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Dr Muriel Newman

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In 1979 a group of Maori sovereignty activists visited Cuba and began collaborating with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Front. An adaptation of the PLF’s ‘Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine’ became a template for a radical agenda to gain political control of New Zealand.

Two strategies formed the basis of their blueprint.

Through biculturalism, which divided society along racial lines, they aimed to redesign the country’s institutions to prioritise Maori language and culture, by embedding activists within the government service to change the system from within, and over time they wanted all land returned to Maori.

Then, by reinterpreting the Treaty of Waitangi as a ‘partnership’, they set the scene for co-governance and Maori control of decision-making. 

It is hard to believe just how effective their divisive plan has been.

One of the movement’s original leaders, who visited Cuba and was at the forefront of protest action, is now the Deputy Chairman of TVNZ.

Furthermore, it is now virtually impossible to escape the oppressive influence of tribalism in this country – whether at sporting events, cultural functions, or meetings, the sovereignty agenda dominates. Since any attempt to stop them dictating proceedings invokes accusations of racism, bullying, even threats of violence, almost everyone panders to their demands.

The Coalition Government, however, was elected with a mandate to turn things around – including ensuring State institutions return to using the English language first, with Maori second.

But a quick browse around public sector websites, shows many agencies have taken no notice of the Coalition’s directives.

The Council for Educational Research, which operates under the auspices of the Minister of Education, is a case in point. It still goes under the name Rangahau Matauranga o Aotearoa, it still uses pidgin English: “Whakatere tōmua is our mahi…”, and with “decolonising education” listed as one of its key priorities, there are concerns that this agency is still delivering He Puapua – the former Labour Government’s radical sovereignty agenda.

Or what about the Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka? How committed is he to Coalition goals when he not only prioritises Maori names and phrases in his communications, but is also proposing to strengthen Maori as ‘partners’ in managing the DOC estate – one of a series of initiatives that are presently undergoing public consultation HERE.

The reality is that blatant breaches of Coalition policy raise concerns about how committed they really are about unwinding the radicalisation of State institutions instigated by the Office of Maori Crown Relations – an agency established by the Ardern Government in collaboration with iwi leaders. By infiltrating the State sector with the requirement to “Actively promote the principles of Partnership, Participation and Active Protection under Te Tiriti o Waitangi acknowledging Māori as a Te Tiriti partner”, the framework was set for Maori sovereignty to flourish.

The Maori version of the Treaty – Te Tiriti o Waitangi – which has been redefined to suit their purpose, underpins their strategy.  

That’s why the NZCPR distributed a million copies of Sir Apirana Ngata’s 1922 explanation of the original meaning of the Maori version of the Treaty to New Zealand households – and why we are currently sending out thousands more. We wanted the public to see for themselves that in spite of activist claims, the Maori version of the Treaty contains no reference to principles nor partnerships and is explicit about the fact that Maori ceded sovereignty to the Queen.

The embedding of the Treaty partnership concept did not stop at state agencies. The next target was organisations that rely on the Government for funding (like the media through the Public Interest Journalism Fund) and registration (like Real Estate Agents).

Now their focus is on 24,000 private sector incorporated societies. In 2022, Labour updated the Incorporated Societies Act, requiring all existing societies to re-register with a new constitution by April 2026. This is providing an opportunity for groups as diverse as the Blind Foundation to pétanque clubs to be infiltrated with Treaty clauses.

Thousands of organisations throughout the country are now being asked to authorise new constitutions that include “Te Tiriti o Waitangi” provisions, even though obligations regarding the Treaty are the sole responsibility of the Crown – not local government nor the private sector.

Unless the Coalition issues an instruction to societies explaining there is no requirement to include Treaty clauses in their constitution, there is a real risk that these organisations will become ‘captured’ by Maori sovereignty activists.

Back in 2010, Chris Trotter outlined what can happen to organisations that become ‘captured’. He described the fate of the once highly successful charity Corso, which had been established in New Zealand in 1944 to provide clothing and footwear to millions of people around the world:

“Throughout the 1980s Corso was steadily infiltrated and eventually taken over by radical Maori nationalists. Led by the Harawira family, the radicals insisted that Corso recognise and promote tino rangatiratanga – the Maori right to self-determination. To prove its bona fides to the cause of the tangata whenua, Corso was also required to devote two-thirds of its income to Maori projects. When Corso workers and supporters objected to this takeover they were subjected to withering criticism – it was much easier to leave than to fight. By 1990, the organisation was little more than a hollowed-out shell. New Zealand’s largest and most successful home-grown aid organisation had been destroyed: initially, by ideological extremism; and finally, by radical Maori nationalism.”

To avoid anything similar happening in the future, society members need to reject the inclusion of Treaty or partnership clauses in their new constitutions on the basis that there’s no official requirement for them to be included. All such references should be removed, and if sovereignty advocates oppose such a course of action, a ballot of all members should be requested. 

The Rugby Union has shown only too graphically where Treaty clauses can lead. In their case, their constitution contains the provision: “NZRU acknowledges the status of Māori as tangata whenua in New Zealand and Te Tiriti ō Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand.”

The recent controversy over a pre-match haka being used to support the radical activism of the Maori Party, signals a line has been crossed from sport into politics, with the All Blacks becoming a de-facto advocate for Parliament’s most radical party. 

The Maori Party has, of course, revealed their strategy to gain the balance of power in Parliament: grow the number of Maori seats from 7 to 20, by encouraging Maori to sign onto the Maori electoral roll. This was the primary purpose of their “hikoi” – they not only gained a database of 200,000 from an online petition, but more than 3,000 voters also signed onto the Maori roll. This will likely result in the number of Maori seats in Parliament increasing from 7 to 8, with the number of list seats decreasing correspondingly.

Support for Maori sovereignty is also evident throughout the justice system, with judicial activism now apparent at the very highest levels of our courts.

This is the reason behind the need for amending legislation to the Marine and Coastal Area Act. While Parliament set a high bar for applicants seeking Customary Title to our coast – by requiring claimed areas to be held exclusively and continuously since 1840 – Judges ignored Parliament’s intentions and opened the door to Maori control of the entire coastline.

While the Coalition Government is now amending the law to reaffirm Parliament’s intention, the strengthened law only applies to those claims that have yet to be decided by the courts.

With most of the Customary Title awards under the old law still under appeal, the Government has left it to the Supreme Court to determine their fate.

During last month’s Supreme Court hearing, we argued that Parliament’s intention had always been clear, and that the lower Courts deliberately misrepresented the law. In order, therefore, to ensure that all claims under the Marine and Coastal Area Act are determined by exactly the same criteria, we recommended that all cases under appeal should now be returned to the High Court and retried under Parliament’s strengthened law.

The Supreme Court judgment is due to be released on Monday. If it dismisses our appeal and sides with the activist judges in the lower courts, then it too will be thumbing its nose at Parliament. 

Should that be the case, the Coalition should introduce an amendment as a Supplementary Order Paper during the Committee Stages of the bill to send all claims under appeal back to the High Court to be retried under the amended law.

The importance of having an independent party acting in the public interest in the claims process cannot be overstated. Without it, no one would be challenging Maori groups claiming title, and no one would be challenging activist judges who are disrespecting Parliament by bending over backwards to give control of the coast to Maori. In particular, it is of crucial importance to be a participant in the first case under a new law, to ensure the Courts interpret it as Parliament intended.

It was only through our involvement in that first Edwards case under the old law that we were able to raise the alarm about the disaster that would have unfolded if the law hadn’t been changed.

We now believe it’s imperative that we repeat the exercise and join in the first case under the amended law to ensure it works as Parliament intends. To do this, however, we will require support – if you are able to assist us in this challenge, we would be very grateful: please click HERE to help.

The Treaty of Waitangi has been a point of contention for as long as it has existed. The problem now however is the degree to which young Maori in particular have been radicalised against the establishment and brainwashed into believing a litany of lies about the Treaty. That too was a long-term strategy of the 1979 Maori sovereignty activists – and they have well and truly achieved their goal.

This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator is Anthony Willy, a former Judge and Law Lecturer, who, through his comprehensive analysis of the sovereignty controversy, explains:

“It was not until the 1970s when the first stirrings among a group of closet Marxist inspired Maori activists, that a debate emerged concerning the of the meaning of the ‘Treaty’ – a document, which is not recognised at International Law as a treaty for the simple reason it was not made between sovereign states… It has since matured into the belated notion that somehow the 1840 document created a political system in New Zealand in which persons of Maori descent can claim that they ‘in partnership with the Crown’ have the right to exercise Sovereignty over all New Zealanders.

“The notion is bizarre… It defies thousands of years of human history, not to mention the clear provisions of our Constitution Act which provide that the Sovereign power in New Zealand is the British Monarch acting with the advice and consent of our democratically elected Parliament. Certainly, such a notion of shared governance cannot exist in the modern highly sophisticated society in which we all live and are bound by the laws by which we are all governed.”

What has become evident in this whole debate about Maori sovereignty, is that the strategy adapted from the Palestine Liberation Front revolutionaries has been very effective in laying the foundations for tribal rule here in New Zealand.

The former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Labour government made things much worse: through an act of the gross betrayal they implemented the secret He Puapua agenda of radicalised Maori, weaponising State institutions to deliver sovereignty goals.

And that’s the reality we now face – unless the Coalition steps up and forces the removal of Treaty clauses, not only in legislation but in constitutions and operational protocols throughout the State sector, the Maori sovereignty movement will continue to march on.

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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:

 *Do you believe the Maori sovereignty agenda is undermining our society?

 

*Poll comments are posted below.

 

*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.

 

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THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS

There is clear evidence that Maori sovereignty is their intention and their plan is to encourage all Maori to enrol in the Maori Roll to strengthen their political presence in Parliament with the hope of dominating the electorate’s preference by providing a king maker role to the Maori Party to influence any coalition negotiations. This influence in the electoral process will certainly undermine our society’s freedom in the electoral outcome.terrence
The treaty needs to end. Maori settlements are like a revolving door once settled they revisit the trough & claim again. Wake up New Zealanders before it’s too late.Derek
We are in great danger of being ruled by very angry,, ignorant people who are in fact fighting their own ancestors now that they have only a smaller porrtion of maori in their bloodlines.susan
Absolootly RacismGreg
I am disappointed with our present government for their lack of being outspoken against the maorification of our countryTheo
Racism perpetuated by politicians of all partiesWayne
Te Tiriti enabled everyone to immigrate here.International law recognises treaties written in indigenous languages as binding. It is the crowns business to honour te Tiriti .Karen
There should only be one Electoral Roll in New Zealand. It is ludicrous that half of Maori are on one and the other half on another. Why do National keep on supporting apartheid in this country?Monica
Maori want complete control of NZ and the bullying Maori Party is on track to achieve this by getting political power in parliament and taking over the government. The recent intimidating haka in parliament, eyeballing David Seymour over The Treaty Principles Bills, is a sign of more such behaviour to come. Every facet of our society is now being undermined by the Maori agenda for NZ society whether it’s a karakia to their gods, place names now in Maori or flying the Maori flag!Virginia
At rapid pace it’s frightening and the average NZer is either disinterested or has no idea.Jan
so blatantly stupidCraig
Not only undermining, it,s also overwhelming the concept that NZ is a democracy.Roger
YES, IT IS PASSED TIME THAT ALL THIS MAORI CRAP STOPS, IF THIS GOVERNMENT DOE’S NOT GET CRACKING AND DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO.IT COULD BE A VERY SHORT TERM GOVERNMENT AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY WILL NOT LET THIS CARRY ON AND MOST LIKELY TAKE THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO FIX IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.COLIN
Stop the rot now. Lancing the boil is better done sooner than later when it will be more painful. Abolish the Waitangi Tribunal and get rid of the Maori Seats in Parliament.Alan
We as kiwis,haveto stop participating in our ‘selected’ UN/WEF/WHO, plebecite election every 3 years. Ardern /Hipkins fixed their racist UN/NWO, in place, they think these racist rules are still acceptable….They think COVID/WHO rules have gone, they are living in Lah,lah ,land, they are sadly deluded, Part 2 and 3 are well underway, with the racial maori agenda well underway.Many kiwis, that took the poison bio-vaxes are brainwashed, with the racial .P.R programme, taken now for ‘NORMAL.’….how wrong they are, with lots more of their agenda, coming in 2025…better get PREPARED!!!David
I am a Maori Voter.Denis
Yes, we all need to come together, not be divided.Jim
I sure do,the country is becoming dividedPeter
It is creating resentment & distrust between Maori and PakehaPercy
And its getting worse!!!Michelle
In these current times (21st Century) history in the not to distant future will recount either the survival of all the world’s free Western Democratic Systems or their demise. In New Zealand’s case the seed of attack against our western styled common law democratic rule started with a small group of radicalised Maori students that were mainly centred in Auckland about the early 1970’s. These individuals gained assistance from the PLO at that time as to how best to play the long game. This included in infecting the gullible to be sucked in to their nefarious cause as a righteous morality situation. The aim of course is eventually being successful in demolishing our free Westminster democratic rule of law to become a tribal led Marxist system. If New Zealand’s citizens are happy to go along with this then so be it. If we are not happy then the ball is in our court. However we need knowledgeable dedicated proponents to the subversive separatist’s movement to organise competing rallies throughout the country in support of the ACT Party’s Waitangi Principles bill. We cannot rely on just participating in our nation’s general plebiscite every 3yrs. The Ardern government came so close to embedding Tribal Marxist laws to become the grim sovereign law in this country. We who identify as ordinary New Zealanders just cannot let this happen. We need to make this clear to the spineless national party part of our Government that we the public require all this nonsense in regards to Maori separatism to be corrected. To be instead as intended by the original tribal Chiefs who would be turning in their graves at the current on going shenanigans and failures of tribal leaders to ensure that all tribal members started life with proper educational activities. They have been so disrespectful to the chiefs of old and to all current Maori who just want to get on with their lives in the same way as the rest of all us New Zealanders do. After all we New Zealander’s in the main know how lucky we are to live in relative peace with a very high standard of living that the majority of the world’s population would just love to have emulated in their countries.Garry.
especially as non are full pure Maori blood.Des
Maori activists want to destroy NZ though they will deny it. They are following the UN and WEF agenda to the Tee. They have benn well trainedf in the art of BS, and the media are their lap dogs. Unless more people are woken up, and soon, thsi lovely country will be lost and lapse into ruin, their ultimate goal. WE will prevail.Alan
Every one should be equal under the law .This pandering to Maori has to stopBrian
The blame rests at the foot of past governments and present. History ignorant, arrogant, intimidated,, stupid and foolish. Not looking at what is best for our beautiful country, allowing our democracy to slide into muddy waters. Shame on them. When are we going to get politicians with a back bone and integrity. Maybe NZ First/ Actsteve
As always, the smallest group is the loudest and most disruptive and given plenty of free airtime to do itJames
I would be leaving the country if I was 30 years younger. I fear our democracy is lost.Allan
how can a 38 page booklet full of mistruths be allowed to distribute to every High school in NZ Dec 2024.doug
Yes and it will not end up and should not end up, by doing anything other than what benefits the whole population.Maurice
The opposite, it’s bringing people together. Unlike this research aka propaganda machine. Here’s what ChatGPT said about the article: In summary, the factual basis (He Puapua’s existence, changes to Maori ward legislation, and iwi involvement in local governance and RMA processes) is correct, but the author’s interpretations are heavily slanted. The article presents a partisan narrative that many would argue lacks the nuance, historical context, and balanced perspective necessary for a fair assessment of these policy changes.David
The Coalition Government is going back on its mandate to return NZ back to one country. Equal rights for all New ZealandersGayr
Finally the push back has started. David seymour should be knighted for his efforts unlike the wicked witch Ardern. we the rest of NZ need to back David 200 % Do these radical stone age maori not know they are alienating the majority of NZrs ? I for one anb a lot of my friends and relations can no longer tolerate anything maori. The maori party and their radical followers are just shitting in their own nest. Outcome they will get less and less of tax payer money that they dont contribute to. They own 90% of the south island? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?Kevan NZr
Our Politicians are a disgrace for listening to the lies & deceit from maori activists, our 2 major parties are the worst offendersPeter & Christina
Absolutely yes, the so called treaty should be scrapped. It’s very counterproductive to where nz is nowFlip
Its quite scareySheena
We are one nationTony
Time for Luxon to join the party with Winston & Seymour or be put out in 26Mark
it has to stop now before it’s too late. Our kids and grandkids are relying on our generation to get it right for them now.Linley
Alarming agenda which most NZers are completely in the dark about – deliberately managed by radicalised Maori.Claire
Even our armed forces perform a haka at every opportunity army, navy, and airforce.And are now brazened with maori art. it is my understanding that only the maori version of our national anthem was played before the Irish game so where is the media ?Alan
Yes most definitely. It gets worse the more you dig. Our country is being torn apart and Luxon needs to wake up but quick.Chris
Absolutely it is and it must be stopped.Kate
Very much so. This needs to stop so all peoples can live in NZ equally.Noel
we are all one peopleGRAEME
And we are thoroughly sick of it!!!Caroline
National before the election PROMISED to make us ALL Equal but luxon is like the USA Biden a liar full of bullshit so I,m afaid if labour gets in again maori will get their wishes grantedCindy
Calculated separatism built on corruptionStephen
Absolutely, we are under exterme attack. If Maori one day ever win control of New Zealand we will deteriorate in a massive breakdown internally and internationally.Leon
The radical Maori agenda is heading New Zealand toward a violent future. National will have to stand up and put their pride in their pocket they and NZ First need to have the courage to support The Treaty Principles Bill. Which by the way is being manipulated by the Maori Party to fire up their followers. The news media have a lot to answer for as well as the previous Labour Government.Owen
i have neighbours who have written white trash white bitch over my fence if I go out to my paddock they yell and scream at me as does their 8 year old. I am 74 and the police tell me it is nothing to do with them so who do you go to for help Its is just a joke this country nowGillian
YES. YES YESElizabeth
Keep up the good work to try to bring this Maori activist nonsense under control by your public exposure of their anticsMurray
Undermine, infiltrate, saturate, obliterate. Just see how bad things really are! Most tax paying Kiwis are like sheep Happily munching away unaware that they are being fleeced on the way to being butchered . Check out the article at mcleanj@substack.com .And why isnt the broadcasting minister doing something about the MAINSTREAM MEDIA CRIMINALS???Glyn J
The country is being dividedTony
The lawless rise of radicalised Maori will destroy New Zealand unless moderate Maori take back the standards of their elders and promote living in harmony.George
Without a shadow of a doubt. NZ is heading down the toilet. It is scandalous. Luxon needs to grow a pair.Alastair
Division by race is apartheid, and ends in bloodshed. A house divided falls so we need to be one nation, one people, in order to successfullt move forward.Laurine
undermining is not the word, more like a bloody big hole and getting deeper every day due to luxon and key bending over so the hori can screw them while they paid the most hated women NZ has ever had to put this country in this state it is in, so this country’s future lies in the hands of Winston and David and if nothing is done in the next 18 months we are all going to be slaves to a bunch of lying low life hori and their white bum boys and girls who will end up on the game, this country is really ****** .Richard
It will be the only way forward for New Zealand.Cheryl
They are the ones causing division. The country would be unworkable under their suggested regime.Glynda
Willful blindness by National/Luxon and to some extent Mr Peters is astonishing in their failure to make urgent changes they were voted in to do. Writing letters of appeasement to the civil service for their cooperation is naive. A law change by Parliament is required for English language, among many many other changes to derail the radicals; but that requires strong decisive leadership that could have been done in the first 100 days of their office. Do the politicians believe they will be unaffected by tribal takeover of the country? extremely concerning.Sam
Yes. No question about itLenice
Definitely. The weaker our prime minister is the more of their Maori agenda they will push.Astrid
ALL should be EQUAL under THE (Single) Law !!Bevan
For sure, i dread the future !!!Mark
until this is addressed we won’t be able to move forward on a level playing fieldPaul
One nationChris
Hell yeah !! And the activists are absolutely loving it.Martin
Hell yes! Not to mention the costs involved in all claims and reparations are crippling the country financially and would be better spent on health and education!Brenda
Yes, of course….because it’s totally undemocratic and racist !!David
Agree with every wordLenice
Separate voting rolls guarantee division. Delete Maori seats and the Maori roll.Phil
This must be stamped out urgentlyPeter
Maori Sovereignty is a fantasy created by power-hungry people with no interest in the welfare of any, other than their own iwi.Glyn
Yes 100%. One Maori MP was asked “What is the Maori party was looking for?”. His anti-Democratic reply was “Everything”. This is a slow-burning insurrection and John Key’s pro-Maori understudy, PM Luxon, has NO intention of protecting of New Zealand Democracy from the insidious infiltration, intimidation and terrorism being inflicted on our democracy and every element of NZ society by the villainous, tribal Maori elite and their co-conspirators the Labour party, the Green Party and the Maori Party itself. They have created “social and racial disharmony” that is illegal under the Human Rights Act. It is disgraceful and terrifying, and shows that our NZ Democracy is completely unable to defend itself.Phil
I am sick & tired of the relentless intrusion of the Maori language into all aspects of our lives, fostered by all branches of the media as well as by central & local government.Neville
Yes, it sure is… Time for the the END, of the CROWN TROUGH, AND THE ACTIVISTS, that use it for their own GRUBBY HAND OUTS AS WELL AS ALL THE BS, CORRUPTION !!David
Ripeka Evans used to sound just like a terrorist. “I feel I have the right to take the blood of white people if necessary,” she told a reporter in 1982.Doug
The treaty is apartheid and pure racism Got the treaty : Got racist apartheid. A form of Marxist/communist control. Te Greenlabour will destroy this country.Dave
We are rapidly heading towards a Racial/Civil War. Our only hope is that Seymour Peters and Jones can put aside their political differences, form a new party and put an end to this Maori Party Bullshit. Luxon obviously hasn’t got the balls to do it.Urban
I suspect that if the coalition fails to rein in this radical takeover NZ could well reach the point of no return and be lost forever. They need to grow some bigger balls.Mike
Business as usual. Nat showing no inclination to honour most election promises.Richard
RACISTGORDON
Something needs to get done and quickly. If not, National, like the UK Conservatives, will dieAnthony
absolutely.As a group,Maori are costing everybody else a lot of money. They are aided and abetted by socialists & the Catholic Church. NZ is being wrecked.Bruce
Most definitely. I am right behind David Seymour, Winston Peters and Shane Jones in their opposition to this activism. Even the term “Partnerhip” implies equal rights of the partners, but the Radicals will not even respect that. It is a fact that all so called Maoris alive today are a product of colonialism and inter marriage.Warren
It’s about time that we had a referendum on this. If people really want this radical way of government let’s put it to a vote. If they win, we will accept it.Dianne
They have been given too many inches and they are taking too many miles. Time the line in the sand is drawn and adhered to.Dot
The radical few are very serious about destroying NZ as it stands now. Sadly they dont understand that there is little of NZ that is not foreign owned so are they colluding with Blackrock etc who currently owns most of NZNoel
Yes, and l doubt society will ever recover from the relentless insidious indoctrination towards that end.Peter
In every way, shape and form.Ian
Absolutely. There can be only one sovereignty in a democracy and that is an elected one.Frederick
I am so disgusted by the Maori activists and the actions of the weak government, it is best I do not leave a further comment.Hugh
The fundamental Principle the we are ONE nation is eroded by the Maori claims.Denis
I have never felt so threatened in NZ as I do now. I fear that if the Radical Maori do not get their own way they will resort to violence. They will not be happy with co governance even if it was implemented. It is my belief they want full control over all the citizens of NZ and will stop at nothing to get it. I have always viewed us as one nation as have all of my friends. we are in our 70s now but it appears that we don’t really account for anything. It’s a real shame that we cannot all move forward together.Maria
It is an insidious creeping disease affecting our democracy.Robert
That is how Hitler got into power! Amd look at the damage that he did!Mark
Definitely !!June
I have never known NZ to be SO DIVIDED – all due to the activists trying to wreck New Zealanders from living in harmony with each other whatever their race, colour or creed.Gene
Labour opened a Pandora’s box and He Puapua, co-governance, 3 Waters, removing citizens referenda over Maori wards, new RMA and other separist policies that made me feel totally disenfranchised. The most insidious however was their agenda to blatantly lie about the sovereignty of NZ. They had six years of steam up and have realised that the gravy train has ended and so are “spitting the dummy”. Unless the coalition government establishes that the Crown is the legitimate authority and exposes the separatist agenda of Labour, the Greens and the Maori party, the noise from the separatists will drown out the real progress that is being made in getting NZ back on track.Kerry
extremely dangerous and must be curtailedgraham
urgent decisive action requiredTony
It’s time that all New Zealand citizens were recognised as having equal rights, with no discrimination on the basis of race.Dougal
Maori mafia ( maori party, labour party and the greens ) All these bottom feeders will not be happy until the full takeover of NZ is 100% complete. The brakes must go on now and hard. Otherwise NZ is history. Too late for me but my children and grand kids should move to Oz or Britain for a better life.Allan
It has undermined and continues to undermine our societyMike
Maori extremists are capturing the young people of NZ into their way of thinking – it is appallingly racist.CHRIS
If this radicalism is not stopped in its tracks it will undermine the whole value of New Zealand on the international stage.Alastair
The last labour government has driven a wedge between all New Zealanders.Rex
Because no one in this government is very interested in dealing with the problem ofPeter
We only have to look north to Fiji over the last 25 years to see the results of indigenous envy. Ask George Speight how penal exile suits. A house divided must fall.Mick
The majority of New Zealanders are just sick of the whole treaty fiasco. If only Luxton realised that his government was democratically elected to run the country for the majority of the people, not the minority.Gerard
This needs to stop! Surely David Seymour is aware of what their goal is??Derek
The whole situation we find ourselves in ,in NZ is very alarming. Thanks to the NZCPR the real facts are being told.Mary
god defend NZ and stop all this rubbish about co everythinganthony
100% they are, and it has to stop now, or it will be very sad for NZ as whole,Roy
deffeminately it appears that there are to many radicals having a say and conning a lot of the general publicjohn
There is no Maori unified sovereignty – only tribes.Chris
and continuing to do so – with the likes of Luxon in the mix, the out come is direGiles
Abolish the Waitangi Tribunal NOW.Mark
it is damaging NZ. Maori Party are out of control and should be removed from ParliamentRod
It needs groups like NZCPR and Hobson’s choice AND we members especially to become NOISY and LOUD and advocate for understanding of what’s happening and how misguided we have become through our apathy. We now know however so no excuses.Carol
With 20/20 vision, YES!J J
55 years ago this was a fine country, Unfortunately it is now, thanks to very poor leadership, a comedy. Our leaders have no backbone and keep getting walked allover. When will it end and get back to New Zealand as it correctly was.Tom
The coalition has to step up hard and stop this at all levels.Peter
It is dividing us in a disturbing fashion. Family are now leaving New Zealand for Australia as see they are becoming second-class citizens in their homeland of NZ.Lucy
alarminglyjohn
I’m sad to say that it has. Some Maori are following an aggressive and untruthful direction to achieve their own objectives. This in turn has impacted greatly on New Zealand society. It needs to be addressed with some urgency. Our current coalition needs to “direct” our education, health, public services and local government to abide by the government’s agenda instead of tip toeing around the edges.chris
This is made clear the radical element want full control and muast be stopped nowleo
What happened to 1 people, 1 lawSimon
Totally and we all must do something to stop this treacherous agenda — our history is filled with lies.Alan
The push for Maori Sovereignty is totally debilitating for this country and it will lead to New Zealand becoming a racist third world state if unchecked and I believe it is being unchecked right now.Stewart
ACT NEEDS EVERYONE,s EMAIL IN SUPPORT without it luxon will cave in,he,s caving in alot he said at the election EVERYONE WOULD BE EQUAL but he,s done NOTHING. his govt. is still giving tax payers money to iwi groups to do things that are JUST FOR MAORI & ALL THOSE IWI ARE MILLIONAIRES WHO PAY NO TAX AS JACINDA MADE THEM A CHARITY so why is,nt the finance minister looking into all these tax free groups seeing NZ needs money.Cindy
DISGRACFUL BEHAVIOR FROM A COLLECTIVE OF RADICAL ACTIVISTS WANTING TO BRING DOWN OUR DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVMNT. FOR THEIR OWN UNDEMOCRATIC AGENDA.COLIN
Im sick of seeing and hearing,the racist rants,and Apartheid spoured by the,maori sovereignty agenda.Mike
100%Rita
Yes, and all done intentionally – from previous ‘attempts, weak politicians bow to ‘their’ staunchness and ;give them more” bluffed under the ‘suggestion’ they will lose votes – and their seat, – and thus this country ! This has been happening for decades asit seems ‘they’ laugh all the way to the bank!Stuart
Maori swore allegiance to the Crown by signing the Treaty BECAUSE the protection of the Crown was essential to avoid collapse of the Maori race by internal wars and cannibalism within Maoridom. Current protesters ignore this completelyBob
It sure is,,,,now STOPWiremu
Absolutely, this is evident by the large amounts of people leaving this country.Lawrie
Chris Hipkins, made some interesting comments, at the Labour conference….It sounds like he has inside info, that most Kiwis, don’t know about already? Seems that he is giving the orders to AUKUS,from little AOTEAROA about our future Defence plans will be….. I wonder how he knew that info… ahead of time, AS WELL?David
Apathy now will destroy laterBryan
These self interested narcissistic tribal thugs are destroying the country and sending it on a path to civil war and poverty. Winston Peters was right in 2011 when he said this radical nonsense would make NZ the Zimbabwe of the South Pacific. History will judge all involved poorly. The radicals, the greedy Iwi thugs and the treacherous institutions and the effete useful idiots that enabled it.John
100%Teresa
A prominent marxist leader of the past, asked the question….’WHAT MUST BE DONE’? people that know their History, know what the answer was… People in N.Z are asking the same question again.! We need to anwer this question SOON!David
Totally The radicalization of MAori youth and in fact the whole educations system has to STOP NOW!boud
can not have thisNoel
Democracy must rule – one person one vote NO MAORI SEATS!!stephen
This agenda is causing division, racism, and inequality, as Maori are given special treatment in many areas, and ‘white’ people are now the enemy – even though ALLL Maori are mixed blood of some sort today. This is despicable, and a betrayal, not only of the TOW but also of our values as a Nation. Shame on ALL governments that allowed this to take root and grow.Christine
Yes at every turn and level!Maureen
Undermining is far too polite: Totally destroying would be closer to the truth!Graham
Absolutely rediculous that today we still have separate seats for a small percentage of our population, when they have already a sizeable percentage of representation in ParliamentHeather
Very much so. The country that I grew up in and whose people I respected is being torn to pieces. My wife and I are too old to leave and start a new life elsewhere, but I have advised our children to do so.tony
Absolutely it is!Catherine
Yes the manipulating of the Treaty of Waitangi wording by Maori and the fabrication that Maori did not concede sovereignty is pure fiction. This nonsense should be shut down immediately by the government.Peter
It is a program to take controllColin
We don’t want to go down the path of being appointed according to race and Maori having the power of veto. Everything must be done to stop these radicals.Rose
It’s beyond a joke now. Militant and insulting, What do we have to do to stop it?alan
We should all be treated the same. Which the master copy of the Treaty stated. No partnership. As Hobson stated we are now ONE!!Sheila
A rock around this country’s neck!!!Carol
The ‘Maori sovereignty agenda’ is pure racism and should be recognized as exactly that.Robyn
It is a power based act that has had a long-term goal. Changing people through indoctrination of language and history.Lee
It is time to eliminate Maori seats, and the government should ask for any provision of this old document that was conceived more than 200 years ago to be deleted from all government job descriptions, goals, objectives, job descriptions, and much more. CEOs that refuse to do this should be fined personally or dismissed for not following government This document has no relevance to today’s environment. Activist judges should be taken to the Judicial Conduct Commissioner (JCC) for lack of impartiality or not applying the law. Race relations has never been so bad in NZ.luciane
We are in the process of been will and truly stitched up.Sven
Absolutely. We do not need a divided country. For our country to survive we need to put aside the past and move forward as one.Vivienne
Is it ever! – the culmination of fifty years or more of working behind the scenes to bring about their Marxist agenda of total tribal control of NZ. This country is too nice a place to be handed over to a Stone Age tribal rabble to run into the ground. This is what will happen if we do not act fast and put pressure on the coalition government (National in particular) to implement the pre – election promises that were made. Above all, we need a strong leader – (not a manager) – one who has the courage to put these vociferous parasites in their place, once and for all. Their disgraceful behaviour, particularly in Parliament, has made us the laughing stock of the world – we are better than this! Action is required now – we are fast running out of time!Scott.
I am sick of hearing Maori this and Maori that, why are they any different to me and mine. I went to school with them I was a very long time in the Army with them and now I have some very loyal Maori friends so what makes those radicals different to the rest of us???Barbara
I think the Coalition is way way off track. No huge issues have been ironed out. Luxon is too quiet. I no longer trust him. Atlas man through & through. Prove me wrong please.Sam
Totally and it must be stopped it is wrecking this countryRichard
The very term is divisive and is outrageous in terms of ignoring the Treaty being signed to cede sovereigntyRay
Absolutely I doGail
Without swift intervention to bring this highly dangerous nonsense to a swift end, NZ will if this movement continues unabated will quickly slip into 3rd world status and then the tribal factions will start fighting, at that stage it is all over….Jim
Is undermined – treason!murray
Very severely undermine our NZ society- quite scaryMaree
AbsolutelySam
The division is tragic and a great concern it must be thwartedCarol
A succint opus whic deserves to be widely promulgated.anthony
One nation, one people who are all equal before the law. Race based activism is ascending and undermines our society and nation.Andrew
Yes they want total control and Tribal rule which in a multicultural liberal democratic country everyone is equal.June
That is the point. Divide and conquer.Allan
We are One People, One Nation! If these neo-maoris want to go back to how they lived 200 years ago, there’s nothing stopping them.Edwin
Yes it started when Ripeka Evans, Donna Awatere went to Cuba in 1975. As she said – It is WARJohn
this government has to get on top of this bull shit and put a stop to it. we are heading for a cinil war.Barry
Are you having a bit of a laugh Muriel? Are you joking us along for troll reactions? YES, of course the ridiculously ILLEGITIMATE “Maori Sovereignty” is an absolute FARCE… That nation of cannibalistic, illiterate saps wouldn’t know “Sovereignty” if it hit them with a musket ball!Graham
They are ALL more Pakeha than Maori….so there is no issue. They are pakehamaori…end of.HELEN
Democratic decisions should apply to Maori sovereignty; not special consideration based in race.Peter
We are no longer equal peers in the country in which we were born. It saddens me that society is being ripped apart for the benefit of few at the expenses of manyRoger
Absolutely. If we continue on that track we will have a totally divided country based on a racial agenda. This is the worst possible scenario for our country.Norm
The radical maori sovereignty agenda is rapidly undermining New Zealand and it needs to be stamped on swiftly. It remains to be seen whether te reo Luckless has the courage to do so.Gavin
Most definitely. It has to be stopped or this country will end up like Zimbabwe.Murray
If not stopped completely soon (He Pauapu) – it will lead at best to N.Z.becoming the Hati of the South Pacific & worst to civil warDerek
No doubt about itBeverley
The Treaty has caused nothing but trouble within New Zealand society. Until a Government has the courage to address the issue it will continue to fester.Dennis
Maori sovereignty has destroyed to peaceful fabric of NZ through their greed & thirst for power is heading us all down a path that has a very bad end for us all, time for The Coalition to stand up for us all before we have to do that ourselves.NIGEL
Has no place & no mandate here in New Zealand. The only winners would be the greedy activist “Maori Elite”Rex
Yes-Not only by distracting proper education, disrespecting Parliament ( Te Pati) , but also draining the country of valuable currency by the constant land claims, and their so called Tax privileges and seeing overseas trips by them heavily taxpayer subsidisedJohn
As New Zealanders we should all be treated equally with laws applying equally to us all. There is no way you can have two sovereign powers in NZ, it would tear the country apart.Dwane
Definitely! When we first came to New Zealand in the 1990’s we felt it had a much more cohesive society including all races. It doesn’t feel that way now!Sylvia
There is no question about it, maori sovereignty is being pushed hard and promoted at the expense of NZ & its citizens by racist radical maori activists some pretending to be politians, Time the temporary maori seats were abolished for good.Greg
Totallygreg
Look at all the made-up Maori words in use. Government departments should be told to have their names in plain English. The PIJF should be scrapped immediately, not left until 2026, as those media who dip into it have to promote the last government’s agenda which includes elevating Maori issues and not publishing a balanced viewpoint. The Maori seats in Parliament should have been removed with the introduction of MMP. The balance of Parliament will be skewed if the maori party wins more seats – which is plainly their agenda.Laurence
It is also dividing families and communitiesArthur
Unfortunately, yes! Lies have become truth, and truth has become lies! It is time it was stopped…Heather
This must be stoppedJohn
Never before in my lifetime has the country been so divided along racial lines.Carol
Anyone who doesn’t believe this isn’t paying attention and are part of the problem.Robert
I want my New Zealand back with a one New Zealand not this divisive rubbish promoted by the socialist.Rob
Wake up New Zealand, before it’s too late – for the hour is upon us and a bitter reward awaits.Don
It’s become so different living in NZ that I moved overseas. I’ve come back to get the pension and can’t wait to leave again. I hate the placeTrevor
get rid of Maori seats now.Paula
They are trying to need to be stoppedBarbara
Even a blind/deaf person can understand that.Carl
New Zealand is made up from people from all parts of the world,, There is no truely indigenous people , we ALL came frone elsewere with moxed ancestry,.Don
Absolutely, there’s no doubt that a mixture of ignorance, apathy, indoctrination and previous governments poor management and foresight etc have got us to this point. However, the previous Government of Adhern and Hipkins certainly betrayed New Zealanders. Come on New Zealand wake up.Rob
Absolutely!Christine
Of course it is.steven
Absolutely.. thanks in the greater part to our Marxist Liebour party dropout.. Liecinda Ardern no less..Rob
Referenden NOW!!Chris
We are one people and a democracy and not to be taken over by loud mouthed and devious radicals only intent on grabbing control and pocketing the spoils.john
yes its apartheidNeil
Yes, I can’t understand why this is happening. We are all just people! Kel
Absolutely yes.Rochelle
Yea it is evident. It is now in northpower . Maori names for their systems and even maori prayer observed .Michelle
The coalition government need to act now to put an end to all of this Maori sovereignty bullshit. Delete all references to the Treaty from all documentation & make English an official language of New Zealand – not Aotearoa!David
Where are your leaders? Started out with good intentions ( according to their manifesto) but once elected the power trip begins and all else goes out the window. NZ and Aussie need a Trump.John
absolutely; time to start uprisingwilliam
The Maoris did not pay for the land in the first place. They took it from the Morior. Some of the Maori signed a treaty -not all. It was simply a surrender in real terms. Have Maori abided by the treaty ? No! Look at the percentage in our jails.Scrap the treaty.Harvey
Absolutely..Catherine
Absolutely!! Democracy rules…NOT ethnocracyTony
Luxon needs to grow a pair and stand up against Maori trying to rewrite historyBrian
One for all and all for oneAndrew
Little by little this country is going down the gurgler. This must stop.Benjamin
The National party is too spineless to stand up to this moarification of our country. This must stop. Grow a backbone and support Seymour with his bill.Clive
Totally. Despite being nonsense of the highest order.ken
A blatant racial drive for seperatism….Jennifer
The Treaty agreement was relevant to the circumstances at the time it was signed. Now it should be recognized as such and relegated to history.Ralph
I wish Luxon would wake up, develop some integrity and honesty and balls, to challenge what is happening… the destruction of our democracy!!!Ray
The Maori sovereignty agenda is undermining our society and is based on fallacy. Sir Apirana Ngata took pains to clarify the content of the Treaty years ago however our original history has been ignored and a new narrative put in its place. This will bring chaos and division between the peoples of this land.Dianne
no to the return of the stone ageChristopher
Yes, it has polluted our society creating deep division in business, culture sport and every aspect of our lives. In contrast to when I was growing up in the 1950s. We should be one nation with utterly equal rights for all.Don
The Maori sovereignty agenda HAS ALREADY undermined our society. Our PM is too afraid to take action, preferring appeasement and a case-by-case approach – ie. as we have done before. As Einstein said, “If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always got”. So the under-mining will continue.Jon
AbsolutelyDominic
had a gutsfull of maori trying to take over NZ graemegraeme
Maori sovereignty is high-jacking our society and unless something is done urgently to stop it we are going to end with a situation of 16% ruling 84%.Ursula
We are one people all equal.under the law.Malcolm
they should abolish the Maori seats which were temporary in the early1900sbev
Without question, because we were based on what the radicals call a colonial past. We are not a colony any more and we are well able to govern ourselves but not under moari rule.Ray
I agreeJUDITH
This a mind numbing situation that has the potential to completely dereail NZneville
Always has done. Just more verbal these daysBeverley
It has to be stopped in its tracks. Tribalism = fascism.Trevor
An old saying says it all “Divide & Rule”Colleen
no doubt about it….John
Definitely!!ALASTAIR
And of Maori ancestry.Paul
It seems preposterous to me to aim for a society split into one race on one side and the other races on the other – that is not democracyGerhard
Lovely to see the Supreme Court unanimously coming down on “our” side. Have just sent you one further donation.Andy
WE are all equal and must stand firm against division. A huge proportion of our younger citizens support changes favoured by thge maori party. They have been indoctrinated at school. This is very concerning. Many argue against the Treaty Principals bill but have nevber read it.fred
It’s racist nonsense- the treaty was drafted in English therefore its intent is exactly as written in English. – the chiefs who signed were largely illiterate and relied on oral translations with no written verification of that these individual translations were accurate.Ihaia
Better book a seat on a Boat soon. we will be all sent home. then watch the real maori Wars!Peter
As an expat South African, I can recognise APARTHEID when I see it. Maori radicals want APARTHEID entrenched even more than it already is in NZ. No question. The separate Maori seats need to go – NOW.Geoffrey
Maoridom are just like the Democrats in the USA They demand power at any cost with the abolition of democrayMichael
Where are the silent majority??? The apathy and ignorance is appalling.Ray
Who gave Maori sovereignty? They took the land from previous inhabitants as well as their culture. The treaty agreed as to who has sovereigntyDavid
This whole concept was vehemently denied by all political parties until 20 years ago. The treaty does not form a constitution- a point noted by the late David Lange.Brent
seperatisim is apartheid….whichever way you advocate.Barry
Time for action on this issue as well. The Coalition are slow to act on lots of these issues and this mostly rests with the PM who remains a weak LeaderNoel
Totally agree. It is tearing the country apart and will be very dangerous if not stopped. The non existent treaty principals along with the Maori seats should abolished ASAPIan
The Maori Sovereignty movement has the clearly articulated and indisputable intention replace society as we know and accept, with a privileged, aristocratic oligarchy based on racial heritage. What we have here is not a conflict of race, but a return to a conflict of class.davidf
Most definitely, the most worrying thing for me as a 5th generation New Zealanderstuart
I say close the Maori Party down.William Clive
There used to be no Maori sovereignty.Liz
it is fascism no less.martin
Yes most definitely. The entire treaty needs to go along with the Tribunal, they have both out stayed their purpose.Heather
Absolutely it is. People need to stand up and demand the so called Principals of the Treaty be abolished along with Maori seats. Until we are all treated as New Zealanders regardless of ethnicity, there is no future for this once proud country.Bev
The betrayal and active destruction of our Democracy must surely class these activists as Traitors which is the most serious offence against our country.Carrol
I also consider that, it is more likely than not, China is a guiding hand in the subversion of New Zealand’s democratic sovereignty being undertaken by extremist Maori radicals.Victor
Equality applies to all thingsfred
The Maori agenda is making our community more and more dividedJohn
This will be the death of NZ if this continues unabated and unaddressed.Mark M
Luxon has been brainwashed by the radical Potaka who has slimed his way into the National party. Everyone should contact Luxon as I have and remind him that Potoka is nothing but a Maori radical who supports Maori ruleSteve
I suspect that there is more to this than meets the eye. Bare in mind the globalist agenda that has infiltrated our government and the “loyalty” that these bought and paid for globalists have to the WEF, UN, WHO. That is to say that there is no loyalty to New Zealand, that is you and I. They don’t even 4rpresent us in their endeavors. They say thay do, but they are lying. They are traitors to our country. So the Maori “sovereignty” issue is about Maori ” positioning” themselves as the buddy to the globalists. Since none of them, Govt or Maori, are interested in New Zealanders, they all are simply criminal recketeers and it is all about Power and Money, period. Look at the big picture here!Neil
They are hell bent on self destruction. When will the real Maori stand up to this nonsensical deplorable behaviour by their so called leadership.Dennis
Enough is enough. We have to have change otherwise New Zealand is doomedPeter
Apartheid iwi. WRONGmike
Purposely divisiveGavin
Creating an enormous rift between “ordinary” citizens and people with a chip on their shoulder, protesting for a reason they actually don’t understand, when questioned.Rolf
Most definitely it is.John
It’s exceedingly badRuth
Too much time and effort going into this issue when Maori ceded to the Crown. End of story.Neville
and no one iOS doing anything about it!Graham
No doubtRichard
Just Johns this morning at 8-10am i had a call from St Johns questioning my email in which I asked why has St Johns changed and or, are using a Maori name. She came on heavy when I repeated my question.I then asked her if she was Maori,she answered YES. Thats when I hung up.J JOHN
It’s difficult to understand how both Parliament and Judiciary can so easily forget the sacrifices made by millions of Those who fought for our civil rights.Sax
YES, and it will stuff this country. God Defend New Zealand but I think it is too late.Bruce
What happened to. We Are Now One People?Brian
Here in Taupo the local tribe Te wharetoa run the council – the council staff know exactly what is expected of them. In your area it will be similar I guarantee.Roger
MOST definitely they are and all based on total BSHIT. The huge reverse racism if f..king our once wonderful NEW ZEALAND. They must be stopped – NOW.Brian
Only too obvious. Just look aroundPhil
I hadn’t heard it explained before that by claiming a partnership was created with the Crown through the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Maori became partners with the Crown and hence hold joint Sovereignty over New Zealand and its inhabitants. If that were so then their claim for Maori Sovereignty would definitely be undermining our society. The question of whether a partnership was created between the Crown and the signatories of The Treaty of Waitangi is critical. The document is regarded as a Treaty which is an international understanding of agreement as to its terms defined. Does that convey partnership ? I don’t think so. Partnership in that instance would imply that Maori would share equally with the Crown in the ownership of all the Crown assets. And clearly that is not the case. Treaty in this instance would imply a cessation of military aggression between the parties and agreement of other matters benefitting each party. In this case the benefits were spelled out, but sharing the assets of the Crown was clearly not one of the benefits to Maori.Terrence
Under the so-called treaty we are supposed to be one peopleBob
Definitely. One New Zealand. onlyFrancis
Absolutely!!Sandra
This is another part of the Globalist’s 2030 Agenda to destabilize our Country paid for by the People who head up the ‘Great Reset’. As soon as some of our Politicians ‘grow a Pair’ we may just be able to stop all this Racism in it’s Tracks !!Geoff
YES YES YES YES YES YES
It is known fact that this is the ultimate goal.Murray
They didn’t have Sovereignty for crying out loud!! It was tribal warfare with no tribes actually working together to even establish Sovereignty…Cath
It is steadily dividing the nation and creating suspicion and distrustJohn
It certainly does and is creating a real wide division between Maori and all other races. Who wants the idiots we saw in Parliament a couple of weeks ago to have a disproportionate say in our Parliament and making our laws we ALL operate under.Keith
Our beautiful N.Z.is being ruined by people whose only aim is to disrupt the country with their communist agenda. Intelligent people of all races must speak out before it’s too late!Chris
In Media,Educational facilities primary to tertiary, Judicial entities, Govt departments it is now widespread- Coalition Govt needs to act with urgency or mass exodus of NZ will occur.John
It’s disruptive to daily life in New ZealandIan
definiteiy try[ng to undermine in all directions.Ann
get rid of the treaty completely!William
What about all this don’t the National party see? They are not coalition voters, and probably never will be. So how do we get an idea of the true numbers of New Zealanders that oppose it to shock them into action?Robert
Totally sick and tired of the maori moaning how bad they have treated they get more handouts than everyone else in N.Z.colleen
Every bureacratic institution floods the public with Maori nonsense.Charles
absolutely.One poeple,one law,one flagMaori seats should be abolished waitangi tribunal dismantled and maori /crown office dispatched.all race based legislation reversed,and treaty based decisions critically scrutinized.gale
so much. its unbelievable. and scary.Cherie
Yes, sadly and sickeningly. I wouldn’t change my grandchildren for the world but I wish I could change the world for my grandchildren starting with the orchestrated evil undermining of our society.Janine
It is the intention of the Maori Sovereignty movement to undermine our society and this includes the Parliament. Our tolerance has been abused, the tolerance given cannot continue as it has been.Peter
Clearly racist based.Stuart
There is room for only ome gpverming body. All else is chaos.Sheila
It is impossible to understand which government department is which if you dont speak MaoriStanley
Sick of been told we are visitors in our country, they want separatist.Steve
It is a disaster!! Or will be if it goes through!Ron
I said at the time of the last labour government that Ardern was a traitor to the legitimate government of this country. Parliament must act to reassert the sovereignty of the people of this country. That is what we elected the present government to do and they had better get on with it.Paloma
I believe in democratic governance but following Maori principals this will never happen. A referendum is the correct way – but I doubt it will bring some degree of division into our pleasant way of livingFrank
It is stifling our country and dividing us. It should be that we are all equal with the same rights and obligations. Apartheid does not work.lone
We should get behind David Seymourian
The Maori sovereignty SCAM is a deliberate coup to take over control of New Zealand. All laws that provide special privileges to Maori MUST be remove from the statutes forthwith. All judges who use being Maori as a reason to reduce a sentence of who pervert the law in any way to fvour the Maori agenda MUST be disbarred forthwith. We MUST get this Maori led corruption out of our country’s political, judicial, education, and public service NOW!Steve
They must be stopped before they destroy our democracy!Donna
it will end up pitting families and freinds against each other – civil war is a possibility and then another ZIMBABWELes W
The physical threats being made are outrageousPeter
There is smoke on the horizon already. They moan heaps constructively solve nil issues except for their own racial benefit. Not the average New Zealander. Rugby is only a game. They would be better to stop murdering their own children and drug supply to their youth. Walking solves nothing they clog the hospital systems already.mike
Yes, it has all gone too farKim
It has got wat too far and what many don’t recognise, is that is continuing. We are becoming the Boiled Tuatara. It will be too late before we know it.Steve
Without a shadow of doubtDavid
But is at its worst with younger generations well brainwashed by edjicashun these days and celeb culchur.Gill
Iam against the activist element in the Maoeri PartyBarry
AbsolutelyMartin
All citizens need to be equal under the law.Shane
There was no Partnership. Queen Vicky didnt do Partnerships. She didnt need to. The Chiefs wanted to stop the killing and stop the French from taking over the country.Grant
Shambles!Patrick
Totally, Luxon needs to listen and act in a more definite manner, he is losing the narrative and the party voteLindsay
Absolutely!JC
They learned to be racist in1979Brian b
Now is the time to stop this idiocy or NZ as we know it will no longer exist . Every decent NZer should be up in arms over the radical changes maori want.Bruce
Maori ceded Sovereignty, I believe that we are all equal and Maori claims need to be addressed so that the Waitangi Tribunal, Maori dedicated seat’s in Parliament should be abolished ASAPPeter
It has to be stopped !!!russell
I struggle with the pandering to this racist separatist by the media and the woke do-gooders.Mike
The Maori Agenda has been so secritive and with absolute cunning totally kept their agenda under cover until now revealed Wake up before it is too late. One NZ, Maori and Pakeha under one government.Karen
I’m afraid to say that it already has. if the majority of people living in this country don’t stand up and say anything, then this country is stuffed. Evil only wins when good people stand by and do nothing, which is what we’re seeing at the momentTrevor
Our Society will not progress in any meaningful way and improve standards of living for all ethnicities until we go forward as one people.John
Its nonsensical in today’s world and counter-productive for any New Zealander’s future.Andrew
When do the second Maori wars start?paul
History shows that it is!!Murray
Yes very obviously so. I wish the Coalition Government would get it’s act together!Pamela
National MPs need to listen to their voters.RICHard
It has already undermined society! You ask anyone, including some awake maori, it’s already created a them and us. Some maori are embarassed by the demands of the elite and know they’ll never se any benifit from it. White people now see maori now able to commit crime and be exempt punishment. It’s already a them and uscountry!Peter
The radical Maori have been working on this for some time and has grown since the last Government increased its power and now under a weak Prime minister and the National Party the situation will become worse. I have no faith with Luxon at the helm and encourage Peters and Seymore to put the pressure on and test Luxon and i am sure they will get a lot of public support.KEN
Absolutely-no question about it. I support a full and fair discussion about the Treaty by learned independent KCs.Laura
To suggest the British Empire at its imperial peak signed a partnership with some Stone Age cannibals is an absurdity at best. Or an outrageous lieBoris
Luzon is in my opinion is a subversive in this whole problem. He is a globalist who is an Ardern ist in drag .Terry
Never known matters in general quite so bad politically speaking – Maori totally out of controlHylton
100%Chris
just pure vile greeddonald
Absolutely and undeniably.Graham
we are one people living in one country with equal rights despite or various ethnic backgrounds.Bill
yes, the corrosive nature of this agenda is best exampled by the radicals that run the Maori party & their racially superior beliefsJohn
We cannot, constitutionally, have two governments in this countryMike
Of course it is. Its as plain as the nose on your face. These commies must be stopped.Mike
Most definitely and the sooner we remove the Maori seats in parliament, the better.Mike
Yes. Dangerously so.Grahame
They want apartheid. That has never worked out well.Tony
absolutelyColin
Absolutely the maori sovereinty agenda is underminingNZ society. As a local body councillor I can attest to this fact and the consequential waste of ratepayers dollars consumed in the process of supposed co governance.Chris
Absolutely. What will it take and when are average Kiwi’s going to demand an end to Maori divisionism and enforce equal rights for all. Current PM too weak to lead us down this path to total equality.Hugh
There definitely should not be any discrimination between any race in NZ. We all should be treated equally under the Crown. One law for all citizens of NZ.Jacqueline
Do away with all maori electorate seats, they are racistRaymond
I didn’t see much sign that pre-1840 Maori had such wide ranging ambitions.Bruce
It needs to be stoppedSteve
Excellent article . Unquestionably the big question is “what is the Government doing about it ?” They are certainly not honouring their election promises and undertakings to totally dismantle the Maorification of New Zealand put in place by the deposed Labour coalition government and fully recapture and reinstate our democracy . WHY ? That is clearly what they were principally elected to do – to rid us of Maorification and totally reinstate our Democracy and the equality of citizenship mandated in the Treaty of Waitangi. To date they HAVE NOT HONOURED those promises. WHY ? WE WANT ACTION !!Hugh
Their ‘trogan horse’ is slowly crawling into divide this society forever. Action to destroy this Hori low life is now .Chris
I believe that the Race based Maori Party, Treaty of Waitangi Settlements and Maori seats in parliament should be abolishedMichael
Media has assisted this faction no-end and with Maori journalists have kept the umu at boiling point. Non Maori who symapthise with this Maori nonsense make things even worse. It’s a pity that the departed witch Adern stirred the pot during her tenure. Instead of doing her role to help child poverty, she instead set out to assist Mahuta and Jackson carve a path against non-Maori with a fib. The Queen of England would never allow a stone age race to enter any partnership with crown. The Labour Govt in league with Mahuta and coy created legislation that is difficult to pull back, deliberately so. Today Govt departments and councils cow-tow to Maori demands. It is a poor look where our history casts colonials as the enemy of Maori. Adren had the history of NZ with regard Maori altered to reflect a view that colonials were the baddies for want of a better word. But think how Maori have benefitted from western culture since their arrival.John
It’s a fraud. Nobody has any more rights in this country than anyone else. We’ve been milked long enough.Grant
The Maori seats should have been done away with long ago for a start, why did the politicians at that time not listen to the Royal Commission _ probably too PC and afraid to rock the boat.Paul
Yes 100%, no have no more rights than we do, they just THINK they do, and trying to prove it in ways outside LEGAL system. They were told to disban the Waitangi Tribunal, now it coming back and BITING themTony
It is a racist greedy agenda based on reinventing the treaty! You only have to read the quotes of the chiefs who signed it to know they happily ceded sovereignty!Andy
We are one people and therefore anything based on race is totally racist. We need to get back to being a unified country and all be treated the same. Delete all reference to race from legislation and for goodness sake Mr Speaker either take charge or resign. A proper standard of dress should be insisted upon with Parliament demanding respect.Helen
Yes, without any doubt from a non-Maori perspective. Many Maori will no doubt have a different view.Peter
NZ is entering a stage of anarchy as divisive propaganda is being pedaled by the left in NZ politics that calls for the reinterpreted Treaty of Waitangi to be the basis of our constitution.Wayne
Maori sovereinty is completely racist and is undemocraticBruce
I’ve had enough of these people, they can’t even get along with each other, they’ve never moved with the times, for once in their lives how about trying to GROW up.Merryl
Why can’t people see it?John
The analogy with Singapore is apt. This kind of politics led to race riots and a strained hybrid system of governance in Malaysia and is one of the core reasons Singapore moved away from the Malaysian federation. With no resources and having been one of the poorest states in Malaysia, Singapore left ethnicity based politics behind and has been all the better for it ever since.Sylvia
Yes. Undermining might be a polite understatement Can I suggest chaos within our society. There never was a Maori sovereign state. There was rampant blood letting tribalism, to which they now wish to rename sovereigntyBruce
Yes, it needs to stop before we are divided any further. Kate
Totally. It is just a vehicle for the Gravy Train. Absolutely corrupt.Scott
big timePeter
As intended, but in can and must be countered otherwise civil life in New Zealand will be extinguished.john
Absolutely! It is horrifying to note how far down the separatist rabbit hole our country has slide.Rodger
Disturbing reading this week. We need to fight for Democracy every step of the way to remain in powerBrenda
Yes, it is dividing our nation and helping drive societal failure. The cream of our talent is leaving in despair as our country sinks further into some sort of failed ethno state. Everywhere you look you see failure and decline. If we had a shared vision we could/should be a rock star economy but our easy going nature and dumb tolerance as Kiwis is killing us. Our politicians are too timid to stand up and show leadership to call out the treachery from within. Wake up NZ its nearly over.Geoff
absolutely and the Nats, esp the PM keep side stepping the issueMike
It most certainly is and what is so annoying is that the Nat Party are sitting their hands not making a song about itRobert
Asolutely it is. I have mis-informed friends in their 70’s and 80’s who are borderline brainwashed, and it worries me. We have some fairly volatile ‘discusions’.DICK
Without doubt. It is divisive and strategic in it’s misuse of media and tax payers funding.caren
Will the coalition govt do anything about it? They must, we can’t continue marching on with our head in the sandGary
Undoubtedly this is detrimental to an equitable society. We lookk to our elected representatives to put an end to this, and it’s clearly not happening.Rod
It is the cause of much division and resentment in NZ society. It is time our coalition government grew a pair and made society whole again.Mark
If this goes ahead we just have to look at Zimbabwe because that is where we are headinglaurie
We are heading for the 1860’s again. So be it ..lets sort it out once and for ALL !Alan
We see it every day pretty much. It must be stopped.Andrew
By stealth.Neil
I feel very sad that NZ has come to this point, all through lies, secrecy and deceit by people put into positions of trustSandra
= ApartheidLaurie
It is sad to think, as a new zealander, there so much hatred and division from a few groups, this country may turn to civil war….Al
absolutely yes, imagine how well the country would be doing fiscally and democratically if we werent constantly pandering to an outspoken minorityjohn
Of course, but that was always the aim. I notice that DOC has been looking foe donations and increases in charges to use the walking tracks. If they wern’t distributing their money as bonuses to their officers for speaking Maori (the more fluent, the bigger the bonus) they might have enough to get by. And as for Hipkins, everybody should remember he was Ardern’s lapdog and completely complicit with all Labours decisions.Isn’t he able to make a living elsewhere?Terry
how can we “partnership” when iwi want control, and prioritygaye
Their claim that it is uniting NZers is a complete & total lie. Just have to read through it to see the truth.Nick
We need a petition for a binding referendum at the next election on the removal of the Maori seats. We have had enough of this radicalized nonsense from the Te Pati Maori . These seats have to go!Ian
This agenda is destroying New Zealand as well as undermining our society.Jan
The problem is that there are no more full blooded maori left in New Zealand so we shouldn’t be going down this track???Les
Definitely believe that the Judges are very much in Favour of the Maori Claims believing the Waitangi Tribunal & being sympathetic to their cause.Michael Andrew
It’s a Marxist and racist cancer in our midst.Peter
It’s a problem that could lead hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders leaving their homeland and leaving behind a wracked and ruined country, divided by race .No one wants to live in such a country. The economy will crash and both Maori and everyone else, will be infinitely worse offLuke
Firstly get rid of the Waitangi Tribunal then the Maori seats in parliament and then push Seymour’s bill through parliament .when we see insport the culture change that has come about it is making this country very diversive as them and us and we want more.Ken
Certainly is!!!Tim
bring back one nation one peopleMat
Totally undeminingJohn
No doubt about it they are and the sooner we get a Government that understands this the better.Garth
The Treaty confirms Maori ceded sovereignty – end of story. Majority of Kiwis including Maori, have a gutsful of the BS invented by activist,so-called Maori .John
Of course it is – as planned – an absolute travesty!!Margaret
The Maori seats are by definition a racist construct pure and simply and must go. Now!Richard
Absolutely… and the Ardern government gave the undermining of society wings.Peter
Yes, they have taken over my incorporated society and plan to force marxist anti-racism and critical awareness training upon us. Time to establish a new one.Chris
Blatantly obvious.William
If it is allowed to proliferate, without the rule of Democracy being precedent, the Maori agenda will be allowed to rule, and the trouble will start !!David
Absolutely, ALL references to anything Maori in legislation should be removed. Tow is past its use by dateGareth
When the Maori separatists flag is described by RNZ as being a symbol of liberation and identity you know the rest of NZ has a problem.Bazza
Of course it is. Our society won’t flourish, or even survive under the ‘Maori’ version of sovereignty ie tribal rule. Didn’t work in 1840 and it won’t work now. We need to work together to move on, if only our leaders could sort out a waay of doing it.Lee
en route to apartheidPeter
I am old, and I remember a much more unified country. Nothing is ever perfect, but I think NZ was one of the best countries in the world for race relations. The proof of that lies in the fact that there are no Maori people now, just people with a mixed ancestry, including Maori.Leonie
it has gone too far and needs dumping immediatelyCollin
So… This they have taken strategy advice from the PLO. What has the PLO achieved, apart from poverty, war and destruction? Having watched TVNZ news article on Labours conference and the enamored responce from the syncopathic audience, I fear for NZ, Have these people no intelligence? It makes me think of cattle being led to slaughter.Andrew
Democracy must rule – one person one vote NO MAORI SEATS!!DAVID
Every thing Maori needs to be reviewed. This country is New Zealand NOT Aotearoa.Heather
No place for Marxist agenda anywhere in NZ politics. Govt must step up shut down Maori institutions all together.Norman
Absolutely…..As an ex Uni graduate, I am appalled at the indoctrination that is underway in all of NZ’s Universities. And now booklets are being distributed to all Primary schools as another way to influence the thinking of our younger generation.bruce
What will it take to stop the radical takeover?.Brenda
But don’t expect National to do much about it. They have barely scratched the surface regarding their commitments to the Coalition agreements they signed with ACT and NZFirst, and appear loathe to challenge Maori activism. In typical National fashion they’re probably hoping it’s just going to go away.Derek
Root out Maori activism in NZSteve
he explanation as to how and why comes from a left wing and lazy mainstream media…which will be usurped by Social platforms.gavin
What is happening now in New Zealand has been going on in many Westernised countries for some time. It is a well laid out plan to destroy western democracy by basically taking over the government of a country by radicalism.Gifford
Absolutely !Craig
Definitely.Mike
Yes they’re destroying NZGavin
“Undermining our society” is a gross understatement. The Maori sovereignty agenda aim is clearly to totally destroy our society, and the abolition of democracy in this country, with the ultimate aim of the expulsion of everyone who does not have Maori ancestry. Rhodesia part two. Yet Luxon still sits on the barbed wire fence, too afraid to do anything about the treasonous activists, most especially those who sit in Parliament, the most “colonial of all institutions in this land. Sack Luxon, National Party with urgency, please.Colin
Yes – totally.Ron
Absolutely. Already gone way too far, aided by New Zealand’s incorrect use of MMPRuss
Our democracy is being severely undermined by a racist tribal agenda that is being allowed to happen. It signals a dire future for our nation.Gordon
No doubt about it and it is ruining this country and our rights for all New Zealanders to be treated as equal. This is what the TOW stated: EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.Robyn
What other reason do Maori have other than this. Maori whole agenda is to create division, and they talk about those without Maori ancestry as causing division, whrn all along it is the other way around.Peter
Most noticeably through the media when they promote Maori names and titles, eg, of major cities and regions like Tamaki Makaurau and Aotearoa.Terry
IT IS SIMPLE. You can not have one race of people having more rights and privileges than every other race in New Zealand. That is separatism, which is apartheid, which is RACIST.Rex
Not only undermining but dividing society even at family levelsrobin
Sadly it is and been driven by only a few. Totally un necessary when we supposed to be oneLindsay
its too blatantly obvious to need comment. and as for Hipkins recent speech about our Pacific security this fellow should go back to Kindergarden where he belongs and get out of politicsanthony
Not only undermining , but destroying out society.Michael
Without a doubt Maori activism plays a major role in undermining the cohesion of this country. This is why Adern and her cronies were so anxious to destroy. A divided country is a weak country, ready for her Maoist CCP bedfellows to take over.Jenny
All part of the radical Maori elite’s plan.Peter
Maori are people are settlers like the colonials and all of their culture being forced upon us is a bullying tactic. Their culture is theirs, it should be in the realms of tourism and displays where people choose to enjoy or not.Sharron
stone-age idiots do not belong in modern NZchris
It’s been obvious for 30 years or more. We need politicians with ‘backbone’ to reverse what they have allowed to develop.Laurie
Frighteningly so.Shirley
Democracy is the name of the game & we have ALL the same rights when living in a Democracy! Nothing else!Dominique Greenslade (Mrs)
After reading the recent article you have just published it all starts to make sense how Maori have cunningly hi-jacked all government depts Etc. Unless Luxon puts an end to it all? NZ is doomed to becoming another Rhodesia.Wayne
It is out of control and the Govt is slow to turn it aroundJohn
Marxism 101 and Luxon is allowing it to happen.Max
More and more. Maori culture can be respected, but parliamentary sovereignty must remain supreme on a non racial basis.Willy
Yes No question and it is exactly what the Maori Party wantsCookie
Beyond all doubt. It is the single most damaging millstone around the neck of New Zealand, dragging us down, destroying the fabric of the countryTracy
absolutelyErin
Absolutely! In the 1980’s or early 1990’s Tipene O’Regan said stated You will come with us or words to that effect, meaning Maori will be in control in the future. The threat being Get used to the idea!Gail
AbsofrikenlutelyTracy
Our nation has been seduced radicalises within our education & other State entities into accepting lies as truthGordon
The lies they are spouting are unreal then comes the bully boy behaviour when they can’t get their own way I am fed up with paying and paying for their perceived grievances based on those lies. Enough. They CEDED sovereignty end ofCarolyn
TV3 the other still showed logo for TE WHATU ORA (Health NZ smaller underneath) With the media this biased, there is little hopeMarianne
Yes most definitely. I liken it to an invasive cancer which needs to be cut out ASAP and thrown in the rubbish bin of history. It has no part to play in the governance of our beautiful country and like tribalism benefits only a few at the expense of everyone else.Allan
What has become evident in this whole debate about Maori sovereignty, is that the strategy adapted from the Palestine Liberation Front revolutionaries has been very effective in laying the foundations for tribal rule here in New Zealand. The Zionist Corporate Apartheid Agenda.neil
NZ is rapidly heading towards becoming an apartheid nation. If we don’t stop the relentless march moari sovereignty, New Zealand as we currently know it is doomed to a dismal futureGlen
Simply because it is backed by a biased interpretation of the treatyDavid
vile insidious racism is not democracy.one person one vote.end off.chris
Hell yesSusan
Unquestionably. You have clearly set out many reasons why . The question is WHAT . IS GOVERNMENT DOING TO ARREST AND REVERSE IT ? Where is your commitment to your election undertakings PM Luxon ? WHERE IS YOUR INTEGRITY?Hugh
Definitely, but don’t expect Luxon to knock it on the head. He’s not nicknamed te reo for nothing! National under such leadership should be obliterated at the next election with other right of centre parties taking control.Alan
Very much soAnthony
It is not just undermining our society, it ALREADY has! PM Luxon and National are missing in action and must step up to root out the cancer tht the weaponising of the Treaty has enabled.Doug
Yes, the whole Maori Racial agenda was initiated, by Ardern and her WHO/W.E.F/U.N. gang as well as her BROWNSHIRTS… that put in place the future ongoing racial plan, at the same time, where they forceibly foisted a poison BIO- WEAPON JAB, on innocent New Zealanders, most of her gang, are still in hiding and need to be brought to justice for their crimes! A criminal INVESTIGATION is needed! we are in a WAR!David
For sure . Time is ticking as to whether this can be halted. But this must be put to the people in stark terms by legally binding referendum: Do you choose democracy or ethnocracy?Mary
Yes – Maori sovereignty is divisive and ugly. It must be stamped out. Biculturalism must be removed along with Treaty references. It has all gone on for far too long. If we don’t fix it now it will be too late.David
Dividing people by race is dangerous. It should never have been allowed to get so far.Murray
Get rid of biculturalism, the Treaty and everything related to this awful agenda. We need NZ to be united. One people under one flag.Pauline
Yes, the sovereignty agenda is dangerous. But does this government – and Prime Minister – have the courage to do anything about it? Let’s hope so – for the sake of our country.Hugh
Jacinda Ardern is to blame for increasing the radicalisation of society. By unleashing separatism throughout the State sector, including our schools, she lit the fuse of the racial unrest we are seeing today. And for that she gets knighted – how can that be? Frank