The 2025 Budget is done and dusted. While the Government claims growth is their priority, there was little within the budget to suggest it will deliver what they hope.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis would have us believe it is a prudent budget that gets us back on track to a surplus in 2029. But is that surplus real – or is National doing exactly what Labour did when they were in Government: changing the way budget measures are reported to make the figures look better than they really are?
Let’s remind ourselves of the trick that Labour played.
In 2022, in response to accusations he was “addicted to spending”, Finance Minister Grant Robertson changed Budget measures in order to claim government spending and debt weren’t as bad as they actually were.
To understand his strategy, we need to remember that the traditional measure of debt used by successive governments is “Net Core Crown Debt” – the sum of all the debt owed by Government Ministries and Departments along with the Reserve Bank, minus their financial assets.
This calculation does not include the semi-autonomous Crown Entities nor the asset-rich Super Fund.
The new measure the Minister introduced was “Net Debt”, which added both Crown Entities and the Super Fund into the equation.
The effect was to ’magically’ shrink debt from the Net Core Crown Debt value of $133.6 billion (36.9 percent of GDP) to the new Net Debt value of $61.2 billion (16.9 percent of GDP).
By changing the measure, $72.4 billion of Labour Government debt was erased in an instant!
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reinforced the ruse in her Budget speech to Parliament by boasting: “Debt sits at 16.9 percent”!
Questions are now being asked whether Finance Minister Nicola Willis is using the same tactic in Budget 2025, by redefining the Operating Balance Before Gains and Losses calculation. Termed OBEGAL, this is a measure which reports on the difference between total Crown revenue and expenditure – in other words, it evaluates whether the government is living within its means and will produce a surplus, or whether it’s not and will deliver a deficit.
The Minister has justified removing ACC – a semi-autonomous Crown Entity that is running a deficit – from the equation on the basis that eliminating it provides a better indication of government performance.
With ACC removed, the new OBEGAL measure called OBEGALx shows that in 2029, a surplus of $214 million is forecast. If ACC remains in the measure, as is the tradition, the surplus turns into a deficit of $3.01 billion.
Chief Economist at The Initiative, Dr Eric Crampton is highly critical of the move:
“This budget projected no return to balanced books. Headline figures projecting a return to surplus ignore ongoing accumulating deficits at the ACC. ACC is expected to spend $2.9 billion more than it earns in 2026 and 2027, with ACC’s deficit reducing to $2.3 billion by 2029. When those deficits are included, the government is in deficit through 2029.”
He explains, “The Public Finance Act requires fiscal responsibility. The legislation says that governments should aim at balanced budgets. It allows for deficits when circumstances warrant. But it requires the government to explain why it is in deficit and its plan for a return to surplus.”
In other words, the Public Finance Act is meant to ensure that governments do not spend more than they receive during normal times. By refusing to rein in spending, Dr Crampton believes the Coalition could be in breach of the Public Finance Act.
In essence, by continuing to spend more than they have, not only is the Coalition failing to demonstrate fiscal prudence, but through their actions they are revealing that they lack a true commitment to growth.
Furthermore, redefining a measure to claim a surplus, most certainly brings into question the Finance Minister’s assertion that she delivered a “no BS” budget.
Looking at the big picture, the Coalition’s strategy of reducing government spending to 30 percent of GDP by growing the overall economy rather than cutting expenditure is unlikely to achieve the economic potential our country is capable of, for two reasons.
Firstly, there’s ample evidence from countries that have transformed their economies that the optimum size of government is around 25 percent of GDP. That should be the Finance Minister’s target if she is serious about growth.
And secondly, with former Treasury Secretary John Whitehead claiming that around 60 percent of government budgets are allocated to programmes that are either outdated or no longer aligned to government policy, a comprehensive “line-by-line” review of all State funded programmes should have been undertaken, with a view to culling those that do not deliver Coalition policy.
If such a review had been carried out, Coalition Ministers would no doubt have been shocked to discover just how many of Labour’s extremist programmes – such as the toxic He Puapua agenda for tribal rule – are still in operation.
De-funding such policies would not only have helped the Coalition to deliver on their election pledge to “Stop He Puapua”, but it would also have saved millions of dollars to reduce spending and pay down debt.
Prime amongst the He Puapua policies that are still operating are “Rautaki Maori” programmes designed to deliver preferential hiring practices for Maori.
These came to light through a recent Herald article on the employment dispute between TVNZ and their former Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, which quoted staff emails opposing his appointment: “Where was the consultation … about how we can align this appointment with the Rautaki Maori [strategy] and see if there was a super-Maori out there who we could have recruited?”
It turns out that these “Rautaki Maori” programmes are not only being used by TVNZ to embed a Maori World View – Te Ao Maori – within the organisation and to justify the appointment of radicalised Maori into key positions, but they can also be found throughout the whole State Sector.
Parliamentary Services is one such agency that has embraced Rautaki Maori and the fact that they have just been awarded almost four million dollars in the Budget for ‘Personnel Costs’ – in order to “maintain the capability and capacity of the Parliamentary Service workforce and to enable the recruitment and retention of specialist skills and experience” – raises serious concerns over whether this will result in the hiring of yet more He Puapua activists.
Senior King’s Counsel Gary Judd has examined Parliamentary Services’ Rautaki Maori strategy and is shocked: “Embedded within the heart of our democracy is a force which, ultimately, is destructive of it. Nobody voted for this. It is subversive of the whole democratic process, because Te Ao Maori is not democratic. It is tribal.”
He explains that the Rautaki Maori strategy “is signed by the Chief Executive, Parliamentary Services, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives. It contains commitments such that it would be naïve to think any Minister or MP, or the Speaker can receive advice unaffected by the ideology contained within it.
“Guiding principles include: ‘We make a commitment to ensure Te Ao Maori is part of who we are and what we do… acknowledging its importance to our people, mahi, Parliament, and Aotearoa.’
“You will see that part of the mission of Parliamentary Services and the Clerk of the House is to engage with other public sector agencies who will look to them as a partner and a leader in Te Ao Maori. This mission started in 2022. Undoubtedly it will now be well advanced and will be part of the explanation for the actions of outfits like the Real Estate Agents Authority, other quangos and government departments.”
The fact that such programmes are still operational eighteen months after the new Government was elected on a promise to ‘Stop He Puapua’ and remove race-based policies, is an indictment of the Coalition.
New Zealanders voted against He Puapua when they threw Labour out of office.
It’s time the Prime Minister stepped up and explained to New Zealanders what he intends to do to put this right.
Treasury documents show the funding used in Budget 2025 not only came from $1.3 billion a year in new spending, but also from $5.3 billion of re-purposed funding.
This includes an $18 million reduction in Radio New Zealand’s four-year appropriation of almost $270 million, which, instead of being re-allocated into areas of urgent need such as health, is being used to fund regional journalism.
With RNZ’s audience dropping to the lowest level ever recorded, the Minister of Broadcasting Paul Goldsmith issued a warning: “Government-funded media must deliver the same efficiency and value for money as the rest of the public sector. I expect RNZ to improve audience reach, trust and transparency.”
If he was serious about this, he would link RNZ funding to audience ratings – as is the reality for commercial operators. Only then would RNZ get the message that if they continue to deliver radical advocacy dressed up as news, they will continue to lose relevance – and funding.
Budget 2025 also signalled the introduction of ‘means testing’ as a mechanism to reduce taxpayer support. Whether this is the beginning of a broader strategy by Coalition Parties remains to be seen.
The means testing of KiwiSaver was part of a wider suite of changes that will see contributions by employers and employees increased from 3 to 4 percent over the next three years – and government subsidies halved to $260 per year from July with individuals on incomes over $180,000 no longer eligible.
Best Start, which is a weekly tax credit for families with newborns for their first three years, will now be means tested from the first year instead of the second, with payments reduced for families with annual incomes above $79,000 and stopped at incomes over $97,000.
And from July 2027, since parents rather than the state will be responsible for unemployed 18- and 19-year-olds who cannot support themselves, a parental means test will be introduced for young people applying for Jobseeker Support or the Emergency Benefit.
While the policy aims to direct young people into education, training, or employment, so they avoid the trap of welfare, since it doesn’t apply to those who are married or in de-facto relationships, there are concerns that teenage pregnancy may inadvertently be encourage as young people seek to avoid reliance on parents.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator Frank Newman, an investment analyst and former local body councillor, has examined the Budget from a business perspective and raises concerns about the flagship ‘Investment Boost’ policy:
“Much was made of the ‘Investment Boost’ policy, that enables a business to make a one-off 20% depreciation deduction in the year of purchase of a new ‘productive’ asset, in addition to the rate that would normally apply.
“In effect, the policy shifts the depreciation claim forward to the first year and is likely to create a situation where the book value is less than its market value at the time of sale. That means the tax ‘benefit’ on the one-off depreciation claim is likely to be clawed back by the government when the asset is sold.
“Ironically, the policy offers the least benefit to those businesses that use assets with a short lifespan (like plant and equipment) and benefits those who hold assets for a very long time.
“After understanding how the mechanics of depreciation work, it is easy to see why the government took this approach, rather than the more widely favoured approach, which was to provide permanent benefits to businesses by reducing the corporate tax rate.”
In summary, Frank believes “The budget lacked substance and was devoid of the economic reform that this country needs to reverse its long-term economic decline.”
He’s right. Budget 2025 represents a missed opportunity, not only to reverse wasteful spending – especially on programmes that are a legacy of the Ardern Labour Government – but also to bring about the fundamental transformation needed to guarantee New Zealand a prosperous future.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should all Rautaki Maori policies be removed from the State sector?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Immediately. | Lenice |
| Yes immediately. How on earth are these tribal myths and beliefs still a part of govt depts ? How can only maori religion be imposed on 85% of the population who dont believe in this primitive mind set. We voted the coalition in to remove this. DO YOUR JOB. | Jarrod |
| The government election pledge to STOP HE PUA PUA must not only be done it needs to be seen to be done. The next election result will reflect whether or not this election promise is carried out. The Coalition cannot tinker with the support of the electorate. Follow through or drop out. those are the only options. The Rautaki Maori policies must be removed | terrence |
| just like the Maori party, got surgically removed, for a season from our Parliament….. it should have been for a lot longer……! | David |
| absolutely definitely YES It’s blatant apartheid and it has got to STOP | Carolyn |
| yes but they wont. Politicians are cowards. | Sam |
| How the hell has this rautaki maori been able to continue? No wonder govts are the most untrusted lot in NZ history. National have lied to us regarding He pua pua and co governance. Lost my vote and membership. Act and NZ 1st our only hope at next election. National party you are a disgrace turning your back on your voters. | Chris |
| We are to be one people with no special privilges. | Tony |
| Yes it is what we voted for Get on with it Mr Luxon You have not met your commitment to the Nzers who voted for the change | Bruce |
| From the so-called “no B.S. Budget”, all B.S. Maori policies need to be de-funded and thrown out. | Monica |
| Removed immediately, employment should be based on the best skills and attributes, not descendant line. | Paula |
| It’s time the government started governing instead of leaving it to bureaucrats still loyal to the last lot | Terry |
| Absolutely vital for our fragile democracy | Bernie |
| WHO is running this country it certainly is not no balls Luxton. This is one country and all should be treated equally and get on with each other. This is made worse by all maori businesses paying NO TAX including Tamaki’s church lot. Willis goes on about the country being broke?? Make them all pay tax in the supposed businesses that are hiding behind doors so as not to pay tax and then want us to give them more. HELLO government grow some balls and make this country a one race every one equal. | Jeff |
| This has got out of hand and is affecting our children have a weak trimester and government that has lied to us | Dennis |
| Yesterday would be good. | Steve |
| I start to believe that our National Party is really not much better than the Labour Party otherwise why wouldn’t they completely shut down this He Pua Pua or( co governance ) as they said they would do. I do wonder if the PM is quietly all in favour of He Pua Pua and to hell with all the rest of us 87% New Zealanders. I listen to Stop co governance and find the whole thing quite unbelieve and also extremely racist against the rest of us New Zealanders. | Paul |
| Why has the Govt. not rooted out this nonsense? Don’t Ministers have huge resources available to deploy for search and destroy? Come on get cracking Coalition. | Glenn |
| It is essential that the ravages of the Labour Government, especially the funding and employment of these Maori anti democratic voices in places like public broadcasters, be wiped out immediately before they cause any further damage to our democracy. | CHRIS |
| Preferential Race based & not merit based employment is the downfall of any country. There are many such examples in Africa | Dane |
| Hell yrs and the sooner the better. The Prime Minister needs to make this a priority or they (National) will be out next election!! | John |
| We are all Kiwi’s, we Must be all treated equally, if not this is Apartheid policy, plain & simple. Also this is a grift driven by the radical Waitangi tribunal reinterpreting the treaty of Waitangi, so in addition & for the sake of the Country shut this corrupt tribunal down. Maori trusts also need to pay tax as do all other commercial entities, we the NZ taxpayers are being routed out of millions of taxpayers dollars. | John |
| It is outrageous that this practise continues despite a new Govt. | Jerry |
| Of course, we are all equal and there doesn’t need to be special policies for one race. | Lyn |
| The sooner, the better | Janette |
| Yes all of it, by yesterday! | Mark M |
| deffinitely | terence |
| When is the ideology of grievances going to stop? | luciane |
| All race-based policies and requirements in respect of having regard to the principles of the ToW as determined by white-anted public sector and non-profit organisations. | The Answer is always 6 |
| 100 % YES. Was asked recently by friends (kiwis) visiting from OZ if tvnz one was the maori channel due to news, sports and weather being mostly about maori stories and speaking maori. We watched tv3 news and weather the next night. No maori news or any speaking their language. TV3 from now on. My visitors said they will never come back to NZ too much maorification for them. | Kevin |
| We are all “one people” living in this country, internationally recognised as New Zealand. If you are a New Zealand citizen but believe that your nationality is not a New Zealander then I suggest you return to the Nation where you came from. No matter in what century your ancestors emigrated here. Perhaps you will feel more comfortable there! | Martin |
| Disgrace without a doubt | George |
| All those and other similar race based policies should have been gone long ago by now. Am staggered they still exist and is a woeful betrayal of the coalition who promised to remove them all. Clearly there are still a few enemies within the Nat party. | Steve |
| Obviously | Alan |
| Lets face it ,weve all been ripped off by nationals lies. F- ALL has been done to reverse racist policy and the parading of it is daily in our faces. The day the treaty principles bill was voted on in parliament NOT ONE member in the entire house had the guts to cross the floor and vote with ACT, that day i was ashamed at how far we have fallen. Cluckson and Win Win Winston are not the saviours of our country they have their own agendas .This next election is the do or die moment for NZ and boy do we need a Reform party and I hope that somehow or other it includes David Seymour and ACT. Burn the bridges and severe the chains stand up and fight or wallow in dispair. | Glyn J |
| Preference based on race = apartheid. Preference based on merit = competence | Gaye |
| Get rid of tribal aspirations that affect us all. OK for tribes to run their own Marae and trasduitional areas as per treaty terms but not run the whole contry. | Maggie |
| Life’s confusing enough with out these devisive policies | Peter |
| This Policy is discrimination on a huge scale across all agencies. | Karen |
| yes,It is separist by its very nature and again race based which we do not want or need.it is an insult to maori,they are better than that and should not receive preeferential funding | galem |
| Definitely. | Jacqueline |
| This racist programme for the indoctrination of the public should have been dismantled by the Coalition Government last year. | Wayne |
| If this government does not do what it said it would prior to the election, it will struggle to win the next. Then God help us and NZ. | Allan |
| The PM needs to get on board with the public regards any and all things Maori and cut the purse strings. | Geoff |
| I would ask the PM to answer this question with a YES or No. If his answer is NO then you have duped and Lied to the people of NZ so resign . | Noel |
| Heck yes!! Apartheid has arrived in New Zealand | Shane |
| They should never have been included. | Geoff |
| 100%. Can’t see this woke National government having the guts to do it though. | Mike |
| As soon as possible! Tomorrow would be GOOD! | David |
| TODAY IF POSSIBLE!!! | Sylvia |
| They are an abomination | Linda |
| ALL aspects of He Puapua must be killed. | Glyn |
| Most so called Maori folk have only a small % of Maori blood so I don’t think it warrants everybody having to fall in to line. For example I understand that one of the co leader’s of Te Pati Maori is about 80% Irish but wishes to receive all the Maori hand outs | John |
| Without delay | Chris |
| Not only Rautaki Maori policies but Te Mana o te Wai must also go !The Govt has failed to deliver what they said they would. They have lied ! Get rid of Luxon | Donald |
| Stop this RACIAL Nonsense NOW Please JUST GET ON AND DO IT!! | Bill Smythe |
| This coalition needs to honor the mandate given it at the last election. | Hugh |
| All race specific policies must be eliminated. This government are failing to keep their promise to electors. | Peter |
| This is another example of politicians telling lies. There is no way I will be voting for National under Luxon. It will be David Seymour. | Keith |
| The party(T.P.M) IS OVER! time for the RACISTS.. TO BE BANNED FROM THE HOUSE! KIWIS HAVE HAD A GUTS FULL OF THESE RETARD IDIOTS. CAN WE RELY ON OUR POLITICIANS TO BACK THEIR PEOPLE, FOR ONCE? | David |
| Absolutely…long overdue to be weaned!! | Tony |
| YES! Discrimination and Democracy are like oil and water. They don’t mix. We are all New Zealanders and we need to learn how and where the nation’s wealth is created. It’s a never ending battle. It seems that there is a covert committee or a number of committees that dream up new claims every week. We could easily afford our superannuation bill if all the money that is wasted on these fraudulent claims were directed instead toward an investment compound fund. If we had started this say 30 years ago, then such a fund would have been well on it’s way to be a healthy bedrock sum. | Garry. |
| Race policies should not be in place in our nation. | Steve |
| WHY.. is any RACIST BASED PARTY, even allowed to SIT IN OUR PARLIAMENT?need to have a referendum, on this issue.. IT IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY, AND T.P.M WILL BE BACK, WHEN PARLIAMENT SITS AGAIN!! wHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN?? | David |
| Ethnic division is simply…Racism. A level playing field therefore is being obstructed so ALL maori preferences have to be abolished. | Mark |
| Really should never have been there. Hobson said Now we are ONE people Something went wrong! | DICK |
| Blatant apartheid and direct evidence of the march toward He Puapua. | mary |
| Absolutely yes,it is race based, well aligned to DEI,all of which along with the maori seats the maori crown relations office and the myriad of other government bodies preferencing Maori be terminated and nonfunded. At the same time all He Puapua programmes should be axed. Why are we not putting all these matters up for referendum?Is it not the fair way to do things?Let the voting public decide as they are the final arbiters and leave the politicians out of the equation. | galem |
| We don,t need Maori clapchat | Ian |
| Recruitment should be on merit not race | Chris |
| NZ needs to get rid of all this rascist, apartheit crap. It is only dragging our country and society down. | Andrew |
| It seems that the coalition are weaklings, and totally afraid of the radicals taking over our country? Is there more to this then we release, what long term deals have been made. | Sven |
| stop wasteful spending | Anthony |
| Another government policy to benefit those according to race rather than merit. I thought this government promised to get rid of such policies? | Sam |
| Not democratic | Craig |
| Just another form of aparthied | Warren |
| The only acceptable hiring policy is merit, with qualifications , values, attributes , achievement drive and a performance record appropriate to the job to be done . Those of us with extensive experience and success in running businesses know this . | Hugh |
| And without delay | Graeme |
| Yes, we are supposed to be one people, let us be that. | Fraser |
| Not enough is being done to strip financial waste. It would be responsible to just reveal how much is spent in printing, labour costs involved, sign writing and negative public confusion, all with no measurable benefit, financially at least, socially would be very small benefit despite the propaganda. Get real | Maurice |
| Level the playing field | Jim |
| Fed up with everything on the news being spoken in Maori when you have no idea what they are saying more English words are disappearing over taken by Maori and you have no idea what they are saying no captions underneath so they could be swearing for all you know. It’s a slow takeover of our English language | Barbara |
| All of these policies that are in another language other than ENGLISH should be removed. I don’t care what they are about. We speak ENGLISH in NewZealand. | Elizabeth |
| Immediate removal in my view… | Rhys |
| We return to being a democratic non-biased nation. | Graeme |
| We should get rid of Maori Socialism. This discriminates against people and it means that you get the wrong person for the job. | Kent |
| However, it and other maori take over moves will not be adressed by the Coalition while Luxon is PM. We have to get rid of him. As Julian Batchelor from Stop Covernance has stated for some time, Luxon is a Pro Maori Activist and as such he is a traitor to all Kiwis. His actions since winning the election prove this to be correct. He has to be got rid of. | Ronmac |
| Should be done immediately. | Gavin |
| YES, it should have been done yesterday. National was elected by lying to us all and will become a one term party. | John |
| Disappointed in this government as one of the things was to stop this racist spending throughout all departments etc. | Chris |
| I am a Maori voter – i am all for every voter having one vote and all New zealanders being equal. | Denis |
| And from the wokesters in most businesses who follow the leader to curry favours. More takeover by stealth | Mark |
| Racism like this is non- democratic. It reinforces the privileges Maori have acquired from Ardern | Denis |
| Yes they should but Luxon, Potaka,Stanford and Goldsmith seem to have now decided to renege on their promise and have become Maori lovers. It is time for them to resign. | Steve |
| It is long overdue | Dominic |
| Shouldn’t have been there in the first place! | Michael |
| YES, every single one of them. We DO NOT NEED MAORIFICATION OF OUR COUNTRY. | Heather |
| Definitely – and TVNZ, the courts, judicial system, state-owned ent, and local govt | Trevor |
| All race based legislation must be removed if this country is ever going to move forward. | Steve |
| Certainly | Colin |
| A level playing field for all is the only way to gain the best employees for any and all work positions. Anything else risks a downward slide in quality of performance and degradation of the purpose of the work. Plus, fairness for all is “fair”. Unfair advantage will prove dangerous in time to come. Democracy will suffer, anger will surface, and we will no longer be a happy, healthy and peaceful nation. | Marilyn |
| No policies based on race need to be in the state sector | Maxine |
| We are meant to be ONE People and ONE Nation so why is the pursuit of Seperatism still being supported. The only Reason we can think of for this is a Babellist (Globalist) Agenda. | Geoff |
| Absolutely YES. This is what we thought National would do when they got in government. Turns out that National is perpetuating the Ardern policies and hefty borrowing. Luxon needs to resign so sensible government can start. | Simon |
| Of course but Luxon will not do it. | Murray |
| Yes – should NEVER have been there in the first place. National Party is too closely aligned with the Arden fiasco and is not doing what they were elected to do. I’m growing tired of them, and I am thinking seriously of shifting my allegiance to Act. They seem to be the only party that have “all their ducks in a row” – except of course for Shane Jones = who is absolutely wonderful and needs to be prime minister. | Don |
| Absolutely! These kinds of policies have NO place in NZ law. We should stand up in mass against He Puapua and protest. | John |
| Yes of course. The policies should relate to all. Black, white, brindle and in between. The country is stuffed. God Defend New Zealand! | Bruce |
| More and more of these Maori policies are coming to light, but how many are there we don’t know about. More pressure needs to be put on the Coalition to end He Puapua but so far there seems no evidence of it. Luxon is scared and aware he will lose favour with Maori if he does. We all should make a big noise about this in order to get some action. | Marga |
| The commentators on the budget are quite right in pointing out that it simply advances Labour’s push for a continuation of He Puapua and breaches the Coalition’s undertakings on what they would do post election. | Ian |
| Immediately. I cannot understand how they have been left in place by the Coalition. | Trevor |
| asap | adrian |
| Yes.It is race based aligned to DEI and an insult to the average Maori person | gale |
| A.S.A.P | Noel |
| Absolutely – right now under this National govt we are not living in a democracy that our forefathers fort so hard to preserve. Unfortunately in the coalition there is only one refrom party – ACT. NZ first needs to step up on race based policy. Jones talks the talk but doesnt walk the walk. | Mike |
| It Alarms me greatly that neither Willis nor Luxon really have any idea what they are doing to make NZ great again. | Rod |
| Let us initiate the true Patriots for NZ reform coalition. | Jo |
| Time and time again, election after election, no matter on what side of the fence they sit, parties campaign on polices which when elected, they then ignore and then just lie, it makes me wonder why the population votes when many of us realise this. We need something new, because this system is permanently broken. | Russell |
| This promise by National must be kept if they wish to retain believability. They will lose votes to other coalition partners unless they show willingness to curb the undemocratic racist law. | Robbie |
| We are all New Zealanders, we should all be treated equally no matter colour or creed. I’m appalled that the government hasn’t dealt with with this already! | Pauline |
| ONE NEW ZEALAND EQUALITY FOR ALL | Ray |
| Of course Rautaki Maori policies should be removed from all organisations, not just the State sector- they are discriminatory, racist and anti-democratic and anti-Merit – who wants a doctor, dentist or engineer who got their job due to their DNA rather than excellence and experience ? | Brian |
| Racist apartheid govt policy we voted against | Maurice |
| Absolutely!! | Caren |
| Definitely, should never have been introduced in the first place, it is also an insult to Maori to believe they need preferential treatment. | Kevin |
| Of course. Isn’t that what we voted this government in to do? Why has it not happened already? | Lee |
| All racial preference policies must be removed forthwith, and that includes both central and local government. Contemporaneous removal of all racial advisory and treaty partnership provisions is also necessary immediately for all administration to retain credibility. | Peter |
| It’s racist and just embeds ideology throughout Parliament. Undermining democracy. | DIANE |
| Another advantage for one ethnicity subsidised by the taxpayer | Geoff |
| The T.P.M HAKA STUNT, they pulled, has shown that they are not going to stop, with their PLANNED AGITATOR DESTRUCTION, their antics, are strait out of PAUL ALINSKYS TERRORIST MANUAL, FOR BOLSHEVIK OVERTHROW, these methods have been used, for decades in REVOLUTIONS FOR THE LAST 2 CENTURIES. KIWIS, with with a little Political Nouce, can work this out… The T.P.M/GREENS/RADICAL LABOUR, are working to a PLANNED AGENDA… This is obvious!! The thing is, What are we going to Do about their agenda?? It is not going to stop.! They will RE-APPEAR, when the 21 days Ban, has expired, and the antics will continue WILL KIWIS, JUST ‘PUT UP WITH THIS RACIST B.S, INTIMIDATION.. when does it STOP, AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE?? | David |
| Absolutely! I am so upset with the National Parties Wokeness and Weakness I will never vote for them again. They lied to us. | Richard |
| The adoption of or continuation of existing Rautaki Maori policies is a complete denial of the promises made to the electorate prior to the election. The government promised to disband those existing Rautaki Maori initiatives and stop He Pua Pua.. I have to believe that the whole coalition are complicit in this policy and have spit in the eye of their supporters. The question now is where do their supporters go to achieve the result that was promised and turned the election away from labour and the Greens. This is outrageous as no coalition member has expressed their disapproval of the decision to continue with the policy. We have been hoodwinked and blindsided. It worked as it won them the election. But they need to implement those promises very soon to gain any credibility back else parties opposing National will gain a landslide victory in 226 and those policies will bulldoze the He Pua Pua path to a racist government. | Terrence |
| Of course this racist policy must be removed! | Margaret |
| Yes. get rid of them pronto! | Brenda |
| It is abuse of our democratic process that we even have to have this conversation! | Aj |
| Equal rights to all in NZ – no preferential rights to some – reason votes given to National who said this would be removed WHEN | carolyn |
| Certainly. Treaty or none the fairness of having one law for all outweighs such measures. | Ray |
| absolutely | Gerhard |
| I did not vote for this shit. Sick of these racists. | Neil |
| In conformance with article 3 of the Treaty the same laws and procedures should apply to all. | Percy |
| Absolutely. Out they go. gone by lunchtime.There are no real Maoris left anyway.It is all BS to steal from the taxpayers. | Bruce |
| If we continue on the present path, I fear that our once fine country will become like South Africa is today. God help future generations. | Pam |
| These policies are clearly undemocratic – they give undue influence to race rather than meritocracy. They should absolutely be removed. | Bruce |
| Pressure on Luxon vital!! | anthony |
| Along with all the racist and separatist nonsense that’s tearing this country apart | Jan |
| Of course | Terry |
| Immediately, if not sooner!!! | Bruce |
| YES! Our PM needs to start bending his back to ensure that we get rid of all this rubbish | William |
| Now is the time to do it. | Rob |
| Why is it taking so long?! | Alastair |
| Of course,how could they let this racial crap pass. Comeon National and do what you said in the leadup to the election and why you were voted in. | Peter |
| Most Definitely – no place for racist policies | Geoffrey |
| This coalition ‘government’ is very disappointing in that they are not doing enough to get rid of all of this Maori preferential shite. Luxton is useless & Peters is wanting. David Seymour seems to be the only one with some Canjones! | David |
| Yes, they should be,, unless New Zealand will further move down the devastating path recently reported (with crosses viewed) in South Africa.! Do New Zealanders want a country divided on race – Maori verses all the rest of New Zealanders? | Stuart |
| It is is racial indoctrination. Get rid of it. | Ray |
| No comment, when will we ever get back to democracy? | Ngaire |
| Yes – without delay! – this is a prime example of Marxist infiltration in action. All this Maorification should have been dealt with by now. To say that I am disappointed with the performance of Luxon and the National Party in not keeping pre-election promises, is an understatement. I am also disgusted at the clown show that our Parliament has become. Things need to change – and fast! | Scott |
| No apartheid in NZ | Kalakanthi |
| The difficulty we (NZ) have is that neither National or Labour have any intention of reversing these racist policies. In fact as experience will tell us, National in particular have defrauded the country completely by not adhering to the mandate they were elected on. Shame on any of those National MPs who turn their back on the NZ Public. | Neville |
| Not only do we need to delete all Rautaki Maori policies but National needs to urgently stumpup and gut the waste in the public sector including Councils. NZ is doomed to third world status if the bureaucratic largesse and wasteful expenditure is not reigned in. We simply cannt borrow our way to an improved financial security. | Mike |
| rACIST AND UN FAIR | Thomas |
| Well overdue | Daphne |
| w[ mostly part maori,enjoying all the benefits of a civi society, while bleeding them for money, does not make sense to any one with an iq above room temperature, just my thoughts. norm mayo.e must return to one law for all, to be driven by maori | norman |
| Can’t stand any more maori stuff, I don’t understand most of it but I do know it is not good for this country | Barbara |
| National continues to be such a disappointment. | Fiona |
| the sooner the better for the Country. we should go back to good old democratie. | Gerard |
| Immediately | Jan |
| Yes absolutely Cluxcinda is a lying gutless WEF UN POS | Greg |
| Most definitely | John M |
| Urgent | jeff |
| When is this government going to grow a spine | Hugh |
| Maori should be removed from everything … they”re just trouble. | Des |
| Absolutely no doubt about it. Wake up Luxon and do the job you were elected to do. | Laura |
| Govt needs to make moves now to remove | leo |
| Racist policy | Peter |
| Absolutely, there is no place for this in NZ. Get rid right now. | Vivienne |
| ENOUGH, apartheid MUST stop | mike |
| Absolutely, we should all be equal | Kay |
| Will a “Donald Trump” please stand up to save NZ. Maori (who ate the native population) are immigrants just like the English. Together we are New Zealanderso. Time for this Maori power grab to end. Start taxing ALL THEIR TRUSTS AND GIFTS. | TC |
| I thought the Coalition Government was going to remove them hasn’t happened! | Frank |
| Maoris had their chance over the last 185 years now its our time to act that is all white New Zealanders start to run the show. | Warren |
| This is an almighty scandal. I hope it gets the attention is deserves everywhere in the non-mainstream media. Obviously the MSM will ignore it. Chris Luxon needs to be called to account over this because it demonstrates his determination to continue the Maorification of NZ despite what the NATs campaigned on. We are watching you Chris. | ken |
| National has / is just Labour dressed in blue. The coalition is a total disappointment. None can be trusted. Luxon is such a two faced liar. | John |
| The quicker the better | Clinton |
| Immediately | Pam |
| completely- should be best person for the job | warwick |
| All policies that give preference to any immigrants to New Zealand should be removed. | Rex |
| It should have ceased more than 12 months ago! | Murray |
| This is one of many such strategies in place that are supporting a tribal takeover of NZ. | Anon |
| very disappointing that this govt. has not acted to remove the many racist programmes instituted by the last govt. Much of the Public Service is still operating its own agenda and we don’t need them or their agenda! | Allan |
| We are one country with equal opportunities for everyone. | Christine |
| Definitely. | Tony |
| TPM should concentrate on maori Criminality,ie. lasw and order disobedience, gangs, drug dealing infant brutaility and murder. Prison stays important isues for that race. | mike |
| Of course it’s a no brainer | Peter |
| Is a comment really necessary? The NZ govt must treat all citizens evenly and without prejudice. That they have yet to read the room demonstrates how challenging this concept is for them. | Bazza |
| we are all one people. DNA testing would prove that no one is above another. Maori are not indigenous either. We all came here by boat originally. | linda |
| I am sick and tired of these race based policies put out by successive governments. Let those applying for jobs stand on their own merits. | Sue |
| All race-based policies and expenditure should be flushed down the drain where they belong. | Gerard |
| The reasons why are very clearly defined and set out in your post / article. | Hugh |
| What the is going on Christopher? | Peter |
| One country one people.. enough of this stuff.. | Don |
| Absolutely!! | chris |
| A major plank that the gummint was elected on. | Fred |
| All maori polices are stone aged and will take the country backwards, and the only ones benefitting will be maori | Colin |
| This must go to stop the fast-moving decline to Apartheid and a lost Country | Jim |
| They should never have been put in to start with. Racist. | Bruce |
| racist | Peter |
| We should be one people and one sector of the community should not have unnecessary privileges awarded the. It’s time for this to STOP. | Amy |
| These policies have no place in a truly democratic society. | Gifford |
| Racism is a foolish policy as well as being anti-democratic and unethical. | A.E. Thompson |
| And the sooner the better | Noel |
| Absolutely, and the sooner the better. | Neville |
| Either we have a democracy or we do not | Rob |
| We are a multi national country which uses English as its first language. The State Sector should respect all ethnicities, their beliefs, and traditions. | John |
| Only because they should not be necessary in a fair open society – not based of race. | Malcolm |
| These types of policies should never have been introduced in the first place | Peter |
| Please before too late | Julian |
| absolutely | Gerry |
| It should be employ the best for the job regardless of race or religion. We elsewhere have to prove if challenged if we have done so, so why not them | Kenneth George |
| It is racist and therefore, illegal. | Glenn |
| ASAP | Geoffrey |
| Yes, it is unnecessary | Kim |
| There is no place for racism in nz and worse that taxpayers are actually funding racism | Trevor |
| We did not vote for this take a stand PM | Steve |
| National is doing exactly what Labour did when they were in Government: changing the way budget measures are reported to make the figures look better than they really are. | Jay |
| Unfortunately Luxon and National are wet blankets and do not have the courage to carry out their promises. They lied to the electorate to gain a majority in parliament and then backtracked. Shame on you! This is your legacy – own it! | Martin |
| No one voted for this- it is not mandated | John |
| Of course! | Evans |
| THE SOONER THE BETTER | COLIN |
| yes definately | alan |
| This is blatant racism and cannot be tolerated by anyone | John |
| Gutless Luxon and Government don’t have the Balls to honour what they were voted in to do for our country. by the time the next Election comes around the damage will be entrenched in our system. Shame on you all. Peters and Seymore have the ability to enforce this action why are they not using their power. Because they keep saying what they know we want to hear but it’s all just words. | Henry |
| along with all separatist policies re seabed & foreshore, inshore fishing rights, water rights to be controlled by 1 race etc etc etc | John |
| should have been canned and dumped when the coalition came into power | Erin |
| everything relating to Mori needs to go….. | Gill |
| Absolutely along with Te Ao and Rautaki Maori. I thought all these types of policies would have been long kicked into touch by the coalition. Erica Standford’s budget provision of $104 million for Maori education including Shakespeare being taught in Maori is another example. | Lawrie |
| Appointments MUST be on merit and NOT race | Neville |
| We don’t need any Maori policies in any government departments | Owen |
| Absolutely – although it appears that National have not got the spine to do anything to stop this creeping apartheid. | Roger |
| Test Submit | Test |
| We are and english speaking Counrty NOT any other language…. | Carl S |
| Our country is becoming more and more held hostage by maori activists. | ALASTAIR |
| Of course. That is what was voted for. | RFG |
| A repeat – one person ,one vote irrespective of ethnicity. And any body using election to assemble a committee does not appoint extras if specific knowledge/experience is required then that is a sub committee..not standing committee, which ceases once the extra help is given. | Anne |
| End the racist Rautaki Maori policies immediately and expose them for the divisive racism that they espouse. | Sarah |
| Of course but it’s not going to happen. These policies are accelerating, if anything. The National lead coalition is blatantly gaslighting the public. For all of the rhetoric they present as ‘proof’ of action the reality is that the two tier society is proceeding at pace. | Mark |
| The govt promised to remove race based legislation but has, so far, not done much of anything towards this. The Rautaki Maori policies seem to have been hidden from the public. It is now time for it to be repealed asap. | Carol |
| The sooner the better. In fact it should be done urgently | Peter |
| Is Luxon woke or am I on another planet | hugh |
| It should have happened immediately after take over.lazy governance. | Terry |
| Do we honestly need this crap? | Merv |
| Definitely YES. When is the government going to get the message that all government department staff should be appointed on the applicant’s ability and experience and that their race should NOT enter into the appointment considerations. | Keith |
| Long overdue. | David |
| It is a nonsense which we voted against – sadly our PM has dome nothing about that promise!! | tony |
| It is very dispiriting to see how little predominance of Te Reo Maori, Te ao etc has been reduced”: basically nil. | Rochelle |
| This is essential we are all one people living in 2025 not 1825. | Yvonne |
| totally racist and unnecessary | ARTHUR |
| From all sectors but I suspect the we will have to get used to disappointment | Chris |
| All Maori preference and privilege should be removed from all legislation. The coalition has done nothing to remove He Puapua and the relentless roll on of tribal rule. New Zealanders voted Labour out on Nationals election promises to end the Maori takeover of New Zealand but they haven’t delivered. | Koreen |
| There is no place in NZ for a separate race based ideologist program. To have it is absolutely appalling. | Chris |
| As I have written so often: Maori are immigrants from the Pacific Island who were NOT able to find there way back and also: they found a lot of meat to eat. | Peter |
| Come on Mr Prime Minster what the Maori are doing must be Treason. You are letting Maori upset the running of New Zealand while you do nothing. | William Clive |
| Is this Coalition Government going to deliver on an election promise. Employment based on race is bad enough but based on radicalised people whose origins are often in doubt. Some may have some M%u0101ori ancestral blood but most have more Colonialist blood.. The day we accept people who live in NZ legally as New Zealanders first. The rest is irrelevant. Seems a lot of so called NZers who claim I am a Maori first and therefore more entitled. These radicals need to grow up and accept what NZ is all about or go to Australia only to be returned as 501’s. | Mike |
| Absolutely. | Jane |
| As soon as possible. | steven |
| All race based policy should be removed. | Grant |
| No racist policies | Alan |
| How the hell is this racist, tribal maori govt department still operating. It must be unlawfull. He pua pua is still alive and well recieving huge amounts of us tax payers money. Disgracefull. Coalition govt needs to act immediately. Democracy is being taken from NZrs from the inside of our own govt departments. They are ALL rotten to the core. | Allan |
| Racist rubbish and waste of time and resources spent on this | Ange |
| Absolutely. This and all other dubious stuff like so called Treaty Principles etc etc should be removed forthwith. | Bev |
| Remove anything that supports segregation and made up treaty rights. | Owen |
| Dump all racist policies immediately | Francis |
| We are one people. To advocate for one race above any other is apartheid. | Tony |
| We should be making the rest of the world aware of the APARTHEID in NZ and suffer the consequences, same as happened in SA. However painful it may be in the short term. | Geoffrey |
| That racist nonsense should not have been allowed in in the first place. There is still a whole army of landmines in the form of Govt employees sown by the previous lot , which seriously undermine any meaningful efficiency in Government Departments. Why on earth did the incoming coalition not eliminate that together with these mainstream media funding policies is a mystery to me. That is and will remain a constant irritation and will do us no good whatsoever if not removed radically. | Michael |
| About time. | Murray |
| No doubt about it at all | NOEL |
| Yes the sooner the better. I am disappointed in this government | Theo |
| Check the $50 given to education all for the benefit of. Maori | Clare |
| This administration was elected to remove all of this racist regulation. Half way through its term almost all of it remains. Why? PM Luxon needs to front up and answer. These discriminatory rules should have gone within the first six months. | Gavin |
| ASAP. And all like requirements on the private sector | Howard |
| This is not looking for the right personal skills for a position or job – putting radical Maori in every government department can only cause a typical te pati Maori crazy response | Peter |
| The National party lacks the leadership to bring an end to Maori demands across many aspects of legislation. We may well need a reform party. | Robert |
| Should have gone! | Patrick |
| Definitely YES! It used to be that public “servants” were meant to be impartial – not so now! If the State sector is to be reduced, it should be a “last on, first off” basis. That would cull a lot of those appointed under Labour and who are “left-oriented”. | Laurence |
| This should have been dealt with years ago instead the complete opposite occurred. My very real concern is that the coalition has the opportunity to take decisive action but frankly has failed miserably with the exception of the Act party. National needs to stop sitting on the fence and get on with what they were elected to do. | chris |
| ASAP. NZERS NEED TO WAKE UP IMMEDIATELY TO STOP TRIBAL TAKE OVER | Brenda |
| Rautaki Maori – racist policy | Zygmunt |
| It is about time! | Dominique |
| Im a nurse and I am fed up!! | Wendy |
| Get rid of racism | Mat |
| No need for it as it’s a further Step to Separatism | Graeme |
| Should have happened long ago | Hylton |
| no time for ancient unreadable language | Laurie |
| That was the promise | Kevin |
| All racist based references, measures, allocations, grants, subsidies and reallocations need to be removed and eradicated from ALL legislation and practices. | Richard |
| Why is Luxon and his party not removed as promised all issues regarding Maori privilege within the public system why because he and his party have not got the guts to do so and Luxon is scared of Maori like Trump is scared of Putin. Grow a backbone National because com 2026 your voting base will be diminished. | Ken |
| Witout delay. | Garry |
| As soon as possible.And about time.Also at the same time the moori party be removed from parlt. What has happened to the Governments bulldust to rid us of maorification | Ross |
| Stop this racist BS – it’s very destructive. | Glenda |
| It is truly shocking that National hasn’t yet acted to fulfil its pre-election promise THAT IT WOULD DO SO> | Jim |
| TVNZ is particularly bad – to much radicalized maori!!! | Jim |
| Should be the same for all | Gavin |
| All race-based structures, including Maori electoral roll and parliamentary seats, must be removed if the nation is to survive. | Neville |
| definitely – time to roll back Maori privilege | russell |
| It violates the Human Rights Act – employment should be based on merit | Peter |
| We need quality… not colour!!! | Glenda |
| Remove all RACIST nonsense urgently | Brian |
| Absolutely, the sooner the better. | Robin |
| I am so disappointed in national. The only one that has had the guts to stand up to the Maoris is Seymour and the two partners shot him down. | Jan |
| Absolutely !!!! National has backtracked on it’s promise to totally get rid of the He Puapua report and all of it’s treacherous and treasonous agendas — hasn’t happened and in fact we are slowly becoming more entrenched with Maorisms and their made up words. Show some guts Luxon !!!!!!!! Our English language is being bastardised more every day — if we criticise it we are racist but the Maori can say and do what they like and get away with it. Our Country needs a massive makeover. | Alan |
| Now! | Roy |
| Definitely these radical left policies shouldn’t be implemented. I was believing this separatist nonsense was to stop with this coalition government! | Michael Andrew |
| its un democratic and racist, we voted this stuff out last time | Fiona |
| Ask South Africa what BEE costs and MEE will be equally costly | john |
| Absolutely | vaughan |
| Racial apartheid needs to be stopped, once and for all. | Mark |
| THE COALITION WAS SUPPOSED TO DFUND MAORIFICATION STRATEGIES IT HAS FAILED, MISERABLY. | Boud |
| Now not later | Heather |
| This coalition government needs to deliver on promises made. They have 18 months to prove themselves or be a term only government. Labour back in power would ruin the country completely. | Cathy |
| as promised by the people who are now the government | Alastair |
| NZ Governance is no place for separatist agendas. Nationally or at local level. We need stronger leadership – delivered far more promptly to take us right back to true equality in NZ. | Andrew |
| How did it get there in the first place? | Vic |
| One country one set of standards for all | David |
| 100% ALL references to specifically Maori must be deleted in all legislation | Gareth |
| We will never be ONE PEOPLE while Governments continue to allow that racist rubbish to continue. | John |
| We are one …about time we ALL accepted it…. | Bill |
| All racist legislation should be removed from NZ llaw. Why are we still living in such unenlightened times? | Rod |
| All references to maori or any other specific ethnicity should be erased from existing and future laws, bylaws. There should be no special mention or financing of any specific ethnicity no matter what or who that maybe | Alec |
| Absolutely and immediately | Robyn |
| All Maori should be removed from all Government policy, and no preferance given to Maori custoum or Government postion.s. Lets honour the principles of the Treaty. ONE lAW FOR ALL. One Law for all. | Don |
| They all need to be defunded and removed from Government policies | Steve |
| Absolutely Rautaki Maori policies should be abolished in all Govt. and Private sectors. This policy can only be described as Apartheid. | Wayne |
| All racist funding should be removed – period! | chris |
| When will New eland be recognised as a MULTI CULTURAL country? Maori have NO more rights than any other New Zealander. | Douglas |
| Asap | Gavin |
| AS soon as possible | Murray |
| It is way overdue to end ALL official recognition of race or ethnicity in ALL legislation in New Zealand. With race/ethnicity no longer having official status, there would be:- NO more race-based seats NO race-specific party in Parliament. NO more race-based wards in local government. NO more census questions about ethnicity. NO more co-governance, and NO more basis for claims of unending victimhood. NO separate Health Authority. NO Waitangi Tribunal ! NO racial apartheid | Doug |
| Yep | Leon |
| Shame on this government and shame on the National Party. Their lack of action on rectifying divisive racial policies and legislation is a travesty. The budget, like obegalx, is a farce. Nicola delivered no decisive action, just a wing and a prayer that growth will materialise. Appalling – a treacherous, two- faced govt and a bloated, racially distorted public service. Back on track? Yeah, right. | Wendy |
| Our Politicians need to restore the most important things FIRST! Why do we have a sytem that is BLATATLY RACIST…?how about restoration of fairness and equity! | David |
| Yes but we need to look at PM Luxon and Minister Potaka. Incredibly, they seem to support this stuff. National are spitting on their voters who want an end to the racist nonsense. | Chris |
| Certainly Rautaki policies should be removed from the State sector. A large portion of the State sector should be removed from the State sector and a stop put to the division and maorification being forced onto everybody. | Peter |
| I wrote to Messrs Peters, Seymour and Jones (no point in bothering with Luxon et al) and asked why the authors of these policies are still in post. This is the last straw, He Puapua is still going ahead full steam. | Doug |
| But all Maori (racist) policies/legislation should be removed and made illegal for the government, local government and their bureaucracies. Fat chance with the bald Jacinda and the uniparty in control! | Alan |
| This undermines the equality of all NZers. | mary |
| Absolutely – all He Puapua policies should have been removed within 6 months of the Coalition taking office! But as they say, better late than never! | Dave |
| It is an outrage that this subversion is still going on. It should be axed ASAP. | Barbara |
| There are so many racist programmes being operated by public servants. They need to be stopped and those responsible held to account. | PaulP |
| Aren’t Rautaki Maori programmes discriminatory and against the law? How can they be justified? How can the Government be letting this happen? Where is the accountability? | Hugh |
| We voted to get rid of the Marxist He Puapua agenda – why has it not been eliminated already? The Prime Minister needs to explain what he is going to do to sort this out. | Andrew |