Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 29, 2017 5:19:39 GMT 12
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Sunday Star Times 22/1/17)
I read with amusement your article about the offence taken by Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox over the Yates product Black Magic seed-raising mix.
She is angry at the company for the being perpetrators of institutionalised racism and would like to see them change their marketing.
As a Ngati Pakeha, perhaps Ms Fox will also understand my angst every time I see an advertisement from a toothpaste company promoting "whiter-than-white teeth!"
There are also laundry powder advertisements which cause me considerable distress with their blatant desire to be the whitest of all!
I am sure that the Race Relations Commissioner could consider banning the words, black, white, and for good measure beige - for those caught in between in the colour spectrum.
I certainly hope that the management of Yates continue with their Black Magic logo and ignore those who seek to take offence so easily.
ROBIN BISHOP
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 21/1/17)
Your correspondent Peter Turmer makes an excellent point in that the new
name for the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic means nothing to 95% of the
population.
A few weeks ago, while sitting in traffic on Cameron Road I spotted
another name change.
It is our Public Health Service now unbelievably re-named Toi Te Ora
Public Health Service. On reaching home I checked in the telephone
directory to ascertain that if I needed to contact our Public Health
Service - could I do so?
The answer is No. There is nothing listed under Public Health Service!
It is an organisation which has never had Maori roots, just like the
polytechnic - pre-European Maori never had any educational or public
health system, so why attach a Maori name to these organisations?
Who is responsible for the furtive re-naming of these services - and
what of the associated costs which will have been under-handedly paid
for by our taxes?
ROBIN BISHOP
Tauranga
Dear Editor (Sent to the NZHerald 18/1/17)
Article by Tariana Turia Jan 17th, unbelievable, who is the racist here? This
is all about Maori just wanting More, not for the good of ALL kiwis.
The majority of Middle NZ people are struggling. Their wages are miserable the
cost of living along with compliance cost that just keep escalating and most
families even with both parents working can hardly make it all work. Heaven
help them all if interest rates rise! Many are homeless even though they go
to work, because there just is a huge shortage of rental houses. Most will
never be able to save for their retirement.
Turia needs to take a reality check, all kiwis are suffering the same issues
not just Maori so all this' I want, I Want' from Maori is Creating a racist
atmosphere, because we are tired of bleating Maori wanting more, it all gets
back to greed! Radical Maori wanting sovereignty, water ownership and repeat
waitangi claims, Running this country broke. Surely after 170 years of
interbreeding, intermarriage of the people part maori could grow up and work
toward the good of all NZ.
C.HUMPHREYS
Katikati
I read with amusement your article about the offence taken by Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox over the Yates product Black Magic seed-raising mix.
She is angry at the company for the being perpetrators of institutionalised racism and would like to see them change their marketing.
As a Ngati Pakeha, perhaps Ms Fox will also understand my angst every time I see an advertisement from a toothpaste company promoting "whiter-than-white teeth!"
There are also laundry powder advertisements which cause me considerable distress with their blatant desire to be the whitest of all!
I am sure that the Race Relations Commissioner could consider banning the words, black, white, and for good measure beige - for those caught in between in the colour spectrum.
I certainly hope that the management of Yates continue with their Black Magic logo and ignore those who seek to take offence so easily.
ROBIN BISHOP
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 21/1/17)
Your correspondent Peter Turmer makes an excellent point in that the new
name for the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic means nothing to 95% of the
population.
A few weeks ago, while sitting in traffic on Cameron Road I spotted
another name change.
It is our Public Health Service now unbelievably re-named Toi Te Ora
Public Health Service. On reaching home I checked in the telephone
directory to ascertain that if I needed to contact our Public Health
Service - could I do so?
The answer is No. There is nothing listed under Public Health Service!
It is an organisation which has never had Maori roots, just like the
polytechnic - pre-European Maori never had any educational or public
health system, so why attach a Maori name to these organisations?
Who is responsible for the furtive re-naming of these services - and
what of the associated costs which will have been under-handedly paid
for by our taxes?
ROBIN BISHOP
Tauranga
Dear Editor (Sent to the NZHerald 18/1/17)
Article by Tariana Turia Jan 17th, unbelievable, who is the racist here? This
is all about Maori just wanting More, not for the good of ALL kiwis.
The majority of Middle NZ people are struggling. Their wages are miserable the
cost of living along with compliance cost that just keep escalating and most
families even with both parents working can hardly make it all work. Heaven
help them all if interest rates rise! Many are homeless even though they go
to work, because there just is a huge shortage of rental houses. Most will
never be able to save for their retirement.
Turia needs to take a reality check, all kiwis are suffering the same issues
not just Maori so all this' I want, I Want' from Maori is Creating a racist
atmosphere, because we are tired of bleating Maori wanting more, it all gets
back to greed! Radical Maori wanting sovereignty, water ownership and repeat
waitangi claims, Running this country broke. Surely after 170 years of
interbreeding, intermarriage of the people part maori could grow up and work
toward the good of all NZ.
C.HUMPHREYS
Katikati