Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 15, 2020 12:07:39 GMT 12
WHY OTHER KIWIS MUST STOP FAWNING TO THE SHRILL CRIES OF MAORI (2018)
“We must have one standard of citizenship for all and the over-arching identity in the progressive New Zealand state must be unified citizenship, not class divisions based on 1840 groupings.
“If a Maori and Pakeha marry and have children, why call the children Maori and not Pakeha?” he asks.
“I can whakapapa back to my Tuhoe forebears and am proud of that, but a huge part of my make-up is Irish, those first 'sufferers' of British colonising zeal.
“Children of mixed parentage should not increase the census count of one ethnicity at the expense of the others.
“I experience consternation when academic speakers at conferences parade their iwi affiliations but are mute on the subject of their European ancestry.
“Just because a Waldorf salad calls itself an apple doesn’t mean it actually is an apple!”.....
www.nbr.co.nz/article/why-other-kiwis-must-stop-fawning-shrill-cries-maori-rv-134626
“We must have one standard of citizenship for all and the over-arching identity in the progressive New Zealand state must be unified citizenship, not class divisions based on 1840 groupings.
“If a Maori and Pakeha marry and have children, why call the children Maori and not Pakeha?” he asks.
“I can whakapapa back to my Tuhoe forebears and am proud of that, but a huge part of my make-up is Irish, those first 'sufferers' of British colonising zeal.
“Children of mixed parentage should not increase the census count of one ethnicity at the expense of the others.
“I experience consternation when academic speakers at conferences parade their iwi affiliations but are mute on the subject of their European ancestry.
“Just because a Waldorf salad calls itself an apple doesn’t mean it actually is an apple!”.....
www.nbr.co.nz/article/why-other-kiwis-must-stop-fawning-shrill-cries-maori-rv-134626