Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 27, 2023 18:51:39 GMT 12
Don Brash: TOO MANY POLITICIANS ARE IGNORANT OR INTIMIDATED
Too many politicians at every level of government – central and local – are either ignorant about what the Treaty of Waitangi meant or are intimidated by those for whom promoting the myth of partnership is the fastest way to power and resources.
We saw this ignorance most vividly when former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was asked what was in the first article of the Treaty on the occasion of her visit to Waitangi shortly after she became Prime Minister. She didn’t have a clue but, after some prompting by those around her, she mumbled something about partnership.
But of course there is nothing about partnership in the Treaty, whether in the Maori language version or in the English language version......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/don-brash-too-many-politicians-are.html
Too many politicians at every level of government – central and local – are either ignorant about what the Treaty of Waitangi meant or are intimidated by those for whom promoting the myth of partnership is the fastest way to power and resources.
We saw this ignorance most vividly when former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was asked what was in the first article of the Treaty on the occasion of her visit to Waitangi shortly after she became Prime Minister. She didn’t have a clue but, after some prompting by those around her, she mumbled something about partnership.
But of course there is nothing about partnership in the Treaty, whether in the Maori language version or in the English language version......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/don-brash-too-many-politicians-are.html