Maori Television tonight – terrorism, racism and citizenship
I'm looking forward to Native Affairs this evening. Julian Wilcox will test the reasonableness of Tuhoe demands for apologies from the Police. I think the Police should not risk being thought to buckle...
View ArticleMaori claims to own water – the detail not mentioned
Regular readers of this blog would not be just waking up to the political and constitutional importance of the Waitangi Tribunal hearings over water ownership. You had a heads-up in February, followed...
View ArticleClose Up on Maori claim to water
TVNZ's Close-Up asked me to balance Shane Jones last evening because National would not put up a representative. Close Up had researched this blog's recent posts. Franks & Ogilvie has interests in...
View ArticleProved wrong on Maori leader vacuum
Yesterday I said "The tragedy of New Zealand's state sponsored racism is that it has led to there being no Maori leaders who can compete for mana with the racists, by showing concern for New Zealand as...
View ArticleMaori language week – the gummint must “save it”.
I am a honky for balance (as Willie Jackson once called me) in a Maori language week special screening on TV One at 10am on Sunday 29th. In filming at Te Papa on Monday my panel debated whether "the...
View ArticleWaitangi Tribunal shows no sensitivity to Crown/majority on water ownership...
The Tribunal report no 1 is now on line. It is a comprehensive victory for the NZMC/rejection of the Crown case. On my first quick run through: a) it is sound on the legal foundation for Maori claims...
View ArticleIdentitaire – disclaiming their inheritance
David Horowitz draws attention to the Generation Identitaire manifesto. I wonder whether it is a significant and spontaneous movement in France, or just a separate marketing brand for Marine Le Pen?...
View ArticleTo the Supreme Court – please don’t undermine High Court clarity in Maori...
Ronald Young J’s 88 page judgment is commendable for being prompt, easy to read, apparently comprehensive and decisive. He records the essence of the plaintiff’s arguments then deals with each in...
View ArticleSympathy for the CJ ( as the Supremes take on property rights, race politics...
Many ask for predictions of the Supreme Court's decision on the Waitangi Tribunal/Maori Council's case to hold up hydro generator share sales. If iPredict had a contract on the outcome I'd buy a...
View ArticleQ & A today – gobbledygook demonstrated
Though I had to butt in to get space this morning on Q & A (after being criticised by friends and mocked by others for politely waiting last time to be invited to speak) I enjoyed it. I was...
View ArticleThe loss of Shane Jones is real for all of us
The gloating over Labour's discomfiture since Shane Jones' loss of patience with Damien O'Connor's "gaggle of gays and unionists" should not disguise New Zealand's loss. Shane Jones was the Maori...
View ArticleAuckland sensitivity on ethnicity
Cam Slater comments on the Herald report of the withdrawal of an Auckland Council survey that appears to have been trying to find out what people think of the emergence of 'Chinatowns' and other...
View ArticleIQ changes – Is the Kardashian effect overwelming the Flynn Effect?
Our world famous expert on IQ testing, Prof Jim Flynn of Otago University, discovered that people in rich industrialised societies score much more highly in intelligence tests than their great...
View ArticleGenetic challenges for genuine liberalism
Hive Mind: How Your Nations IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own by Garett Jones has attracted little public attention in New Zealand, despite celebration of the Otago Longitudinal Study, and the...
View ArticleChina can count on NZ elite’s fear of ‘racist’ slur
Newsroom’s carefully written stories of possible spying at the heart of our government appear to expose National Party naivete. The Financial Times report adds weight to the criticism. James Anderlini...
View ArticleAuckland freedom of speech court case will get world attention
The court hearing on 30 July of the Free Speech Coalition’s application to reverse Mayor Goff’s ban on “divisive” speakers in Auckland’s public halls will get world-wide interest. The application is...
View ArticleNZ’s right to bear arms? Firearms as a Treaty taonga.
When the Treaty was signed, pu and tupara (muskets and double barreled shotguns) were among the most valuable of all taonga under Article 2 (if it really does go beyond the real property interests...
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