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The
Future of Maori Seats
22
June 2008
Muriel Newman
According
the Christchurch Press, a 35kg greenstone pounamu
travelled first class to China, accompanied by two members
of Ngai Tahu. They explain that the stone had to fly first
class because Ngai Tahu claimed it was “culturally
insensitive to put it in the hold”
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The
Maori Seats in Parliament
19
June 08
David Round
An old
adage declares that nothing is as permanent as a temporary
expedient. Four Maori seats were established within the
New Zealand Parliament in 1867 as a very temporary
expedient, originally for a mere five years while Maori
communal title to land was converted by the
Native Land Court
into freehold title. More
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The
Promise of the Treaty
20 April 08
Muriel Newman
The Maori Party is calling for Maori seats to be
established in Auckland local authority areas. They
believe that the creation of Maori wards or a Maori seat
quota would ensure that “tangata whenua play a
meaningful role in governance” and that the Maori vision
of “partnership” is honoured... More >>>
The
Waitangi Industry
19 April 08
Michael
Bassett
There are few futuristic ideas that have lost their sheen
as quickly as the notion that settlements of Maori
grievances would improve New Zealand’s race relations.
Our ancestors were sceptical. There were inquiries into
grievances in 1921 and 1927, and Prime Minister Peter
Fraser told Maori in the 1940s that he would settle the
eleven sets of identifiable grievance that Maori had
against the Crown. Several “full and final
settlements” were made between 1943 and 1947. But most
of the money paid to Maori trust boards was wasted. More
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One
in Six
15 March
08
Muriel Newman
On Tuesday international “race
relations day” - a day to promote the elimination of
racial discrimination – will be celebrated by schools
from all over the country. It remains a
puzzle, however, that in a country where it is unlawful to
discriminate on the basis of race, racism is being
actively encouraged by the government...
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Grief,
Pain & Division of our People over Maori Land &
Tribal Politics
15 March 08
Kelly
Te Heuheu
Since early childhood, I remember the punch-ups and
arguments between our people over land and tribal
politics. The worse issue with Maori Land is most of it is
in multiple ownership which is disastrous. More
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When
Radicals Agree
10 February 08
Muriel Newman
With radical agendas gaining
ascendency, it is inevitable the there will be a clash of
cultures between the ideals of the many and varied
malcontents living comfortably within our society, and the
sort of place that mainstream Kiwis want New Zealand to
be. At some stage our leaders in Wellington will need to
recognise and acknowledge this inconvenient reality...
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Nationalism
Muriel
Newman
11 Feb 07
A
new poll out this week shows that fewer than half of New
Zealanders consider the Treaty of Waitangi to be of
significance to them. The study by Research New
Zealand
found that of the 55% of the 500 people surveyed who
thought the Treaty had no significance, 27% were Maori and
64% were New Zealand European.
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Ethnic
Fundamentalism in NZ
Elizabeth Rata
11 Feb 07
I
describe ethnic fundamentalism or culturalism as a
‘secular religion’ because this particular way of
understanding what ethnicity means shares a number of
important features with religion. First, it is a set of
beliefs about human nature. Second, those beliefs are
unchallenged and unchallengeable. Third, ethnic
fundamentalism rejects doubt and has a difficult
relationship with reason (despite Benedict’s recent
speech).
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Education only way for Maori
Alan Duff
27 Jan 07
What’s as disturbing as the murders we’re seeing in
increasing numbers and with increasing brutality is the
level of family support the alleged offenders get, and
the self-justification of both offenders and their
family members and advocates. Nathan Fenton, whose
frenzied hour and a half murderous attack on his partner
is suggested as being down to P is self-justification
gone mad. Sure, he no doubt took P before the attack.
But note he had a clear enough head to warn witnesses
they’d better not say anything or he’d come after
them. A man who has truly “lost it” doesn’t give
such self-preservation a thought. This evil monster knew
exactly what he was doing and let us hope the sentencing
judge sets a precedent and tells him, you’re not
coming out except in a coffin. Though he won’t, you
can bet on that. Liberal judges are part of the problem,
but in no way are they any of the cause.
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Where others fear to tread
Muriel
Newman
26 Nov 06
The resignation of
Don Brash this week has signaled the loss to New Zealand
of a political leader who displayed a courage not usually
seen in politics. Dr Brash spoke about race relations in
an open and frank manner that has now become quite
uncommon. These days, under the present politically
correct regime, saying what you believe about
controversial issues can lead to job losses, a failure to
secure contracts or funding, a missing out of promotion,
and so on. That doesn’t mean that concerns go away -
they simply go ‘underground’.
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Time to Look Forward Not Back
Muriel
Newman
12 August 06
The 2006 Maori electoral option, which
opened in April, closed last week with 15,000 more Maori
having enrolled on the Maori roll. This was well down on
the 24,000 additions in 2001 and the 18,000 in 1997.
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Maori
under-performance
Alan
Duff
8 July 06
I’ve yet to hear one person suggest compulsory
parenting courses at high school. I’ve yet to hear
suggestions of imposing consequences on bad parents. The
law of consequence – in other words, taking
responsibility for our own actions – has left the
lexicon. Well, where Maori are concerned it has.
There’s always some professional excuse-monger who
leaps up and blames “the system” or “government”
or “Child, Youth & Family” or “Western
culture” on our every failing.
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Sovereignty Marches On
Muriel
Newman
8 April 06
To be successful, political movements
need effective long-term strategies. This week observers
would have witnessed two tactical steps in long-term march
of New Zealand towards Maori sovereignty and a separate
Maori nation. More >>>
History in the Making
Muriel
Newman
21 Jan 06
New Zealand
history is full of
contradictions. In the very week that the government
launched their $1 million road show to educate the public
about the “official” history of
New Zealand
and the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi, a
UK
based group released a different interpretation of world
history.
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The Referendum
Option
Muriel
Newman
12 Nov 05
Next year's census will be held on March 7th and it will
be followed by the Maori Electoral Option. This
five-yearly survey gives electors of Maori descent an
opportunity to choose whether they want to be registered
to vote on the Maori roll or the general roll.
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The March to Maori Sovereignty
Muriel
Newman
21 Oct 05
It has been disconcerting watching the political courtship
rituals taking place in the corridors of power over the
last few weeks, especially those made towards the Maori
Party by National. While the National Party should be
congratulated for investigating whether they could
realistically form an alternative government, even a
superficial look at the Maori Party’s election promises
would have revealed a radical sovereignty agenda that
should have excluded it from any further consideration.
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One Nation, Two Worlds
Muriel
Newman
9 Oct 04
I
recently received documents under the Official Information
Act, which outline the “two-world view”
ideology underpinning the Housing New Zealand Corporation.
The “Housing New Zealand Way” consists
of a Maori world-view and a Crown world-view.
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