Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 11, 2016 19:10:53 GMT 12
MĀORI PARTY LEADING ITS PEOPLE ASTRAY
The Māori Party’s latest call to establish Māori wards on every district council is simply further leading its people astray, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell is to present a petition to Parliament from New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd to create a Māori ward in New Plymouth.
“This petition is not supported by the New Plymouth people and found no favour in a big public meeting debate last year in which Mr Flavell’s colleague Marama Fox argued for it.
“There are numerous councils around New Zealand, with Māori, Pacific, Chinese and other ethnic backgrounds serving as councillors and mayors, who got there democratically and without tokenistic assistance.
“What the Māori Party advocate is separatism, second class citizenship, tokenism, pigeon holing, and privilege for a Māori elite whilst the mass majority of Māori get nothing from the party’s perverted view of how representation should work….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1604/S00168/maori-party-leading-its-people-astray.htm
The Māori Party’s latest call to establish Māori wards on every district council is simply further leading its people astray, says New Zealand First Leader and MP for Northland Rt Hon Winston Peters.
“Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell is to present a petition to Parliament from New Plymouth Mayor Andrew Judd to create a Māori ward in New Plymouth.
“This petition is not supported by the New Plymouth people and found no favour in a big public meeting debate last year in which Mr Flavell’s colleague Marama Fox argued for it.
“There are numerous councils around New Zealand, with Māori, Pacific, Chinese and other ethnic backgrounds serving as councillors and mayors, who got there democratically and without tokenistic assistance.
“What the Māori Party advocate is separatism, second class citizenship, tokenism, pigeon holing, and privilege for a Māori elite whilst the mass majority of Māori get nothing from the party’s perverted view of how representation should work….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1604/S00168/maori-party-leading-its-people-astray.htm