Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 17, 2016 6:01:29 GMT 12
NZ Herald 17/12/16
FOX STANCE MISSES POINT ON VULNERABLE CHILDREN
To say I am livid at the comments Marama Fox has made regarding the overhaul of CYF would be an understatement.
As a former CYF caregiver, foster and emergency placement parent I find her comments to be demeaning to me, as a "fair- skinned" New Z ealantler.
Almost all of my children I cared for were Maori — beautiful children who came from some appalling homes, from violent and abusive parents. They usually arrived filthy, hungry, scared from their family who couldn't care less for them.
These children received love, a hot bubble bath, clean clothes, haircuts, were showered with love, presents and most of all a safe, loving and secure environment.
The social workers I dealt with, mostly beautiful Maori women, never implied I was not the right person to be caring for these children. Never.
Parents who are abusive to their children are from (usually) dysfunctional homes, the grandparents and extended family are not always the best caregivers to these vulnerable children.
J J
Kinloch
Rotorua Daily Post 17/12/16
POINTS OF INTEREST
John Pakes (Letters, December 16) wants us to believe that there Is no difference between the two places given to Te Tatau and one place each given to the Lakes and Rural community boards on the two committees of council.
Does he not know the difference between an 'interest group' or 'community of interest', as defined in the Local Government Act, and a constituency with many interest groups?
Think what would happen if all interest groups were given equivalent representation!
How does he justify two people selected by one interest group being given the same voting power as two people with a mandate from two different constituencies?
I don't buy the co-governance being promoted by Mr Pakes. (Abridged.)
H B
Rotorua
Sunlive / Weekend Sun 16/12/16
HOW LONG WILL VOTERS’ TOLERANCE LAST?
The positive feedback on criticism about National Government's performance was heartening, with the main observation being the points made should be elaborated on.
The Resource Management Act possibly needed streamlining but garnering support from the Maori Party in return for race-based deals was untenable, especially when NZ First offered to support legislation provided iwi provisions were dropped.
The freshwater saga continues; everyone agrees ‘no one owns the water' yet National continues to have secret talks with iwi cobbling up deals to alienate control while also encouraging regional councils to do likewise via race-based elected and unelected people having input on councils and committees.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement without the United States of America's support is finished. Yet National continues to promote and support something that is heavily criticised. As for the flag referendum, Kiwis spent $27 million just to satisfy one man's whim and flight of fancy.
The crazy, unbridled immigration policy – with a net 70,300 – which defies belief has cost New Zealand dearly, fuelling housing costs, affordability and availability while giving developers a carte blanche to print money.
How much longer will Kiwis, who should support only parties that are concerned about all New Zealand citizens, tolerate this unmitigated nonsense? The large attendance at Katikati recently to hear Winston Peters reflects the mood of voters.
R P
Mount Maunganui.
PRACTISE TO DECEIVE
So our new Prime Minister is treading the same path that John Key trod towards exclusive, ethnic privilege and racial disharmony with his support for holding a Memorial Day to commemorate the so-called ‘Land Wars'.
This commemoration is a thinly disguised effort by the Tainui iwi to project their profitable version of the conflict perhaps in the hope of inducing Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson to give away even more of the taxpayers' money.
Mr English has also found it pragmatically and politically propitious to reverse his moral stand on same sex marriage. As Walter Scott said in 1808: “O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive”.
B J
Omokoroa.
FOX STANCE MISSES POINT ON VULNERABLE CHILDREN
To say I am livid at the comments Marama Fox has made regarding the overhaul of CYF would be an understatement.
As a former CYF caregiver, foster and emergency placement parent I find her comments to be demeaning to me, as a "fair- skinned" New Z ealantler.
Almost all of my children I cared for were Maori — beautiful children who came from some appalling homes, from violent and abusive parents. They usually arrived filthy, hungry, scared from their family who couldn't care less for them.
These children received love, a hot bubble bath, clean clothes, haircuts, were showered with love, presents and most of all a safe, loving and secure environment.
The social workers I dealt with, mostly beautiful Maori women, never implied I was not the right person to be caring for these children. Never.
Parents who are abusive to their children are from (usually) dysfunctional homes, the grandparents and extended family are not always the best caregivers to these vulnerable children.
J J
Kinloch
Rotorua Daily Post 17/12/16
POINTS OF INTEREST
John Pakes (Letters, December 16) wants us to believe that there Is no difference between the two places given to Te Tatau and one place each given to the Lakes and Rural community boards on the two committees of council.
Does he not know the difference between an 'interest group' or 'community of interest', as defined in the Local Government Act, and a constituency with many interest groups?
Think what would happen if all interest groups were given equivalent representation!
How does he justify two people selected by one interest group being given the same voting power as two people with a mandate from two different constituencies?
I don't buy the co-governance being promoted by Mr Pakes. (Abridged.)
H B
Rotorua
Sunlive / Weekend Sun 16/12/16
HOW LONG WILL VOTERS’ TOLERANCE LAST?
The positive feedback on criticism about National Government's performance was heartening, with the main observation being the points made should be elaborated on.
The Resource Management Act possibly needed streamlining but garnering support from the Maori Party in return for race-based deals was untenable, especially when NZ First offered to support legislation provided iwi provisions were dropped.
The freshwater saga continues; everyone agrees ‘no one owns the water' yet National continues to have secret talks with iwi cobbling up deals to alienate control while also encouraging regional councils to do likewise via race-based elected and unelected people having input on councils and committees.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement without the United States of America's support is finished. Yet National continues to promote and support something that is heavily criticised. As for the flag referendum, Kiwis spent $27 million just to satisfy one man's whim and flight of fancy.
The crazy, unbridled immigration policy – with a net 70,300 – which defies belief has cost New Zealand dearly, fuelling housing costs, affordability and availability while giving developers a carte blanche to print money.
How much longer will Kiwis, who should support only parties that are concerned about all New Zealand citizens, tolerate this unmitigated nonsense? The large attendance at Katikati recently to hear Winston Peters reflects the mood of voters.
R P
Mount Maunganui.
PRACTISE TO DECEIVE
So our new Prime Minister is treading the same path that John Key trod towards exclusive, ethnic privilege and racial disharmony with his support for holding a Memorial Day to commemorate the so-called ‘Land Wars'.
This commemoration is a thinly disguised effort by the Tainui iwi to project their profitable version of the conflict perhaps in the hope of inducing Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson to give away even more of the taxpayers' money.
Mr English has also found it pragmatically and politically propitious to reverse his moral stand on same sex marriage. As Walter Scott said in 1808: “O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive”.
B J
Omokoroa.