It’s all wrong. And racist. And very bad. As well as being totally unfair and daft (nothing in either Treaty version requires it, in fact the opposite!), it perpetuates the victimhood mentality of those who primarily identify as ‘Maori’. So they’ll never succeed. Thus it’s not fair on them either…
I can’t even imagine what an ‘equal’ NZ might look like. I’ve grown up observing preferential treatment for one race over another. It seems so ingrained that a level playing field would never be achievable in this country ever. Because of this Maori actually are blind to the fact they receive special treatment, they take it for granted and expect it, doing nothing but damage to their culture and their future.
Look up what happened in Malaya when it became Malaysia. This all happened in the 1950s when it was decided that the poor Melayu were 'disadvantaged' and should be given a 'hand up'. A hand up soon became hand outs as the Melayu rapidly became the ruling class with the same privileges that Maori have, even more as illustrated by your list. The other ethnic groups, the Indians and Chinese were locked out of universities, civil jobs and the government. To this day, Malaysia's biggest export is it young people and talent.
Singapore got kicked out of Malaysia shortly after. Lee Kuan Yew was devastated one of the then political leaders and founders of modern Singapore. Overnight, they had to form a country. They did, one where there was no advantage of ethnic background. The only thing that mattered was that you were Singaporean. There were 3 major ethnic groups who built Singapore and are equal, the Malay, the Chinese and the Indians. All are seen as equal before the government in Singapore.
One country now has one of the highest standards of living in the world, across the causeway, the other is still in the 2nd world.
New Zealand is the next Malaysia. Kiwis don't know the shit storm heading towards them.
That's why I, in my 40s, in my prime earning years, moved to Australia.
Because:
- I'm not having my children grow up as second class citizens like my mother growing up in Malaysia was treated.
- I refuse to pay tax to governments that are complicit in this. I don't support it. I m not going to work towards my own enslavement to iwis.
- If a country can't even agree upon its basic founding tenets of all citizens being equal before the law, it's not a country worth supporting or living in.
- I'm not living in a country that judges me by my ancestory not my contributions to society.
I spent years in FENZ as a volunteer fire fighter, coastguard as a crew member and urban search and rescue. I was in the top 5% of tax payers in NZ. My contributions mean fk all in NZ because even though I was born there and was raised in NZ, I'm not considered indigenous.
Most of the people in my profession have also moved and are advancing Australia Fair. Those are the sort of people leaving NZ. You won't read about that in the mainstream media.
Australia has its issues too, but they're willing to face their problems head on. They're also willing to at least stand up in the streets and be counted.
Nothing short of a major economic crisis and a revolution will change the course NZ is dead set on because people are afraid of bring labelled things that they are not.
In my more pessimistic moments I fear that it's too late to bring about change because this mindset is too deeply ingrained in all our institutions and the public service and in the next generations of school leavers and those coming out of university. Even legislative change is not going to be effective quickly. But as I've said elsewhere, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" (attributed to Edmund Burke), so wake up people, stop sitting on your hands. In my more optimistic moments I remember that a landslide can begin with a small pebble, so we all need to do is to keep chipping away. Thank you Matua for collating all the rot that slides by unnoticed.
It’s all wrong. And racist. And very bad. As well as being totally unfair and daft (nothing in either Treaty version requires it, in fact the opposite!), it perpetuates the victimhood mentality of those who primarily identify as ‘Maori’. So they’ll never succeed. Thus it’s not fair on them either…
Well put. my feelings exactly.
Totally agree with you Matua , but who in our our current crop of MPs has the balls to stand up and say "No more!"
Maybe Seymore , maybe Shane Jones, both incidentally call themselves Maori .
I'm sure whoever dares to put their head above the pulpit will garner massive support but will be targeted by the woke left with absolute vitriol
David Seymour has tried many times, but bald Jacinda won't let him get too far.
I can’t even imagine what an ‘equal’ NZ might look like. I’ve grown up observing preferential treatment for one race over another. It seems so ingrained that a level playing field would never be achievable in this country ever. Because of this Maori actually are blind to the fact they receive special treatment, they take it for granted and expect it, doing nothing but damage to their culture and their future.
Look up what happened in Malaya when it became Malaysia. This all happened in the 1950s when it was decided that the poor Melayu were 'disadvantaged' and should be given a 'hand up'. A hand up soon became hand outs as the Melayu rapidly became the ruling class with the same privileges that Maori have, even more as illustrated by your list. The other ethnic groups, the Indians and Chinese were locked out of universities, civil jobs and the government. To this day, Malaysia's biggest export is it young people and talent.
Singapore got kicked out of Malaysia shortly after. Lee Kuan Yew was devastated one of the then political leaders and founders of modern Singapore. Overnight, they had to form a country. They did, one where there was no advantage of ethnic background. The only thing that mattered was that you were Singaporean. There were 3 major ethnic groups who built Singapore and are equal, the Malay, the Chinese and the Indians. All are seen as equal before the government in Singapore.
One country now has one of the highest standards of living in the world, across the causeway, the other is still in the 2nd world.
New Zealand is the next Malaysia. Kiwis don't know the shit storm heading towards them.
That's why I, in my 40s, in my prime earning years, moved to Australia.
Because:
- I'm not having my children grow up as second class citizens like my mother growing up in Malaysia was treated.
- I refuse to pay tax to governments that are complicit in this. I don't support it. I m not going to work towards my own enslavement to iwis.
- If a country can't even agree upon its basic founding tenets of all citizens being equal before the law, it's not a country worth supporting or living in.
- I'm not living in a country that judges me by my ancestory not my contributions to society.
I spent years in FENZ as a volunteer fire fighter, coastguard as a crew member and urban search and rescue. I was in the top 5% of tax payers in NZ. My contributions mean fk all in NZ because even though I was born there and was raised in NZ, I'm not considered indigenous.
Most of the people in my profession have also moved and are advancing Australia Fair. Those are the sort of people leaving NZ. You won't read about that in the mainstream media.
Australia has its issues too, but they're willing to face their problems head on. They're also willing to at least stand up in the streets and be counted.
Nothing short of a major economic crisis and a revolution will change the course NZ is dead set on because people are afraid of bring labelled things that they are not.
In my more pessimistic moments I fear that it's too late to bring about change because this mindset is too deeply ingrained in all our institutions and the public service and in the next generations of school leavers and those coming out of university. Even legislative change is not going to be effective quickly. But as I've said elsewhere, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" (attributed to Edmund Burke), so wake up people, stop sitting on your hands. In my more optimistic moments I remember that a landslide can begin with a small pebble, so we all need to do is to keep chipping away. Thank you Matua for collating all the rot that slides by unnoticed.