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OMNIBUS – 7 blogs 8/5/21 – by, Point of Order, Bruce Moon,
Chris Trotter, Chris Lynch, Tony Sayers, Karl du Fresne
EQUAL TREATMENT FOR KIWIS? BUT THAT MIGHTN’T SQUARE WITH THE TREATY AND LET’S NOT FORGET DON BRASH IS CALLING FOR IT, TOO
New Zealanders want a more cohesive society where everyone is treated equally and where freedom of speech is maintained.
So said National leader Judith Collins in a speech to her party’s northern division conference…….
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/equal-treatment-for-kiwis-but-that-mightnt-square-with-the-treaty-and-lets-not-forget-don-brash-is-calling-for-it-too/
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Tony Sayers: HE PUAPUA - THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING
The document ‘He Puapua’ is apparently, the roadmap for the implementation of ‘The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) into New Zealand Law by the Year 2040.
This implies that He Puapua should reflect the principles of UNDRIP. However, as I read both documents, it becomes apparent that this is not entirely the case. He Puapua, is using UNDRIP as a disguise, it is obviously a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Here is the Nub:.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/05/tony-sayers-he-puapua-wolf-in-sheeps.html
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Chris Lynch: WILL HE PUAPUA UNITE NEW ZEALANDERS AS THE AUTHORS HAVE CLAIMED?
But when radical change is being proposed, a public discussion needs to take place regardless of political lines.
Shouting "racist!" isn't and shouldn't stop people from voicing concerns.
The Prime Minister can shrug off suggestions that she's pushing the document's agenda by stealth, but the evidence isn't on her side.
Ironically, the discussion document, produced in 2019, said by 2021 the Government should have initiated a public education campaign to give all New Zealanders the tools to have informed discussions about our constitutional arrangements. Now it's time to do this.
Those who've criticised He Puapua have been accused of "whipping up racial division" but given its contents, that accusation seems like a more fitting title for the report......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-lynch-will-he-puapua-unite-new-zealanders-as-the-authors-have-claimed/JCGHJ4TQNILJ2FOTFQFSRSA7GY/
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THE HE PUAPUA AFFAIR MAKES LABOUR LOOK SHIFTY - Karl du Fresne
The cat is well and truly out of the bag over the hitherto secret report He Puapua – no thanks to the media, which seemed to be in no hurry to dig into it when ACT began asking awkward questions in Parliament last month (see the comment posted yesterday by Trev1 under Joyous hugs and kisses as democracy takes another hit). Even now, some in the press gallery are playing things down with a “nothing to see here, folks” line.
If He Puapua (translation: “a break”) were to be adopted as policy by the government that commissioned it, the creation of Maori council wards and provision of council seats for unelected iwi representatives would be just the first step in a revolution that would entrench racial separatism over broad areas of our constitutional arrangements and methods of governance. Needless to say, this is potential political dynamite......
karldufresne.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-he-puapua-affair-makes-labour-look.html
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FREE SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED: MAORI PARTY MPS PRESS THE SPEAKER TO BAR QUESTIONS THEY REGARD AS “RACIST”
The Speaker was reprimanded by the PM yesterday, in the aftermath of the furore generated when he accused a former parliamentary staffer – to whom he had previously apologised for claiming he was a rapist – of sexual assault.
Then he was chided by Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for failing to stop “racist” questions being asked in Parliament.
Other than Hansard, the only account of this attempt to curb MPs’ right to speak freely in Parliament was a Newshub report headed Rawiri Waititi lashes out at ‘Māori bashing’ in Parliament as Jacinda Ardern challenges Judith Collins to say ‘partnership’
But to whom – we wonder – is the Speaker accountable?.......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/06/free-speech-in-parliament-challenged-maori-party-mps-press-the-speaker-to-bar-questions-they-regard-as-racist/
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HIDING HE PUAPUA FROM WINSTON MAY COST LABOUR DEARLY. - Chris Trotter
IF (OR SHOULD THAT BE ‘WHEN’) Winston Peters hits the comeback trail, Labour should look to its defences. Having transformed their erstwhile NZ First ally into a sworn enemy, Labour’s leadership will likely be forced to rely on the Greens to keep them in office. That reliance may end up costing Labour much more than anything NZ First ever asked it to pay.
The “crime” for which Peters and his party will be seeking vengeance is the deliberate suppression of the He Puapua Report. I must confess to missing this aspect of the He Puapua story. I’d simply assumed there were still enough people around Jacinda Ardern with the political smarts to spot the report’s enormous potential for inflicting electoral damage, and that is why it was kept under wraps until the 2020 general election was safely out of the way.
It took a journalist of Richard Harman’s insight and experience to identify the real reason. Writing on his Politik website, Harman put it like this:.....
thedailyblog.co.nz/2021/05/07/hiding-he-puapua-from-winston-may-cost-labour-dearly/
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Bruce Moon: RANGIAOWHIA – SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
“How gruesome is regime propaganda when directed at infants”
- Christopher Hitchens, “Arguably”, 2011, p.659
It was reported in Stuff for 3rd April 2021 that Leah Bell spoke at a Fairfield College Assembly a few days earlier to commemorate the battle at Orakau Pa 157 years ago. Well, well, anything wrong in that? Yes actually there is - quite a lot!
Leah Bell, it may be recalled, first had her mind poisoned by a teacher – or the teacher’s spouse – when a student at Otorohanga College. She mounted a petition based on a false version of New Zealand’s history and presented it to Nanaia Mahuta at Parliament. So she has something of a record as a political activist. It is reported that she is a “Research Consultant” for Vincent O’Malley, author of dubious accounts of New Zealand history, notably about the events at Rangiaowhia during some Waikato tribes’ Kingite Rebellion, wrongly termed a “New Zealand War”.[1],[2]......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/05/bruce-moon-rangiaowhia-setting-record.html
Chris Trotter, Chris Lynch, Tony Sayers, Karl du Fresne
EQUAL TREATMENT FOR KIWIS? BUT THAT MIGHTN’T SQUARE WITH THE TREATY AND LET’S NOT FORGET DON BRASH IS CALLING FOR IT, TOO
New Zealanders want a more cohesive society where everyone is treated equally and where freedom of speech is maintained.
So said National leader Judith Collins in a speech to her party’s northern division conference…….
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/equal-treatment-for-kiwis-but-that-mightnt-square-with-the-treaty-and-lets-not-forget-don-brash-is-calling-for-it-too/
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Tony Sayers: HE PUAPUA - THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING
The document ‘He Puapua’ is apparently, the roadmap for the implementation of ‘The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ (UNDRIP) into New Zealand Law by the Year 2040.
This implies that He Puapua should reflect the principles of UNDRIP. However, as I read both documents, it becomes apparent that this is not entirely the case. He Puapua, is using UNDRIP as a disguise, it is obviously a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Here is the Nub:.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/05/tony-sayers-he-puapua-wolf-in-sheeps.html
.
.
Chris Lynch: WILL HE PUAPUA UNITE NEW ZEALANDERS AS THE AUTHORS HAVE CLAIMED?
But when radical change is being proposed, a public discussion needs to take place regardless of political lines.
Shouting "racist!" isn't and shouldn't stop people from voicing concerns.
The Prime Minister can shrug off suggestions that she's pushing the document's agenda by stealth, but the evidence isn't on her side.
Ironically, the discussion document, produced in 2019, said by 2021 the Government should have initiated a public education campaign to give all New Zealanders the tools to have informed discussions about our constitutional arrangements. Now it's time to do this.
Those who've criticised He Puapua have been accused of "whipping up racial division" but given its contents, that accusation seems like a more fitting title for the report......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chris-lynch-will-he-puapua-unite-new-zealanders-as-the-authors-have-claimed/JCGHJ4TQNILJ2FOTFQFSRSA7GY/
.
.
THE HE PUAPUA AFFAIR MAKES LABOUR LOOK SHIFTY - Karl du Fresne
The cat is well and truly out of the bag over the hitherto secret report He Puapua – no thanks to the media, which seemed to be in no hurry to dig into it when ACT began asking awkward questions in Parliament last month (see the comment posted yesterday by Trev1 under Joyous hugs and kisses as democracy takes another hit). Even now, some in the press gallery are playing things down with a “nothing to see here, folks” line.
If He Puapua (translation: “a break”) were to be adopted as policy by the government that commissioned it, the creation of Maori council wards and provision of council seats for unelected iwi representatives would be just the first step in a revolution that would entrench racial separatism over broad areas of our constitutional arrangements and methods of governance. Needless to say, this is potential political dynamite......
karldufresne.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-he-puapua-affair-makes-labour-look.html
.
.
FREE SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT CHALLENGED: MAORI PARTY MPS PRESS THE SPEAKER TO BAR QUESTIONS THEY REGARD AS “RACIST”
The Speaker was reprimanded by the PM yesterday, in the aftermath of the furore generated when he accused a former parliamentary staffer – to whom he had previously apologised for claiming he was a rapist – of sexual assault.
Then he was chided by Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for failing to stop “racist” questions being asked in Parliament.
Other than Hansard, the only account of this attempt to curb MPs’ right to speak freely in Parliament was a Newshub report headed Rawiri Waititi lashes out at ‘Māori bashing’ in Parliament as Jacinda Ardern challenges Judith Collins to say ‘partnership’
But to whom – we wonder – is the Speaker accountable?.......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/06/free-speech-in-parliament-challenged-maori-party-mps-press-the-speaker-to-bar-questions-they-regard-as-racist/
.
.
HIDING HE PUAPUA FROM WINSTON MAY COST LABOUR DEARLY. - Chris Trotter
IF (OR SHOULD THAT BE ‘WHEN’) Winston Peters hits the comeback trail, Labour should look to its defences. Having transformed their erstwhile NZ First ally into a sworn enemy, Labour’s leadership will likely be forced to rely on the Greens to keep them in office. That reliance may end up costing Labour much more than anything NZ First ever asked it to pay.
The “crime” for which Peters and his party will be seeking vengeance is the deliberate suppression of the He Puapua Report. I must confess to missing this aspect of the He Puapua story. I’d simply assumed there were still enough people around Jacinda Ardern with the political smarts to spot the report’s enormous potential for inflicting electoral damage, and that is why it was kept under wraps until the 2020 general election was safely out of the way.
It took a journalist of Richard Harman’s insight and experience to identify the real reason. Writing on his Politik website, Harman put it like this:.....
thedailyblog.co.nz/2021/05/07/hiding-he-puapua-from-winston-may-cost-labour-dearly/
.
.
Bruce Moon: RANGIAOWHIA – SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
“How gruesome is regime propaganda when directed at infants”
- Christopher Hitchens, “Arguably”, 2011, p.659
It was reported in Stuff for 3rd April 2021 that Leah Bell spoke at a Fairfield College Assembly a few days earlier to commemorate the battle at Orakau Pa 157 years ago. Well, well, anything wrong in that? Yes actually there is - quite a lot!
Leah Bell, it may be recalled, first had her mind poisoned by a teacher – or the teacher’s spouse – when a student at Otorohanga College. She mounted a petition based on a false version of New Zealand’s history and presented it to Nanaia Mahuta at Parliament. So she has something of a record as a political activist. It is reported that she is a “Research Consultant” for Vincent O’Malley, author of dubious accounts of New Zealand history, notably about the events at Rangiaowhia during some Waikato tribes’ Kingite Rebellion, wrongly termed a “New Zealand War”.[1],[2]......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/05/bruce-moon-rangiaowhia-setting-record.html