Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 30, 2019 6:10:20 GMT 12
ANDREW DICKENS: IHUMĀTAO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GOVT SITTING ON THE FENCE
Now imagine this. A loan to Tainui to solve this land claim would show Maori that Labour is back on their side. But because Tainui would buy the land then the government is not technically setting a precedent that could upset 45 years of Treaty settlement dialogue.
It’s all a bit tricky dicky to me. It’s all a bit ‘sit on the fence’ which is this government all over.
Let Tainui buy it if they want. They’ve got the money. They could borrow the money privately from banks at a very low interest rate.
But if the Government loans them money then they’re virtue signalling to Maori and to me they’re still threatening 45 years of hard work by good people from the Crown and Maori for the sake of a few brownie points.....
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/andrew-dickens-ihumatao-another-example-of-government-sitting-on-the-fence/
Now imagine this. A loan to Tainui to solve this land claim would show Maori that Labour is back on their side. But because Tainui would buy the land then the government is not technically setting a precedent that could upset 45 years of Treaty settlement dialogue.
It’s all a bit tricky dicky to me. It’s all a bit ‘sit on the fence’ which is this government all over.
Let Tainui buy it if they want. They’ve got the money. They could borrow the money privately from banks at a very low interest rate.
But if the Government loans them money then they’re virtue signalling to Maori and to me they’re still threatening 45 years of hard work by good people from the Crown and Maori for the sake of a few brownie points.....
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/andrew-dickens-ihumatao-another-example-of-government-sitting-on-the-fence/