Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 6, 2019 5:25:15 GMT 12
Marlborough Express 6/5/19 (Also in Hawkes Bay Today 6/5/19)
PROMISE-BREAKING PETERS
A recent commentary in a national newspaper ranked cabinet ministers from 1 to 10 on their performance.
Not surprisingly, Phil Twyford, David Clark and Shane Jones each received a rating of 4.
However, I was aghast to read Winston Peters received an 8 out of 10.
Is this the same politician who coerced the voting public to support him with these three of many pre-election promises:
1. There should be "one law for all New Zealanders".
2. That the Maori seats in Parliament "must be abolished as recommended by the Royal Commission".
3. Reduce parliament to 100 MPs.
Since this politician, who after the election engineered the Labour Party to become the new Government, made these important policy statements, not one of them have been fulfilled.
It beggars belief that despite Peters making promises he hasn't kept, he has still managed to retain his seat in Parliament over the last 30-plus years. We won't be fooled a second time into voting for NZ First in 2020.
TONY FELLINGHAM, Tauranga
Taranaki Daily News 6/5/19
WE ARE ALL KIWIS
I’m writing about the front page news on Friday, May 3.
Some people must have nothing to do. I mean there are other matters in New Zealand to worry about. I have had a Maori mate I grew up with in Wanganui (notice spelling). We have been friends for over 60 years. I have never noticed he was Maori. I was white; he is a mate, Kiwi like me. He lives in Sydney; we keep in touch; I love the guy. People should get over this 'we' thing. We are all Kiwis, every one of us.
BRIAN DEARDEN, Bell Block
The article the letter above refers to here > www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/112392183/kai-kitchen-accused-of-racial-profiling-in-ad-for-child-model
Wanganui Chronicle 6/5/19
DIVISION OVER BILL SADDENS
If Aotearoa/New Zealand has gained anything from the Christchurch massacre (March 15) it is that inter-racial and inter-religious barriers have been severely shaken up and eroded, hopefully for good. Also: our skin colour might be different, but the colour of our blood is the same.
It is with deep sadness, then. that I read your correspondent Denise Lockett (Whanganui Chronicle April 19) referring to the End of Life Choice Bill (the bill) as 'a Pakeha thing, reflecting Pakeha values, ethics and morality'.
Denise finds support in an opinion piece in the NZ HeraId (April 2) in which Dame Tariana Turia states that 'It [the state] should not pass a law that undercuts our families and whanau and makes death an option for those with limited resources and insufficient support'.
May I remind both ladies that the latest scientific poll conducted by the reputable NZ Horizon company (June. 2017) finds support for the bill among Pakeha is 79 per cent and for Maori 71 per cent Not so much a Pakeha thing after all....
Opinions about this bill have very little to do with whether one identifies as being Maori a Pakeha but everything with your world view and which schools you attended.
My deep desire is that this bill will become reality so all of us in Aotearoa/New Zealand can have a choice at the end of our lives when we get terminally or irremediably ill and we suffer severely. Is that too much of an ask??
ALIDA VAN DER VELDE Waikanae
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 3/5/19
ONE REALITY
Having regard to the current hoo-ha over the 2015 1Law4All pamphlet titled One Treaty One Nation.
I have now obtained a current copy which is the same as original printed. Perusing the contents carefully I can see nothing remotely racist in the pamphlet which simply espouses equality.
Those railing against this pamphlet are frankly not facing reality. Any hate speech or racism comes from the so-called detractors.
Following on from his costly Justice Forum debacle last year, (which excluded victims’ representation) Justice Minister Andrew Little’s dismissive summation of the publication, without any meaningful insight or investigation, indicates a race-based, biased mentality. He’s not impartial and should be relieved of his portfolios forthwith.
Tellingly Ms Ardern, Davis and Co couldn’t even recall what was stated in the Tiriti o Waitangi Articles and I suspect Mr Little is in the same class. Readers can judge for themselves.
It’s understood over 200,000 pamphlets were delivered over three years with only two complaints. Hardly “offensive” and certainly not worthy of a news story.
Ironically 2018 Census criticism about minority ethnicity details overlooks many people canvassed wanted to be categorised only as New Zealanders - food for thought for separatists trying to drive a wedge between Kiwis.
R PATERSON
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
PROMISE-BREAKING PETERS
A recent commentary in a national newspaper ranked cabinet ministers from 1 to 10 on their performance.
Not surprisingly, Phil Twyford, David Clark and Shane Jones each received a rating of 4.
However, I was aghast to read Winston Peters received an 8 out of 10.
Is this the same politician who coerced the voting public to support him with these three of many pre-election promises:
1. There should be "one law for all New Zealanders".
2. That the Maori seats in Parliament "must be abolished as recommended by the Royal Commission".
3. Reduce parliament to 100 MPs.
Since this politician, who after the election engineered the Labour Party to become the new Government, made these important policy statements, not one of them have been fulfilled.
It beggars belief that despite Peters making promises he hasn't kept, he has still managed to retain his seat in Parliament over the last 30-plus years. We won't be fooled a second time into voting for NZ First in 2020.
TONY FELLINGHAM, Tauranga
Taranaki Daily News 6/5/19
WE ARE ALL KIWIS
I’m writing about the front page news on Friday, May 3.
Some people must have nothing to do. I mean there are other matters in New Zealand to worry about. I have had a Maori mate I grew up with in Wanganui (notice spelling). We have been friends for over 60 years. I have never noticed he was Maori. I was white; he is a mate, Kiwi like me. He lives in Sydney; we keep in touch; I love the guy. People should get over this 'we' thing. We are all Kiwis, every one of us.
BRIAN DEARDEN, Bell Block
The article the letter above refers to here > www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/112392183/kai-kitchen-accused-of-racial-profiling-in-ad-for-child-model
Wanganui Chronicle 6/5/19
DIVISION OVER BILL SADDENS
If Aotearoa/New Zealand has gained anything from the Christchurch massacre (March 15) it is that inter-racial and inter-religious barriers have been severely shaken up and eroded, hopefully for good. Also: our skin colour might be different, but the colour of our blood is the same.
It is with deep sadness, then. that I read your correspondent Denise Lockett (Whanganui Chronicle April 19) referring to the End of Life Choice Bill (the bill) as 'a Pakeha thing, reflecting Pakeha values, ethics and morality'.
Denise finds support in an opinion piece in the NZ HeraId (April 2) in which Dame Tariana Turia states that 'It [the state] should not pass a law that undercuts our families and whanau and makes death an option for those with limited resources and insufficient support'.
May I remind both ladies that the latest scientific poll conducted by the reputable NZ Horizon company (June. 2017) finds support for the bill among Pakeha is 79 per cent and for Maori 71 per cent Not so much a Pakeha thing after all....
Opinions about this bill have very little to do with whether one identifies as being Maori a Pakeha but everything with your world view and which schools you attended.
My deep desire is that this bill will become reality so all of us in Aotearoa/New Zealand can have a choice at the end of our lives when we get terminally or irremediably ill and we suffer severely. Is that too much of an ask??
ALIDA VAN DER VELDE Waikanae
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 3/5/19
ONE REALITY
Having regard to the current hoo-ha over the 2015 1Law4All pamphlet titled One Treaty One Nation.
I have now obtained a current copy which is the same as original printed. Perusing the contents carefully I can see nothing remotely racist in the pamphlet which simply espouses equality.
Those railing against this pamphlet are frankly not facing reality. Any hate speech or racism comes from the so-called detractors.
Following on from his costly Justice Forum debacle last year, (which excluded victims’ representation) Justice Minister Andrew Little’s dismissive summation of the publication, without any meaningful insight or investigation, indicates a race-based, biased mentality. He’s not impartial and should be relieved of his portfolios forthwith.
Tellingly Ms Ardern, Davis and Co couldn’t even recall what was stated in the Tiriti o Waitangi Articles and I suspect Mr Little is in the same class. Readers can judge for themselves.
It’s understood over 200,000 pamphlets were delivered over three years with only two complaints. Hardly “offensive” and certainly not worthy of a news story.
Ironically 2018 Census criticism about minority ethnicity details overlooks many people canvassed wanted to be categorised only as New Zealanders - food for thought for separatists trying to drive a wedge between Kiwis.
R PATERSON
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers