Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 4, 2018 17:24:36 GMT 12
DIVERTING ATTENTION FROM MAORI WARD SEPARATISM
A claim in Parliament yesterday that the legislation that enables a vote on Maori wards is discriminatory looks like an attempt to divert attention from the blatant separatism that a Maori ward entails, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson yesterday asked if the current standard for enacting Maori wards, which provides for a ratepayer poll if requested, was a "double standard", compared to the implementation of general wards.
Five percent of residents in all five districts - Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, Manawatu, Palmerston North, and Kaikoura - asked for a vote and now the councils are complaining about the expense of a poll, Dr Brash said.
If councils are concerned at the cost of holding the polls, they should in the future pay more attention to consulting with their constituents and listening to what they say, Dr Brash said.
There is no evidence that any of those councils have thought through how seats reserved for councillors with Maori ancestry elected by voters on the Maori roll is going to bring any benefit to any council, Dr Brash said.
Maori ward proponents talk about the "the Maori voice" but never say what the Maori voice is supposed to be saying, Dr Brash said.
Clear thinking people of every age should be able to see the Maori ward proposals for what they are - naïve, patronising, and liable to embed in local governance a two-tier democracy, Dr Brash said.....
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/309927
'DOUBLE STANDARD' - MARAMA DAVIDSON QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT OVER 'DISCRIMINATORY' MAORI WARDS
Ms Davidson asked if the current standard of enacting Maori wards was a "double standard", compared to the implementation of general wards.
Currently, the public can demand a poll to be taken for Maori wards or Maori constituencies, and the result of Maori wards defendant on the poll result.
Ms Mahuta said she was aware of the letter, and read out a section that said: "'Either the poll provision should apply to all wards, or they should apply to none. The discriminatory nature of these polls is not acceptable'."
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/double-standard-marama-davidson-questions-government-over-discriminatory-maori-wards
A claim in Parliament yesterday that the legislation that enables a vote on Maori wards is discriminatory looks like an attempt to divert attention from the blatant separatism that a Maori ward entails, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson yesterday asked if the current standard for enacting Maori wards, which provides for a ratepayer poll if requested, was a "double standard", compared to the implementation of general wards.
Five percent of residents in all five districts - Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, Manawatu, Palmerston North, and Kaikoura - asked for a vote and now the councils are complaining about the expense of a poll, Dr Brash said.
If councils are concerned at the cost of holding the polls, they should in the future pay more attention to consulting with their constituents and listening to what they say, Dr Brash said.
There is no evidence that any of those councils have thought through how seats reserved for councillors with Maori ancestry elected by voters on the Maori roll is going to bring any benefit to any council, Dr Brash said.
Maori ward proponents talk about the "the Maori voice" but never say what the Maori voice is supposed to be saying, Dr Brash said.
Clear thinking people of every age should be able to see the Maori ward proposals for what they are - naïve, patronising, and liable to embed in local governance a two-tier democracy, Dr Brash said.....
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/309927
'DOUBLE STANDARD' - MARAMA DAVIDSON QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT OVER 'DISCRIMINATORY' MAORI WARDS
Ms Davidson asked if the current standard of enacting Maori wards was a "double standard", compared to the implementation of general wards.
Currently, the public can demand a poll to be taken for Maori wards or Maori constituencies, and the result of Maori wards defendant on the poll result.
Ms Mahuta said she was aware of the letter, and read out a section that said: "'Either the poll provision should apply to all wards, or they should apply to none. The discriminatory nature of these polls is not acceptable'."
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/double-standard-marama-davidson-questions-government-over-discriminatory-maori-wards