Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 25, 2022 9:50:00 GMT 12
Graham Adams: ARDERN STRUGGLES TO DEFEND UNEQUAL SUFFRAGE
It is hardly surprising that the question of equal political rights for all New Zealanders is becoming a very touchy subject for Jacinda Ardern. Mid-way through her second term, that question is becoming every bit as sensitive for the Prime Minister as mention of KiwiBuild or a capital gains tax was in her first.
A major difference, of course, is that KiwiBuild and a CGT were policies she openly promoted and campaigned on in 2017. However, a comprehensive and far-reaching co-governance project to give more political rights to unelected iwi members and Māori voters never featured in her campaign for 2020’s “Covid” election.
Unfortunately, the very first clause of the Labour Party constitution inconveniently speaks against such manoeuvres:.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/graham-adams-ardern-struggles-to-defend.html
Dennis Gates: PLAIN LANGUAGE OR MANGLISH?
The Plain Language Bill currently before Parliament could well be a touchstone for a very divisive issue confronting New Zealand, namely the use of mixed languages. The submissions to the Bill fall into three main categories - those simplistically supporting/opposing it; those drawing attention to people with reading disabilities and those that are opposed to mixing up languages.
Of the latter group a few attack the intermingling of Maori and English. One from the New Zealand Law Society suggests less use of Latin phrases.
As I see it, all three groups miss the point of the Bill......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/dennis-gates-plain-language-or-manglish.html
Bryce Edwards: A POLARISING CO-GOVERNANCE DECISION FOR PARLIAMENT
Co-governance is currently the most polarising issue in New Zealand politics. There’s something of a culture war over the concept of giving Māori voters or leaders a mandated equal political influence in public affairs. It’s an issue that has the potential to be socially explosive as plans are being developed and debated for how far the co-governance concept should be introduced in different areas of public life.
The co-governance issue of the day is whether local government elections could be altered so voters on the Māori electoral roll have the power to elect exactly the same number of councillors as those on the general role. The council in question is the Rotorua District Council, which has asked Parliament to give it legislative permission to introduce a new system for this year’s elections, allowing voters on the Māori and general rolls to elect three councillors each......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/bryce-edwards-polarising-co-governance.html#more
Tony Simpson: THE DAMNED CURRICULUM: A CAMEL WITH ONLY ONE LEG
In the 1980s the Customs Department engaged my services. They were faced with new public service legislation which devolved many powers to them as an agency including some things they had never had to do before. These included a requirement to be aware of the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi and to have a staff sensitive to it in all their activities. After several false starts they asked me to see if I could come up with a solution. This was, in the event, a half-day small group seminar based on five segments which began with pre-European Māori culture and centred on the Treaty, bringing us up to the present day. It was really a crash course in New Zealand history. It set out the reasons why many Māori were very aggrieved at the position in which they found themselves. My seminar was predicated on the assumption that at the end of it Customs staff might not agree with the policy but at least they would be better informed. More than 600 Customs officers attended the courses; I truly believe that they mostly appreciated it......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/tony-simpson-damned-curriculum-camel.html
It is hardly surprising that the question of equal political rights for all New Zealanders is becoming a very touchy subject for Jacinda Ardern. Mid-way through her second term, that question is becoming every bit as sensitive for the Prime Minister as mention of KiwiBuild or a capital gains tax was in her first.
A major difference, of course, is that KiwiBuild and a CGT were policies she openly promoted and campaigned on in 2017. However, a comprehensive and far-reaching co-governance project to give more political rights to unelected iwi members and Māori voters never featured in her campaign for 2020’s “Covid” election.
Unfortunately, the very first clause of the Labour Party constitution inconveniently speaks against such manoeuvres:.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/graham-adams-ardern-struggles-to-defend.html
Dennis Gates: PLAIN LANGUAGE OR MANGLISH?
The Plain Language Bill currently before Parliament could well be a touchstone for a very divisive issue confronting New Zealand, namely the use of mixed languages. The submissions to the Bill fall into three main categories - those simplistically supporting/opposing it; those drawing attention to people with reading disabilities and those that are opposed to mixing up languages.
Of the latter group a few attack the intermingling of Maori and English. One from the New Zealand Law Society suggests less use of Latin phrases.
As I see it, all three groups miss the point of the Bill......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/dennis-gates-plain-language-or-manglish.html
Bryce Edwards: A POLARISING CO-GOVERNANCE DECISION FOR PARLIAMENT
Co-governance is currently the most polarising issue in New Zealand politics. There’s something of a culture war over the concept of giving Māori voters or leaders a mandated equal political influence in public affairs. It’s an issue that has the potential to be socially explosive as plans are being developed and debated for how far the co-governance concept should be introduced in different areas of public life.
The co-governance issue of the day is whether local government elections could be altered so voters on the Māori electoral roll have the power to elect exactly the same number of councillors as those on the general role. The council in question is the Rotorua District Council, which has asked Parliament to give it legislative permission to introduce a new system for this year’s elections, allowing voters on the Māori and general rolls to elect three councillors each......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/bryce-edwards-polarising-co-governance.html#more
Tony Simpson: THE DAMNED CURRICULUM: A CAMEL WITH ONLY ONE LEG
In the 1980s the Customs Department engaged my services. They were faced with new public service legislation which devolved many powers to them as an agency including some things they had never had to do before. These included a requirement to be aware of the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi and to have a staff sensitive to it in all their activities. After several false starts they asked me to see if I could come up with a solution. This was, in the event, a half-day small group seminar based on five segments which began with pre-European Māori culture and centred on the Treaty, bringing us up to the present day. It was really a crash course in New Zealand history. It set out the reasons why many Māori were very aggrieved at the position in which they found themselves. My seminar was predicated on the assumption that at the end of it Customs staff might not agree with the policy but at least they would be better informed. More than 600 Customs officers attended the courses; I truly believe that they mostly appreciated it......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/04/tony-simpson-damned-curriculum-camel.html