Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 10, 2019 6:25:29 GMT 12
Waikato Times 10/8/19
WRITER GETS IT WRONG
The perennial reportage by the media of claims of institutional racism in most aspects of our national institutions, health, law enforcement, the judiciary, prison reform, education and national and local governance are non-specific. Colonisation is still said to affect ethnic lives after two hundred years but no definitive examples are given.
No individuals or institutions are named, no particular instances or examples are given.
The results are that new committees will be set up or promises made to correct the problems.
Whanau Ora has a budget of millions yet its purpose and efficacy have never been confirmed. That the disadvantaged groups have any responsibility for their conditions is never questioned.
If these conditions exist then their resolution is the responsibility of government or national institutions. The only public responsibility is to pay the bill.
A ludicrous anomaly is that not one of the complainants has any less than halfcolonial blood.
That is historically biologically verifiable. What is also verifiable is that the Government has supported their claims indisputably.
What is also true is that the media has been complicit with the complainants by sensational reporting. That is why this opinion piece will never be presented to the public.
When will logic, honesty, professional integrity and the acceptance of our true history return?
BRYAN JOHNSON, Omokoroa
PRAISE FOR WINSTON
Winston has done yet another wonderful job and convinced Maori to take ownership of issues that they have been demonstrating about.
These being the Oranga Tamariki response to victims of domestic violence and the Otuataua Stonefields dispute between Kiingitanga and The Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) Iwi protesters.
Given the prevalence of domestic violence victims, including women and children, three children dead in the last few days, surely the former being much more urgent than the latter.
What I find most concerning is that when I attended the last Waitangi Day celebrations where many protesters chanted and displayed protest banners, just like the Otuataua Stonefield demonstrators, there was not one protest about domestic violence.
BRIAN MAIN, Hamilton
WRITER GETS IT WRONG
The perennial reportage by the media of claims of institutional racism in most aspects of our national institutions, health, law enforcement, the judiciary, prison reform, education and national and local governance are non-specific. Colonisation is still said to affect ethnic lives after two hundred years but no definitive examples are given.
No individuals or institutions are named, no particular instances or examples are given.
The results are that new committees will be set up or promises made to correct the problems.
Whanau Ora has a budget of millions yet its purpose and efficacy have never been confirmed. That the disadvantaged groups have any responsibility for their conditions is never questioned.
If these conditions exist then their resolution is the responsibility of government or national institutions. The only public responsibility is to pay the bill.
A ludicrous anomaly is that not one of the complainants has any less than halfcolonial blood.
That is historically biologically verifiable. What is also verifiable is that the Government has supported their claims indisputably.
What is also true is that the media has been complicit with the complainants by sensational reporting. That is why this opinion piece will never be presented to the public.
When will logic, honesty, professional integrity and the acceptance of our true history return?
BRYAN JOHNSON, Omokoroa
PRAISE FOR WINSTON
Winston has done yet another wonderful job and convinced Maori to take ownership of issues that they have been demonstrating about.
These being the Oranga Tamariki response to victims of domestic violence and the Otuataua Stonefields dispute between Kiingitanga and The Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) Iwi protesters.
Given the prevalence of domestic violence victims, including women and children, three children dead in the last few days, surely the former being much more urgent than the latter.
What I find most concerning is that when I attended the last Waitangi Day celebrations where many protesters chanted and displayed protest banners, just like the Otuataua Stonefield demonstrators, there was not one protest about domestic violence.
BRIAN MAIN, Hamilton