Three Waters
The Water Services Entities Bill, the first of two Bills giving effect to the Government’s water services proposals, has been introduced to Parliament in the… Read More »Three Waters
Maori
Separatism in New Zealand: Part Five; Ownership of Fresh Water and Beaches and consultation
Towards the end of more than forty years in front line journalism I became increasingly aware of the development of an informal duality of citizenship… Read More »Separatism in New Zealand: Part Five; Ownership of Fresh Water and Beaches and consultation
Separatism in New Zealand: Part Four; Maori in Central and Local Government
Towards the end of more than forty years in front line journalism I became increasingly aware of the development of an informal duality of citizenship… Read More »Separatism in New Zealand: Part Four; Maori in Central and Local Government
Separatism in New Zealand: Part Three; Treaty Partnership
Towards the end of more than forty years in front line journalism I became increasingly aware of the development of an informal duality of citizenship… Read More »Separatism in New Zealand: Part Three; Treaty Partnership
Separatism in New Zealand: Part Two; Cultural and traditional harvest of natural and exotic resources
Towards the end of more than forty years in front line journalism I became increasingly aware of the development of an informal duality of citizenship… Read More »Separatism in New Zealand: Part Two; Cultural and traditional harvest of natural and exotic resources
Separatism in New Zealand: The Insidious Development of Separatism in New Zealand: Part One
From the time I started in journalism in 1963 I have seen a number of changes in the social structure of New Zealand and not… Read More »Separatism in New Zealand: The Insidious Development of Separatism in New Zealand: Part One
Separatism
On Friday February 11, 2022 I tuned into a Zoom meeting hosted by Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) to discuss Treaty of Waitangi partnerships in… Read More »Separatism
Resist Accusations of Racism
In the first two decades of the twenty first century among the most misused words in New Zealand were racism, apartheid and separatism. Sometimes they were applied incorrectly or used interchangeably and too often they were used to stifle debate or denigrate people who dared to question a new political development
Tolerance
Are we losing our tolerance for the dissenting opinion? By world standards we New Zealanders are a very tolerant lot. We might grumble and even get a little outraged at what other people write, say or do if we disagree with them. However, provided they are within the law and don’t advocate illegality, we are usually prepared to let people express a different opinion.
Concerns about separatism should not be lightly dismissed
One of the most common arguments against Maori wards is that they would be a racist development but that is a misuse of the term. Racism generally means to act against people simply because of ethnicity and Maori wards will not do that. They are a positive rather than negative concept but are they really justifiable? Many non-Maori don’t think so but seem reluctant to say so in case of accusations of racism.