Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 6, 2023 5:47:20 GMT 12
Barrie Davis: STUFF, THE MEDIA COUNCIL AND THE HRC
In the lead-up to the election, Stuff went quiet on the issue of Maori co-governance but after voting closed 14 October Stuff published a number of articles against the incoming government’s co-governance pre-election statements. Why? Did Stuff and the NZ Media Council participate to distort our election?
On 13 October, after the polls had shown that the Labour government was in trouble, the Herald published “Election 2023: Chris Hipkins addresses the elephant in the election - by Māori for Māori solutions”.
The article begins, “Labour leader Chris Hipkins waited until the final few days of his election campaign to address the race-baiting politics of National, Act and New Zealand First” and then quotes PM Hipkins as saying “I’m not going to stay silent during the election campaign in which there are political parties deliberately trying to drive a wedge between New Zealanders on the basis of race”.
But Mr Hipkins confused the cause and the effect: it was the courts reinterpreting the Treaty as a partnership that divided New Zealanders on the basis of race. The present stoush in Parliament is a result of that. To ignore it prior to the election is similar to hiding the He Puapua report prior to the last election......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/barrie-davis-stuff-media-council-and-hrc.html
In the lead-up to the election, Stuff went quiet on the issue of Maori co-governance but after voting closed 14 October Stuff published a number of articles against the incoming government’s co-governance pre-election statements. Why? Did Stuff and the NZ Media Council participate to distort our election?
On 13 October, after the polls had shown that the Labour government was in trouble, the Herald published “Election 2023: Chris Hipkins addresses the elephant in the election - by Māori for Māori solutions”.
The article begins, “Labour leader Chris Hipkins waited until the final few days of his election campaign to address the race-baiting politics of National, Act and New Zealand First” and then quotes PM Hipkins as saying “I’m not going to stay silent during the election campaign in which there are political parties deliberately trying to drive a wedge between New Zealanders on the basis of race”.
But Mr Hipkins confused the cause and the effect: it was the courts reinterpreting the Treaty as a partnership that divided New Zealanders on the basis of race. The present stoush in Parliament is a result of that. To ignore it prior to the election is similar to hiding the He Puapua report prior to the last election......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/barrie-davis-stuff-media-council-and-hrc.html