Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 30, 2020 12:27:42 GMT 12
DEMOCRACY UNDER THREAT - By Dr Muriel Newman
The “Maori world view” has, of course, already been well entrenched into the education system. Young minds are indoctrinated with Treaty partnership propaganda almost from the time they first enter pre-school, and teachers are required to undergo cultural competency training as a condition of their employment.
The “Maori world view” is also alive and well in local government, where the undermining of democracy is plain to see in many parts of the country. There, weak councillors have caved in to the demands of iwi leaders who want their unelected representatives appointed onto council committees with voting rights. Once there, they engineer greater influence – as can be seen in the Otago Regional Council where two iwi representatives are in the process of upgrading their status from advisors to “partners”; and in Whangarei, where an unelected Maori advisory group is attempting to become a full council committee with voting rights.
In the health system, while the “Maori World view” has already been adopted through cultural competency and cultural safety requirements for workers, changes are now underway to give Maori priority health treatment - in effect enabling them to jump to the front of the queue on the basis of ethnic background instead of clinical urgency.
Such shocking racism should be condemned as an outrage. The fact that it isn't, exposes the gravity of the situation – that racial privilege in New Zealand is now being normalised......
Read Muriel’s weekly NZCPR newsletter here > www.nzcpr.com/democracy-under-threat/#more-32240
The “Maori world view” has, of course, already been well entrenched into the education system. Young minds are indoctrinated with Treaty partnership propaganda almost from the time they first enter pre-school, and teachers are required to undergo cultural competency training as a condition of their employment.
The “Maori world view” is also alive and well in local government, where the undermining of democracy is plain to see in many parts of the country. There, weak councillors have caved in to the demands of iwi leaders who want their unelected representatives appointed onto council committees with voting rights. Once there, they engineer greater influence – as can be seen in the Otago Regional Council where two iwi representatives are in the process of upgrading their status from advisors to “partners”; and in Whangarei, where an unelected Maori advisory group is attempting to become a full council committee with voting rights.
In the health system, while the “Maori World view” has already been adopted through cultural competency and cultural safety requirements for workers, changes are now underway to give Maori priority health treatment - in effect enabling them to jump to the front of the queue on the basis of ethnic background instead of clinical urgency.
Such shocking racism should be condemned as an outrage. The fact that it isn't, exposes the gravity of the situation – that racial privilege in New Zealand is now being normalised......
Read Muriel’s weekly NZCPR newsletter here > www.nzcpr.com/democracy-under-threat/#more-32240