Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 1, 2019 7:14:44 GMT 12
The Press 1/8/19
REAL RACISM
Last year, before the Christchurch mosque shootings, a guest on the Jim Mora radio programme described Imams or Muslim religious leaders as terrorists.
This tirade was heard by thousands of listeners.
When I made a written complaint to RNZ about the comment I was politely told that the comment was covered by the freedom of speech and no apology was required.
Fast forward to the Christchurch District Court, where a person with psychological issues who yelled abuse outside a mosque that was heard by a dozen people at the most is given a 10-month supervision sentence.
Real racism occurs when people like Nicholas Tuapawa are treated one way while no action is taken against people who make similar racially-charged comments on the radio.
DAVID SENIOR, Cashmere
NZ Herald 1/8/19 (Short & Sweet section)
ON IHUMĀTAO
The greed of property development and the permissiveness of the Unitary Plan are causing the desecration and annihilation of our architectural and natural environments and of our Māori and Pākehā social and cultural heritage.
JANE MARGARET LIVINGSTONE, Remuera.
How on Earth can all those people get time off work to join the Ihumātao protest? They must have incredible bosses or am I missing something?
LORRAINE KIDD, Warkworth.
ON TAMARIKI
The war cry for these protesters shouldn’t be “not one more child taken by the state” but “not one more child killed by their whanau”.
MAXINE SAMSON Whakatāne.
Northland Age 1/8/19
YOU THERE NEV?
Business as usual.
Having got rid of one far left cartoonist, it’s disappointing to find his replacement to be of the same ilk.
Her cartoon in the edition of July 30 certainly provoked no laughs, and tried to persuade readers that the institutional racism rampant in New Zealand is directed against part-Maori, when anyone with some perception and some honesty will tell you the contrary is clearly the case.
The cartoonist presents a row of apparently Caucasian persons as representing an unidentified district health board. That's her convincing argument that our institutional racism comes from non-Maori.
I have no doubt that I could rustle up a district health board that has part-Maori members, even perhaps a majority, despite population demographics.
But could she point me to a Ministry for non-Maori Affairs?
Could she point me to the non-Maori All Blacks?
Could she point me to a local body which has appointed unelected non-Maori to be consulted on local body decisions?
Could she point me to separate medical facilities for non-Maori?
Can she explain why part-Maori businesses are lesser taxed than non-Maori businesses?
Can she explain why the National Geographic Board, responsible for changing non-Maori place names to Maori names, has 40 per cent part-Maori membership? One could go on.
Any chance of bringing back Neville Lodge?
LEO LEITCH, Pukenui
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
REAL RACISM
Last year, before the Christchurch mosque shootings, a guest on the Jim Mora radio programme described Imams or Muslim religious leaders as terrorists.
This tirade was heard by thousands of listeners.
When I made a written complaint to RNZ about the comment I was politely told that the comment was covered by the freedom of speech and no apology was required.
Fast forward to the Christchurch District Court, where a person with psychological issues who yelled abuse outside a mosque that was heard by a dozen people at the most is given a 10-month supervision sentence.
Real racism occurs when people like Nicholas Tuapawa are treated one way while no action is taken against people who make similar racially-charged comments on the radio.
DAVID SENIOR, Cashmere
NZ Herald 1/8/19 (Short & Sweet section)
ON IHUMĀTAO
The greed of property development and the permissiveness of the Unitary Plan are causing the desecration and annihilation of our architectural and natural environments and of our Māori and Pākehā social and cultural heritage.
JANE MARGARET LIVINGSTONE, Remuera.
How on Earth can all those people get time off work to join the Ihumātao protest? They must have incredible bosses or am I missing something?
LORRAINE KIDD, Warkworth.
ON TAMARIKI
The war cry for these protesters shouldn’t be “not one more child taken by the state” but “not one more child killed by their whanau”.
MAXINE SAMSON Whakatāne.
Northland Age 1/8/19
YOU THERE NEV?
Business as usual.
Having got rid of one far left cartoonist, it’s disappointing to find his replacement to be of the same ilk.
Her cartoon in the edition of July 30 certainly provoked no laughs, and tried to persuade readers that the institutional racism rampant in New Zealand is directed against part-Maori, when anyone with some perception and some honesty will tell you the contrary is clearly the case.
The cartoonist presents a row of apparently Caucasian persons as representing an unidentified district health board. That's her convincing argument that our institutional racism comes from non-Maori.
I have no doubt that I could rustle up a district health board that has part-Maori members, even perhaps a majority, despite population demographics.
But could she point me to a Ministry for non-Maori Affairs?
Could she point me to the non-Maori All Blacks?
Could she point me to a local body which has appointed unelected non-Maori to be consulted on local body decisions?
Could she point me to separate medical facilities for non-Maori?
Can she explain why part-Maori businesses are lesser taxed than non-Maori businesses?
Can she explain why the National Geographic Board, responsible for changing non-Maori place names to Maori names, has 40 per cent part-Maori membership? One could go on.
Any chance of bringing back Neville Lodge?
LEO LEITCH, Pukenui
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers