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The Northern Advocate 17/11/16
POLITICAL REVIEW
Now that some of the power of the controllers of international finances, banking, governments and a biased media has been diminished or possibly threatened by the results of the American Presidential Elections, Prime Minister John Key may consider reviewing his political aims.
He may wish to rescind ethnic favouritism of Maori at the behest of his Parliamentary partners.
Favouritism evidenced in many aspects of our national life such as education, resources, political representation and private consultations.
Perhaps he may start to listen to and act for the other 85 per cent of the population. When a great majority of the country firmly rejected unelected positions on councils and regional authorities they were officially ignored.
The activities of the Waitangi Tribunal and the millions of dollars in Treaty settlements made by Chris Finlayson go unchallenged.
The Government intends to include the iwi clauses in the Resource Management Act reform, giving co-governance to a small elitist coterie of partMaori.
What kind of democracy is that?
The unfortunate premise is that, traditionally, when the next government elections come around no other political party will have the courage or social conscience to mention or challenge these undemocratic anomalies.
I have on three occasions written a personal letter to each MP, had 10 per cent acknowledgement from secretaries but no comment from the member and no actions taken.
Is this how members regard their constituents?
And so the imbalance will continue.
B J
Omokoroa
Hawke's Bay Today 17/11/16
RMA CHANGES A BETRAYAL
Parliament has started debating the National Government’s redraft of the Resource Management Act — the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill.
The majority of newly elected councillors on Hawke’s Bay Regional Council are committed to prohibiting oil and gas drilling in our water catchments, but section 360D of the draft bill will enable central government to override our democratically elected regional council.
The National Party does not have a majority and is dependent on the Maori Party to get the bill passed in Parliament. Prior to the last general election, the Maori Party signed a commitment to support exclusion zones to protect drinking water from fracking for oil and gas, and electors should hold them to that.
I would urge everyone to write to the Minister, Nick Smith, to oppose this element of the proposed legislation. This is clearly a betrayal of local democracy.
A L
Parkvale
Northland Age 17/11/16
AND AGAIN
So once again we have had a call for Maori to be given ethnic. preference with councillor Penny Hulse suggesting a slogan should include reference to "Maori identity as Auckland's point of reference in the world".
Such misguided reasoning would serve no purpose, as the slogan would be in English with no historical or cultural reference to Maori.
However, it helped dispense half a million dollars. Incidentally, the cost of the exercise should come as no surprise when one considers that the "finger print logo" for Te Papa cost over $300,000.
`Tamaki Makau Rau,' or lyrically 'The Land Contested by a Thousand Lovers' spent long periods uninhabited, as tribes were reluctant to occupy this prize locale for fear of the attacks by other tribes it would invite.
B J
Omokoroa
POLITICAL REVIEW
Now that some of the power of the controllers of international finances, banking, governments and a biased media has been diminished or possibly threatened by the results of the American Presidential Elections, Prime Minister John Key may consider reviewing his political aims.
He may wish to rescind ethnic favouritism of Maori at the behest of his Parliamentary partners.
Favouritism evidenced in many aspects of our national life such as education, resources, political representation and private consultations.
Perhaps he may start to listen to and act for the other 85 per cent of the population. When a great majority of the country firmly rejected unelected positions on councils and regional authorities they were officially ignored.
The activities of the Waitangi Tribunal and the millions of dollars in Treaty settlements made by Chris Finlayson go unchallenged.
The Government intends to include the iwi clauses in the Resource Management Act reform, giving co-governance to a small elitist coterie of partMaori.
What kind of democracy is that?
The unfortunate premise is that, traditionally, when the next government elections come around no other political party will have the courage or social conscience to mention or challenge these undemocratic anomalies.
I have on three occasions written a personal letter to each MP, had 10 per cent acknowledgement from secretaries but no comment from the member and no actions taken.
Is this how members regard their constituents?
And so the imbalance will continue.
B J
Omokoroa
Hawke's Bay Today 17/11/16
RMA CHANGES A BETRAYAL
Parliament has started debating the National Government’s redraft of the Resource Management Act — the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill.
The majority of newly elected councillors on Hawke’s Bay Regional Council are committed to prohibiting oil and gas drilling in our water catchments, but section 360D of the draft bill will enable central government to override our democratically elected regional council.
The National Party does not have a majority and is dependent on the Maori Party to get the bill passed in Parliament. Prior to the last general election, the Maori Party signed a commitment to support exclusion zones to protect drinking water from fracking for oil and gas, and electors should hold them to that.
I would urge everyone to write to the Minister, Nick Smith, to oppose this element of the proposed legislation. This is clearly a betrayal of local democracy.
A L
Parkvale
Northland Age 17/11/16
AND AGAIN
So once again we have had a call for Maori to be given ethnic. preference with councillor Penny Hulse suggesting a slogan should include reference to "Maori identity as Auckland's point of reference in the world".
Such misguided reasoning would serve no purpose, as the slogan would be in English with no historical or cultural reference to Maori.
However, it helped dispense half a million dollars. Incidentally, the cost of the exercise should come as no surprise when one considers that the "finger print logo" for Te Papa cost over $300,000.
`Tamaki Makau Rau,' or lyrically 'The Land Contested by a Thousand Lovers' spent long periods uninhabited, as tribes were reluctant to occupy this prize locale for fear of the attacks by other tribes it would invite.
B J
Omokoroa