election) that they would make every effort to eliminate racial preferences from government decision making, in a commitment to equal citizenship under New Zealand’s democratic system of government. 

But in fact they have failed to take any significant actions in this regard since taking office in 2023.

The PM keeps telling us that the most important issue in the eyes of the public is the economy and the costs of living. He is dismissive of the opinion that many voters feel that the racial inequality that is being promoted through the push for Co-Governance based on the erroneous belief that the Treaty created a partnership between Iwi and the Crown, is a serious issue.

The PM wants to talk about the economy. He didn’t want anything to do with ACT’s Treaty Principle's Bill yet the treaty debate is an economic issue which will significantly impact the entire economic future of NZ.

Why is the Treaty debate an economic issue?

Because our economic system, like our system of governance, is built on the ideal of equal opportunity; of the ideal that hard work & ability will be rewarded regardless of race colour or creed.

The PM may think the Treaty Principles Bill has nothing to do with the economy and therefore he was right in refusing to support it past the first reading.

But in fact, resolving treaty disagreements will significantly impact how our economy performs, now and in the future and will be a major factor in ultimately driving economic growth. The racial division currently being promoted under the guise of Co-Governance is a large influencing factor in whether our young people and top talent stay in NZ or leave.

Despite widespread claims that New Zealanders oppose the Treaty Principles Bill, detailed analysis from theFacts.nz suggested the opposite: robust polling consistently shows ~2:1 Kiwis support the legislation, despite 90% of public submissions opposing it.

In a comprehensive release researcher Geoff Neal laid out the polling from; Curia, Freshwater Strategy, Verian, and others showing strong public backing for both the Bill’s Principles and a referendum across nearly all major voting blocs.

Whilst select committee submissions may have been negative, mirroring patterns seen during the End of Life Choice debate which ended up succeeding in a referendum by a 2:1 support ratio. “Submission counts almost always skew heavily to those opposing proposed legislation, and therefore, are not reflective of the democratic wishes of the people.” Neal argued, that polls and referenda better reflect public sentiment.

The He Puapua report commissioned in secret by the previous Labour government required that by 2040 Maori be returned to their “rightful place” as the de facto sovereign authority in many crucial areas of public necessity such as land and water use and “must be able to participate in Crown governance.” The agenda is therefore clear, and it involves the removal of the ability for Parliament to legislate over all spheres of public interest affecting all New Zealanders. In short, the death of democracy and, as some commentators have observed, an Apartheid nightmare.

The emergence of Labour’s He Puapua agenda to introduce tribal governance resulted in a rapid escalation in the number of highly paid Maori managers. For example, the number employed by Statistics New Zealand – an agency that signed a co-governance deal with iwi leaders to help ‘massage’ census data – rose from zero in 2017 to 26 percent in 2023, and in the Ministry of Culture and Heritage the numbers increased from zero to 29 percent.

As a result of the explosion of DEI initiatives and the integration of the fabricated Treaty “partnership” culture throughout the state sector, NZ’s democratic systems became overrun with race based regulation.

A classic example of this is seen in the 2020 Education and Training Act which became a tool used to indoctrinate children. From pre-school to tertiary level, the focus of education was being transformed from academic excellence and achievement to knowledge of Maori rights and the Treaty.

The current Prime Minister seems to have bought into the Maori grievance mentality and is allowing it full reign without apparently understanding the threat it represents to our Political and legal institutions, and our way of life.

The National Party led coalition government in their first 18 months in office have not delivered on many of the issues that encouraged New Zealanders to vote for change.

They have made progress on some issues, but they have made almost no progress on many others.

To the dismay of voters, the 2023 election and change in Government has not stopped these separatists’ from attempting to transform New Zealand into a race based society under the name of “Aotearoa”.

Furthermore, discriminating against people on the basis of race, gender and sexuality, dangerously undermines New Zealanders’ right to equality before the law.

But instead of stepping up and dealing with these growing concerns, the PM and his coalition government continue to turn a blind eye to these policies.

The country voted out Labour in 2023; they voted for change hoping to see the new government remove the race based policies of the previous Labour government.

The Coalition government, which we elected to protect us from the dangerous propaganda and extremist agenda that was put in place by Jacinda Ardern and her Labour government, forcing’ private sector organisations to become agents of radical indoctrination – pushing the race-based lies that Maori did not cede sovereignty, that New Zealanders are racist, and that tribal leaders are in partnership with the Crown; is standing by and doing nothing.

Is it any wonder Kiwi voters are feeling disillusioned?

Whilst I agree with the principle of the Iwi being able to have input or engagement this should never be achieved by way of race based statutory obligations.

Iwi along with the other 200 odd ethnic groups within NZ society should have an equal right to representation but this right in no way should ever give them a greater level of representation than any other ethnic group. To do so would be akin to implementing a system of apartheid, a system of government that NZ’s have fought against for many years.

Either the prime minister comes to realise this and is prepared to lead, or he must step aside in the name of democracy.