Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 14, 2018 6:30:27 GMT 12
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AS MAORI WARDS VOTES SOON END
We’re into the last week of the Maori wards debate and what have we learned?
1.Only 55 percent of Maori voters are on the Maori roll, which means that 45 percent of Maori voters would vote on the general roll in council elections.
2.Maori roll voters have not been consulted on whether or not they want a Maori ward. The only consultation is by way of the current vote which has been brought about by concerned residents in five districts.
3.Maori wards give Maori roll voters a limited choice.
In Palmerston North, with city-wide voting Maori roll voters would have a choice of just two councilors and general roll voters would have a choice of 13.
In Western Bay of Plenty, Maori roll voters in a Maori ward would get to vote for one councilor while general roll voters would get to vote for three of the 10 general councilors in each of the three general wards.
4.The mainly non-Maori councilors who voted to proceed with Maori wards in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, and Kaikoura appear to be motivated by a quaint type of paternalism and don’t appear to understand that a race-based ward is by definition racist.
5.The few Maori proponents of Maori wards try to argue that Maori wards have nothing to do with race and are instead treaty based. But these people can’t show how Maori wards derive from the Treaty of Waitangi.
6.These Maori proponents discount the presence of numerous Maori currently sitting on councils around New Zealand by saying they are not representing the “Maori voice”. But these people can’t say what the “Maori voice” wants to say.
7.The non-Maori wife of a Maori person standing in a Maori ward could not vote for him although their children could.
Via Hobson’s Pledge
We’re into the last week of the Maori wards debate and what have we learned?
1.Only 55 percent of Maori voters are on the Maori roll, which means that 45 percent of Maori voters would vote on the general roll in council elections.
2.Maori roll voters have not been consulted on whether or not they want a Maori ward. The only consultation is by way of the current vote which has been brought about by concerned residents in five districts.
3.Maori wards give Maori roll voters a limited choice.
In Palmerston North, with city-wide voting Maori roll voters would have a choice of just two councilors and general roll voters would have a choice of 13.
In Western Bay of Plenty, Maori roll voters in a Maori ward would get to vote for one councilor while general roll voters would get to vote for three of the 10 general councilors in each of the three general wards.
4.The mainly non-Maori councilors who voted to proceed with Maori wards in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatane, and Kaikoura appear to be motivated by a quaint type of paternalism and don’t appear to understand that a race-based ward is by definition racist.
5.The few Maori proponents of Maori wards try to argue that Maori wards have nothing to do with race and are instead treaty based. But these people can’t show how Maori wards derive from the Treaty of Waitangi.
6.These Maori proponents discount the presence of numerous Maori currently sitting on councils around New Zealand by saying they are not representing the “Maori voice”. But these people can’t say what the “Maori voice” wants to say.
7.The non-Maori wife of a Maori person standing in a Maori ward could not vote for him although their children could.
Via Hobson’s Pledge
