Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 21, 2016 5:20:18 GMT 12
STRAWS IN THE WIND
Readers will be well familiar with the blame mentality on which some Maori people thrive and the depressing slide into racial separatism associated with it which has been gaining momentum over the past few years; connived at by the Wellington bureaucracy and encouraged by The Waitangi Tribunal and a series of pronouncements from our highest Court many of which are unnecessary to the issue before them and seem to be made on the basis of what some of the Judges would have decided if the facts had been other than those before the court.
Maori lobby interests such as the Iwi Leaders Group, a self-appointed collection of individuals handsomely funded out of the public purse by way of past treaty settlements and purporting to speak on behalf of all people of Maori descent (but do not) have become increasingly bold in their demands.
These include among others: a sharing of sovereignty with non-Maori people on the basis that the signatories to the Treaty did not surrender sovereignty to the Crown, the right to preferential treatment in resource management matters, ownership of fifty percent of all unallocated fresh water (in the meantime) with the right to have an equal say in future allocation when any existing consent comes up for renewal, and the right to a say in whether the Government exercises its sovereign mandate to establish a marine sanctuary around the Kermadec islands. The New Zealand Centre for Political Research has stood against this tide mostly it has seemed as a lone voice for the eighty five percent of New Zealanders who will pay the price if these demands are met……
Continue reading Judge Anthony Willy's article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/04/anthony-willy-straws-in-wind.html
Readers will be well familiar with the blame mentality on which some Maori people thrive and the depressing slide into racial separatism associated with it which has been gaining momentum over the past few years; connived at by the Wellington bureaucracy and encouraged by The Waitangi Tribunal and a series of pronouncements from our highest Court many of which are unnecessary to the issue before them and seem to be made on the basis of what some of the Judges would have decided if the facts had been other than those before the court.
Maori lobby interests such as the Iwi Leaders Group, a self-appointed collection of individuals handsomely funded out of the public purse by way of past treaty settlements and purporting to speak on behalf of all people of Maori descent (but do not) have become increasingly bold in their demands.
These include among others: a sharing of sovereignty with non-Maori people on the basis that the signatories to the Treaty did not surrender sovereignty to the Crown, the right to preferential treatment in resource management matters, ownership of fifty percent of all unallocated fresh water (in the meantime) with the right to have an equal say in future allocation when any existing consent comes up for renewal, and the right to a say in whether the Government exercises its sovereign mandate to establish a marine sanctuary around the Kermadec islands. The New Zealand Centre for Political Research has stood against this tide mostly it has seemed as a lone voice for the eighty five percent of New Zealanders who will pay the price if these demands are met……
Continue reading Judge Anthony Willy's article here > breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/04/anthony-willy-straws-in-wind.html