Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 17, 2021 12:12:59 GMT 12
“YESTERDAY’S CONTROVERSY” – LABOUR BETTER HOPE SO! - Chris Trotter
Vance will not, however, entertain for one moment the idea that there may be more to Three Waters than cheap money. With unseemly relish she reaches for that trusty journalistic stand-by: the accusation of conspiracy theorising. So handy whenever the paths of inquiry lead into territory neither editors nor publishers are keen to have their journalists traverse:
“Some critics have drawn a very long bow with a conspiracy theory which links the Three Waters proposals to the question of allocation of water rights.”
A long bow? Really? When the Waitangi Tribunal and a growing number of iwi have made it clear that the question of “Who owns the water?” must be answered soon – and that the correct answer is neither “The Crown”, nor “Nobody/Everybody”. A long bow? WHEN THE HE PUAPUA REPORT, COMMISSIONED BY MAHUTA, MAKES IT CLEAR THAT BY 2040 THE RESTORATION OF MĀORI WATER RIGHTS SHOULD BE AN ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCOMPLISHED FACT.
Mahuta’s strategic reticence on discussing Three Waters freely and fulsomely, along with Vance’s airy dismissal of any significant reasons for her doing so, are all of a piece. At their heart lies a deep (and not unjustified) fear that the truth will outrage sufficient New Zealanders to kill the project stone dead. This government, and its journalistic bodyguard, no longer trust the democratic system to deliver the “right” answers. Their response: to propose, and defend, a massive centralisation of power in bodies sealed-off from democratic accountability......
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2021/11/yesterdays-controversy-labour-better.html
Vance will not, however, entertain for one moment the idea that there may be more to Three Waters than cheap money. With unseemly relish she reaches for that trusty journalistic stand-by: the accusation of conspiracy theorising. So handy whenever the paths of inquiry lead into territory neither editors nor publishers are keen to have their journalists traverse:
“Some critics have drawn a very long bow with a conspiracy theory which links the Three Waters proposals to the question of allocation of water rights.”
A long bow? Really? When the Waitangi Tribunal and a growing number of iwi have made it clear that the question of “Who owns the water?” must be answered soon – and that the correct answer is neither “The Crown”, nor “Nobody/Everybody”. A long bow? WHEN THE HE PUAPUA REPORT, COMMISSIONED BY MAHUTA, MAKES IT CLEAR THAT BY 2040 THE RESTORATION OF MĀORI WATER RIGHTS SHOULD BE AN ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCOMPLISHED FACT.
Mahuta’s strategic reticence on discussing Three Waters freely and fulsomely, along with Vance’s airy dismissal of any significant reasons for her doing so, are all of a piece. At their heart lies a deep (and not unjustified) fear that the truth will outrage sufficient New Zealanders to kill the project stone dead. This government, and its journalistic bodyguard, no longer trust the democratic system to deliver the “right” answers. Their response: to propose, and defend, a massive centralisation of power in bodies sealed-off from democratic accountability......
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2021/11/yesterdays-controversy-labour-better.html