For decades, New Zealand has been undergoing a quiet constitutional revolution. What was once largely unnoticed is now becoming increasingly visible – so much so that the Coalition Government can no longer ignore it if it hopes to remain in office.
Recent events highlight the growing influence of iwi leaders and the increasingly assertive – some say greedy – way in which they are exercising their new powers.
Examples are numerous, but the following four provide a snapshot of what’s going on.
The first is the revelation that a small tribal group can block the expansion of essential infrastructure of national significance.
By attempting to extort almost half a billion dollars from the Port of Tauranga, Ngati Kuku, a sub-tribe of the local Ngai Te Rangi iwi, is obstructing New Zealand’s largest export hub from being able to expand to meet the country’s growing trade demand.
The group claims the Port’s upgrade would deny them cultural ‘authority’ over the harbour, and they say the solution to their concerns is “structural wealth-sharing”. This is Orwellian-speak for what amounts to blackmail.
The Port Company previously offered the group a “cultural mitigation package” worth $6 million. That was rejected. Instead, they want $19 million each year for 35 years, resulting in a total present value package of between $335 million and $475 million. Of this they claim $11 million would be “fair revenue sharing” – 4.3 percent of the projected revenue generated by the Port Company’s new wharves – with the balance “cultural compensation” to address their inability to “discharge their cultural obligations and protect the harbour”.
The reality is that this Maori group is able to demand hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation because the Fast-track legislation has given them a privileged position in the consenting process. They are using that advantage to challenge, delay, and block the project, at great cost to the Port. Furthermore, because the Supreme Court has elevated tikanga into the common law, cultural claims now carry greater legal weight.
It is important to remember that the Coalition was elected on the explicit promise that they would not introduce race-based legislation during their term in office: “The Coalition Government’s priorities for this term include … ending race based policies.”
The Fast-track legislation was sold to the public as a means of bypassing the delays that had dogged the Resource Management Act – including iwi consultation.
But instead of Minister Chris Bishop delivering a colourblind law that treats everyone as equals, iwi leaders and public service advisors ensured race-based privilege was embedded deep within the legislation. The Port Company – and the country – is now paying the price through ongoing delays and escalating costs.
They are not alone.
Cultural ransom is now endemic.
What’s worse is that even after recognising the corruption of his Fast-track legislation caused by the inclusion of special rights for Maori, instead of ruling such rights out of his RMA reforms, Minister Bishop intends carrying forward all existing cultural arrangements between councils and iwi into the replacement legislation – the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill.
This will not only guarantee the reforms will fail, but the Minister has ensured that iwi will continue to exert undue influence over all planning and development within New Zealand into the future.
A second example is the attempt by Minister Simon Watts to restore democratic voting within local government through an amendment to the ‘Local Government (System Improvements) Bill’ that’s currently in front of Parliament. His proposal is based on the democratic principle that only those who are accountable to the public should exercise public power.
In practical terms, this means only elected councillors should hold voting rights on council committees.
But the reform came with a glaring exemption: representatives appointed to councils through Acts other than the Local Government Act were to be excluded from the rule.
This was seen as a major retreat by the Coalition — a political concession designed to preserve many existing co‑governance arrangements, including those of the Auckland Council’s Maori Statutory Board.
In response to the public backlash that followed the Statutory Board’s exemption, Prime Minister Luxon suggested removing their voting rights could be considered after the election.
Sensing a political opportunity, both Coalition partners stepped up: ACT has proposed an amendment to remove the Maori Statutory Board’s voting rights during the committee stages of the Bill, and New Zealand First has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to abolish the Board altogether.
The reality is that to uphold the democratic principle that only those who are accountable to the public should exercise public power, there can be no exemptions at all. The voting ban must be universal: all voting rights must be stripped from anyone who has not been elected.
That’s what the public now expects – it is up to the Coalition to deliver it.
A third example relates to Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s attempt to uphold New Zealand First’s Coalition promise to remove Treaty principles from legislation following ACT’s failed attempt to do so through the Treaty Principles Bill.
The key point is that there are no principles in the Treaty of Waitangi: Through Article One, the Chiefs ceded sovereignty to the Crown; Article Two protected property rights; and Article Three guaranteed Maori the same rights as British subjects.
This, however, is not what modern-day activists want the Treaty to mean, so through the Courts and other State institutions, Treaty principles have been created to justify co‑governance, veto powers, and a “partnership” between Maori and the Crown.
In addition, the Maori version “Te Tiriti o Waitangi” is no longer interpreted as a translation of the English ‘Treaty of Waitangi’ but is regarded as a second Treaty which upholds Maori sovereignty.
What is so worrying is that the Coalition now appears to be on the cusp of introducing this radicalised construct into law.
In a press release providing an update on the Treaty principles project, Minister Goldsmith revealed, “The Government has also agreed a reference to both the Treaty of Waitangi and te Tiriti o Waitangi is preferable and should be used in all relevant provisions going forward.”
This is an extremely dangerous concession: Once “Te Tiriti” is written into legislation, activists are likely to use the courts’ new recognition of tikanga to advance claims of parallel sovereignty – creating a potential legal pathway toward the He Puapua vision of tribal authority by 2040.
Instead of appeasing tribal leaders by embedding references to Maori sovereignty in legislation, Treaty Minister, Paul Goldsmith should be re-iterating the statement he made last year: “The Crown’s position is clear; the Crown is sovereign. The Crown is simply the representation of the democratic will of the people of New Zealand.”
In other words, if New Zealand is to remain a democratic nation, Crown sovereignty must be defended. Instead of introducing references to Te Tiriti and Maori sovereignty into legislation, they should all be removed.
Our final example reveals something alarming: tribal activism is accelerating because tikanga has been elevated into the common law. As we found in the disastrous Marine and Coastal Area Act cases, this means the Courts will interpret everything through the lens of tikanga to expand iwi authority. Whether the issue is claiming customary title to the coast, blocking development on cultural grounds, or reframing Te Tiriti as a mandate for Maori sovereignty, iwi know that once a case reaches the Supreme Court, the odds are heavily stacked in their favour.
That’s why it is imperative that “tikanga” is removed from the common law as a matter of urgency – as this week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, former Judge Anthony Willy, explains:
“When the Chiefs signed the Treaty in 1840, they understood that they were conferring sovereignty over New Zealand on the British Monarch. A crucial ingredient of the exercise of the Monarch’s powers is the Common Law, as it was in 1840. From that time, it became the law of New Zealand applicable to all citizens and changeable only at the behest of Parliament or in restricted cases by the Courts. It is written for all to see, and ignorance of the law is no excuse.
“Maori people have availed themselves extensively of this system of dispute resolution over the years and continue to do so but more latterly they seek to change it to their advantage by the introduction of unwritten customs and social values which they assert emerge from their pre 1840 society.”
He explains how the notion of incorporating tikanga into the common law was first suggested by the former head of the Waitangi Tribunal, Supreme Court Justice Joe Williams – along with Justice Susan Glazebrook and Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann – in October 2022 as a postscript to a judgment that had already been decided:
“From this shaky start the notion of Maori myths and legends forming part of the common law has mushroomed to the point where a recently appointed Court of Appeal Judge has proposed it be formally adopted for use in all cases. That of course spells the end of the ‘common law’, and we will have an unwritten system for those with Maori blood and another for non-Maori.”
Anthony Willy then points out, “In an aside three judges have knocked away a crucial pillar of our sovereignty and clearly, we are not one people before the law. How this plays out in Parliament remains to be seen, but thus far there has been no move to remove tikanga from the common law.”
This situation whereby three Supreme Court judges have effectively created a parallel legal system without any mandate from Parliament, represents a profound breach of the Rule of Law. That principle requires that society be governed by clear, publicly accessible, and knowable rules, applied equally to all and enforced by independent courts. “Tikanga”, by contrast, is neither publicly accessible nor consistently knowable, nor is it applied uniformly. To elevate it into the common law through judicial innovation rather than democratic process is, as Anthony Willy argues, to remove a crucial pillar of our constitutional order.
That successive governments have allowed this to stand unchallenged is not merely disappointing, it is an indictment of their willingness to defend a foundational norm of our democracy against unmandated judicial activism.
The problem for the National Party is that they are seen as the ones dragging their feet over the Coalition’s promise of abolishing co-governance, stopping He Puapua, and ending race-based laws.
And if they are in any doubt over this, they should listen to the outrage expressed by voters in response to Conservation Minister Tama Potaka’s announcement that five newly created South Island marine reserves will be co-governed by Ngai Tahu – especially in light of the revelation by Platform host Michael Laws that this private tribal corporation received $8 million in public funding as well as decision‑making powers normally held exclusively by the Crown under the Marine Reserves Act.
Lagging below 30 percent in the polls, National voters feel betrayed that the Party hasn’t done enough to stop the iwi takeover. And with the general election just months away, time is running out.
But in politics, it’s never too late to alter course.
Back in January 2004, with supporters again disillusioned by National’s failure to confront growing “Maorification”, the Party also languished below 30 percent in the polls. Then, everything changed.
A single speech from National’s leader – asking whether New Zealanders wanted one rule for all in a single nation state, or a racially divided country with two sets of laws and two standards of citizenship – cut through.
Within three months, the Party had surged to 45 percent because it signalled it would tackle the problem head‑on.
That message would resonate just as powerfully today.
New Zealanders are crying out for leadership willing to confront the growing cultural corruption and rebuild our society on the principles of fairness and equality.
This is the sleeper issue of the 2026 election.
The real test for political parties is whether they can step up to the challenge.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Has National done enough to end race-based policies?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Still so much favour for Maori as opposed to other ethnic groups. We should all be equal. | Gary |
| They have failed to deliver a structure which treats all New Zealanders equally, they failed turn back the labour Greens Maorification of NZ and use of Maori names for govt dept etc the continued acceptance of Maori ( not voted appointed)?sitting in committee councils and being able to block action via RMA progress to Nz economy whilst Maori feed in the troff uncontrolled and cash for the self appointed Maori who control maoridim via arrogance use of te reo language to take out non speaking Maori who are treated like leppers. National need to stand fast on this as they will not get my vote this time because of this. Otherwise they are doing well to try reverse a social reliance labour stamped on use. | John |
| Long-time National voter but didn’t last election. Suspected National didn’t have the balls to put an effective stop to the Maorification that has obsessed the civil service, policy makers and many others. Just received an electorate survey from Simeon Brown. He wants me to chose 3 of the most important national issues. There are 11 issues from which to chose. AS USUAL RACE RELATIONS AND THE DIVISION NZ IS BEING PUSHED TOWARDS NEVER GETS A MENTION. Each survey gets returned by me with a “GET REAL, SIMEON, NATIONAL IS LOSING VOTES BECAUSE IT DOESN’T FULLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.” Nothing is changing. Why the hell National can’t see that a significant swing away from them is exactly because they are softcocks on the Maori issue that parliament has allowed to happen. This is an important election and I am not party-voting National. Again. | Creed |
| National is as woke as labour. We need to change things to get rid of this racist leftist group. One person one vote. | Clive |
| One People ONE LAW | Chris |
| All promise, little delivery. | mark |
| Failed miserably and thats why i now vote ACT after years of Nat membership & offices in the party . No more! | Mark |
| Why would you vote for them. Never thought I would say that, time to grow a pair or get off the pot. We need a PM and government to pull this country back to one for all. Tail wagging the dog and the dog is getting s free ride? | jeff |
| There is nothing worse than a “Do nothing conservative'” Co Governance will wreck this country. | Michael |
| not nearly enough | Iain |
| It was one of their 2023 election promises which they have not kept. I have raised this at National Party meetings and was fobbed off by Chris Luxon. | Elaine |
| It has gotten got worse. | Malcolm |
| They have not, that was the main reason I voted for them last election, and they have not fulfilled that promise. | Gayle |
| All race-based policies should be abolished as priority for any NZ Government. | Martin |
| The reason they polls are down in my opinion. National HAVE to stop the maori gravy train!! | Gillian |
| Very disappointed , that is what they promised and failed dreadfully | Jeanette |
| Nowhere near enough. A TOTAL disappointment (so far). | martin |
| Far less progress than I understood was promised to be undertaken. Furthermore, the madness continues. | Laurie |
| It is clear that National has not lived up to the promises it made in its last electoral campaign. This is despite pushing from its coalition partners on this (and other) issues. National has made some improvements in other areas, but when it comes to challenging extremist separatism on the part of some Maori they have failed dismally. And I say SOME Maori, because I am quite convinced that only a small minority of Maori favour these extreme views. I am a NZ First supporter, and I urge all of you who are unhappy with how National has performed to support NZ First (or ACT if that’s your preference). The only way National will be convinced to push on this issue is if the parties that have been willing to confront it have more MPs. | Marla |
| Any suggestions that managing a country with 2 systems. Is and always will be impossible. | Mark |
| Gutless wonders | Thomas |
| A DISAPPOINTMENT | Sheryl |
| It is past time for doing nothing. The overwhelming majority of NZ-ers are feeling betrayed and frustrated by Luxon will lose his job and the National party will be gone. God help us! | Valerie |
| Gutless | Tom |
| And it is becoming increasingly obvious that they are sitting on the fence while New Zealand taxpayers fund a greedy iwi revolution to take control of the country by 2040 – shameful is to light a word- this will not end well. | John |
| Only when the ruling parties make the decision on this matter, will I decide who I will vote for. | Janet |
| Such a disappointment! Time is running out fast, if it has not already run out. | Caroline |
| Please remove this tribalism from our legislation | Warren |
| NATIONAL…. Well and truly on the ROPES , NOW…WE WERE RIGHT! LUX-SINGH, HASN,T DONE ENOUGH FOR A MALLOWPUFF! BUT…. HE SOLD KIWIS A BITTER SOUR, LEMON, WITH HIS .. ‘SUCK UP’ F.T.A WITH DICTATOR MODI… THE SLAVERY GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING N.Z GETS MASS INDIAN IMMIGRATION, FOR ABOUT THE NEXT 50 YEARS! SO WE STILL HAVE A CHOICE!! STAND UP AND UNIFY… OR BE BRED OUT THRU RACIAL OVERTURN…. SHOWS WHO LUXO IS WORKING FOR!! THEY ALWAYS USE THE SAME METHODS, TO EXPOSE THEIR EVIL PLANS!! N.W.O.UN/WEF/T.C/IMF RUNS THIS COUNTRY! POPULATION CONTROL! | David |
| We must see referendum on Maori seats NOW. No pussy footing around. | Tina |
| I have voted National all my life but know in my mid seventies i am very disappointed that NOT ENGOUGH has been done in this matter, if the Government wants us all to be one people then it’s time to start treating us ALL like one people, and stop the BULLSHIT and grow a pair, pull their finger out and get on with it and do what they said they would do. I strongly feel that their time is running out very fast and i am afraid that it’s going to be to late. | COLIN |
| ACT is the only party able to speak honestly on this issue. They have been shafted by their coalition partners | Neville |
| That’s why my party vote goes elsewhere | Iain |
| One man one vote. What was the point of world wars to prevent this happening? | Michael |
| National needs to face up to the problems we have in this country. Our Democracy is based on everyone being equal and not on special privileges for one particular section of our society. | Gifford |
| When the country is struggling to provide the basic needs ie; education, medical, infrastructure, etc: Yet they are handing millions to Maori, and all other non-white ethnicities. No they are doing enough. Maori have billions yet they expect government to still supply for them, that’s extortion. | Carolyne |
| Co government has to end | Joan |
| NO NO NO. Wake up National.You have let your voters down. | Faye |
| They need to pull their finger out, Luxton needs to get his act together and tell the nation how it is. November election is drawing closer! | John |
| Minister Goldsmith has failed to convince me he intends to remove the various principles and his proposal to recognise two versions of the treaty is farcical. | -Peter |
| Politicians, just gutless liars, for us just wishful thinking, I remember October 12 1975, the day New Zealand died. | Russell |
| It needs to be bold as we would like one unified nation to help all. Tiana needs to go! | Val |
| Is the word – 5 minutes to midnight? National will be lucky to form a government this time. Their only hope is that Act and NZ First will pick-up enough seats to fill the GAP! | Frederick |
| Weak and Luxon needs to make a stand. When I’ve directly asked why he’s not standing up. He becomes agitated. | Pete |
| They are straight out lairs. The said they would fix this but instead it has been full steam ahead. They will pay for it in November. I do not know a single national supporter who is going to give them their party vote. Serve them right for taking us for fools | Sydney |
| Absolutely not! Luxon is a money man and has totally underestimated the strength of feeling in regard He PuaPua and creation of an apartheid system. | Gail |
| National are gutless and scared of the Maoris. They have done little to achieve their last election promise’s to get rid of the Maorification. Government promised to purge all Govt Ministries of special privileges for Maoris and reference to co-government . They also promised to get rid of the name Aotearoa and restore the correct name of New Zealand for our country. | Colin |
| iT is the socialists that are the problem. most ordinary Maori people that I speak to just want to get on with their lives | Bruce |
| They’ve been duped by the beurocrats | Lachy |
| Luxon has not done anything to stop race based anything, rather,his ministers,plural,have betrayed their election promises and put into all sorts of legislation the exact references to Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Principles and tangatawhenua rubbish that normal New Zealanders wanted rid of. It’s long overdue that the predominantly white maoris were quantum blood checked and if not at least 50% maori then they would have to cease portraying themselves as such. The continued BS that the maori population has increased to a million must be stopped before they say it is 2 million and still increasing. | Peter |
| Promises made before the Election regarding co governance have failed to be addressed. Clearly lacked the courage to address them. | Tim |
| National is an utter failure and has not delivered on its promises to end this division in the country. They have a huge responsibility to end crisis or and bring everyone under the same conditions, if they don’t the country will be plunged into chaos from which it may never recover. | Mike |
| National campaigned on eliminating treaty clauses and ensuring nz residents were to have equal rights and only elected local bodies had the right to vote. Act NOW | Peter |
| They have made it worse by allowing elements of cogovernace into new legislation . | Alan |
| we should have a law for all people the same no race based clauses what so ever. | Gerard |
| No, not by a country mile | Carolyn |
| NO THEY HAVE NOT! | Paula |
| Creeping Co-governance by Iwi, if unchecked, will be this countries nemesis. | John |
| National really are useless. | Bill |
| They have been too timid. Lack of spine | Ralph |
| This government has been absolutely hopeless. They made big promises to end race based policies but have done very little to implement any real changes. | david |
| they have tinkered around the edges that is it, they are absolutely gutless. New Zealand is now heading into much more dangerous ground because they lied & did not do what they were voted in for. | Nigel |
| This article is a frightening eye opener and will cause me to review my vote this year | Lynton |
| Hardly anything that they promised. | Heather |
| IT IS STILL HAPPENING | Neville |
| won’tbe voting for them…..EVER! totally betrayed all KIWIS…. BEEN WORKING FOR THAT VILE FOREIGN ENTITY USURPER… NOW WE ALL KNOW!! | David |
| The situation is getting worse not better. Soon all New Zealand will be in the ownership of tribes and iwi, with exorbitant fees being charged. Scary for the next generations of land and property owners | Pam |
| All Maori Sovereignty must be removed from legislation! Also, remove “Tikanga” from Common Law! One people, one Law for all. National are dragging their heels! | Valerie |
| We need to get clarity around how much these Maori entities are being funded from the public purse. If it was clear how much these leeches are sucking out of the community it would cause a riot. | Doug |
| National have betrayed us. Luxon has betrayed us. Flood their inboxes, tell them we don’t want co governance. Maori are sabotaging and extorting NZ and bankrupting us. Vote Act and NZ First or we lose our country. | Carole |
| Definitely not – no longer support National | NOEL |
| They have disgracefully reneged on their election promises | Jenny |
| Luxon gutless & is ruling against his promises in 2023!! National must go!!! | Ron |
| Luxon has been a useless leader with a complete lack of respect for the rule of law. | Glyn |
| NATIONAL NEEDS TO DO URGENTLY WHAT ELECTED TO DO REMOVE THIS MAORIFICATION BEFORE THE ELECTION | LEO |
| They are just full of shite, promises made, promises broken since thay have been in power, utter deception ,just to get the House. | George |
| I’ve always been a National voter. However, this issue not being confronted as per campaign three years ago will change me to an ACT voter | Eddie |
| Absolutely not, they are a huge disappointment. I will not vote them in. But still hope it will be the same coalition with National getting less votes. | Denise |
| We have not seen as much change as promised – very disappointing. | Jim |
| Their performance is an absolute travesty of their election platform. | henry |
| Ending race based policies should have been a top priority in the first 100 days of forming the coalition. National have failed the people of New Zealand. And continue to turn other cheek to this obvious take over bid of IWI and Hapu. | Peter |
| They have been abysmal in this task. The foundations of our democracy are being whittled away. | Steve |
| Not by a long shot | Mary |
| National is weak and so will bring us all to a weak country being dominated by bullies | Ray |
| They are seemingly ignorant of all they have done . They have no idea of what their voters want or asked for which put them into government | Rosie |
| They need to start fighting instead of ducking for cover. There is no hope that Labour will do this, as they’re the ones that allowed this to happen. Get rid of the race based seats while you’re at it! | Steve |
| National need to keep their word! That we are one people in one nation. | Sharon |
| LUX-SINGH, and National, have broken every promise, to KIWIS, and are finished, as a believable party, now they will face the big letdown, with their F.T.A. INDIA TRADE TREATY, giving N.Z a rough deal from INDIA…. WINSTON is right…. He calls it a BIG RAW DEAL, thanks LUX-SINGH, what a RIP-OFF, for us, we don,t need their JUNK! nor the IMMIGRATION CLAUSE! NO. | David |
| Luxon needs to go…. | Simon |
| 1 law for all New Zealanders. | Mike |
| National a waisted vote for democracy. | Terry |
| It’s infuriating that National has been dragging the chain on such a vital piece of legislation!! | Shane |
| Such a disappointment from what we voted for. Such a simple task we asked and they failed | Wayne |
| Maorification has become worse National still giving in to Maori this and that. I think National will be slapped at the election but i will still be voting for them. | Carol |
| We are a ship with out a rudder! | Greg |
| National have only made race-based policies BADER | RICHard |
| If any thing national have done the opposite. Like a lot of National voters I can honestly say I’m extremely disappointed in the number of election promises they have failed to uphold. Lost my vote. | Heather |
| Weak leadership. | Rod |
| A jellyfish has more spine than most of these National Party politicians. All we’ve had is waffle waffle waffle, tasteless waffle. | Kevin |
| Where Which party gives us hope for equality for all New Zealanders | claire |
| They need to do as promised prior to the last election | Wynne |
| The corruption in our Government because they refuse to address this race based, tribalism, take over through unelected iwi shows they have no courage or conviction to address this issue. Always vote National cannot do it now. | Dianne |
| National is asleep at he wheel. The want to be seen as “nice”people but Maoris don’t work like that way,. Maoris will just walk all over that and their motto is still Louder than ever GIMME ! GIMME! ! GIMME!1. MONEY ! POWER ! | CHRIS |
| Worse, it has created some | Trevor |
| National MP for Hamilton West electorate is European Maori Tama Potaka and he carries a lot of sway with National in us New Zealanders who dont have a maori ancestor continuing for us to fund millions of countless dollars on everything ‘maori’ for all the maori pretenders. He needs dumping. | Judy |
| Definitely not. Somehow they are too frightened to address the issue unfortunately. | Daphne |
| National are hopeless – which is why NZF and Act are slowly eating their lunch! | Pete |
| The answer is a big NO!!! Helen Clark was right on the mark. The rebels would not have gained one fraudulent inch if she had continued her enlightened rule for democracy. Since then the Politians have caved in. They have entered politics on their own free will assuming that they will uphold this country’s frail democratic setup and to protect the citizens from being striped of their individual dignity. To date all the Politians have failed, simply because they are afraid. Only David Seymour and some others in the ACT party look to be willing to batten down the hatches and to take on the rebels by dismantling their fraudulent methods of national destabilisation. However nothing much will change whoever has the power come 7th November to make a proper difference toward our democratic country that so far has served us well as an independent nation. One day the public will say enough is enough and will move in bulk to eliminate all this tribal nonsense. But that day may yet be a long way off. | garry |
| WWW: Weak, Woke, #ankers | Neil |
| I am extremely concerned that this issue has been swept under the carpet. I will not trust National with my Party vote for exactly this reason. | Lucy |
| Equal rights for all please | Myles |
| They’ve done the exact opposite! | Gary |
| A great disappointment. PM might be a manager. He sure is not a leader. Big difference. Leaders have to have a presence that attracts people to respect and follow them. Totally failed on fronting up over key issues where they could have taken a stand and been supported by NZ First; Principled values, Truth, The true Treaty, Climate Change rort, Free speech, and more. | Jack |
| National are Weak,Woke and Woeful, a Pink version of the paleist Blue. NZ needs a dominant NZF/ACT coalition with the Nats to be the JUNIOR partner. Otherwise NZ is stuffed. | Roger |
| Maorification continues, Media promotes ,this New Zealand is our land, a democratic nation. | Rose |
| National is absolutely hopeless!! | Pamela |
| They said they would restore one person one vote, remove tribal rule and tikanga, from law, ensure only those elected not appointed could have voting powers. Direct councils, business and corporations to take into account, not give effect to, or pay extortion fees to Iwi and Maori activists who worship gods and follow myths instead of facts and science. | Gaye |
| Urgent action needed. | Malcolm |
| The Prime Minister is creating more cogovernance everyday so he will be lucky to survive the election. A Huge turn on his election promises back.in 2023 | Chris |
| This country seems to be heading towards a civil war. That will benefit no one. At the end of the day it may sort out this lunacy once and for all, but at what cost?? | Dave |
| Not nearly enough. My husband and I will be giving our party vote to Act as a result of this lack of action. It was the main reason we voted National last time. | Dallas |
| Broken election promises!! No trust!! | Ray |
| FIRE THE LIAR | TERENCE |
| Some progress has been made, but National has been too timid and must take action to reverse all the co-governance and financial handouts. | COLIN |
| Why are we not seeing referendum on Maori seats in Parliament? Must come! | Tina |
| Our council has done nothing of consequence to ascertain whether or not to join but did so anyway Lower Hutt is the same and this in spite of wellington needing far more repair than Upper or lower Hutt | Stanley |
| We continue to debase our Common-Law Rights with two Voting Rolls. One General and one exclusively, Maori, why? Tikanga folk lore is a folly in disguise. Wake up National, Act and NZF or suffer the conquered in November. It’s not too late. | Len |
| And National thinks we are stupid when they now desperately want us to give them the Party vote – you have to be joking!! | John |
| It actually looks to be getting worse. | Mark |
| I fully support Anthony Willy’s concluding paragraph. Will the ACT party or NZ First or both together make these their policies in the upcoming election? It’s time this nonsense is resolved. | Nigel |
| They are supporting race based policies and that is not what we voted for. | Paloma |
| They have not done a thing…..LUX-SINGH just keeps kicking the RACIAL PROBLEM. IN THIS COUNTRY, down the road… JUST ANOTHER REASON, NOT TO VOTE NATIONAL, IN NOVEMBER! | DAVID |
| An absolute disgrace that they have not acted on their Coalition agreements | Jerry |
| Not only has National done nothing to end race-based policies, but they have actually done a total U-turn on what they promised in their campaigning for the 2023 election. National are driving at high speed in the wrong direction down the Democracy Motorway. Not only is the demise of National imminent with the fast-approaching crash, but so too is New Zealand as a democracy. Both will soon be statistics written into the history of “A Great Nation that Was: The New Zimbabwe of the South Pacific”. Anyone wanting an insight into the trajectory upon which National is taking our country, I suggest they read “Decolonised Trilogy”, which can be found on Amazon. | Colin |
| They have backtracked and made things worse!! | Ken and Audrey |
| Have done nothing – don’t want to upset anybody and instead are upsetting everybody! | Jan |
| National is dragging the chain. Lost my 70 year vote | Geoffrey |
| They promised to prior to being elected (to end race-based policies) and until recently race-based policies have become more entrenched. Basically, too little too late. Act with Act | Allan |
| Having been a recreational fisher and diver all my life I find this whole situation highly offensive and to be blunt – a blatant example of racialist activity and unsurpassed greed at it’s utmost. | Larry |
| absolutely NOT | Brian |
| No they promised but this promised but this promise has not been kept. It could have all been done in the first year, but National seems to be loath to do anything about it. I have questioned this at National Party meetings, but been given the run around.. | Elaine |
| The payment of millions of dollars for Maori must stop Their claims are illogical and against the betterment of New Zealand | Jannet |
| If anything, they have made it WORSE! Voters loathe broken promises. | Alastair |
| It has totally abandoned its ejection rhetoric in the subject and is parallel to labour in advancing maori powers. | Hrahamt |
| Window dressing at best | Brian |
| The three leaders of the National Party and specially the Prime Ministrer Christopher Luxon have a choice to make. They make the laws of the country. It is then up to the courts to interpret them. They need to be quite clear and precise so that they can not be rewritten by that courts. They are there to interpret the law, not make it. The change started with the Supreme Court when Helen Clarke wanted to get out of the privy council in Brittain. She appointed Shawn Elias as the head on the new court here. She took the court way to the left and was even quoted as saying the court would be making laws. When the Labour appointed ex Governmenty Waitangi Tribunal head Joe Williams to the supreme court. He immediately wanted to join Tekanga to the law. Labour for appointed him for this very reason. The Waitangi Tribunal was supposed to be an advisory group to the Government. But not now. They tell the Government to jump and the government says how high? Tikanga is Maori Mysticism. There is nothing recorded in their history to prove what they are claiming is tis hearsay evidence passed down from previous generations. But the laws of Western Democrasies have been recorded for thousands of year been debated and thrashed out through the judial system. Your race creed or religion in NZ does not give you any priveleges. It amazes me when anyone speaks against a paricular privelege Maori want over every one else and it usually relates to money and power: The racist word gets used and everybody backs off. Amazing they can not see that they make these claims to be given authority and money, because of their race. Tell me then who is the racist. If I asked are Maori less than other races, that they need to be given special priveleges over every other citizen in NZ. I can imagine the response specially that lot in Parliament. We are a mixed Maori Pakeha family. My wifes Father was invited to join the Maori Sovereignty movement way back in the 70s by Ranginui Walker. He told the group everything Maori have in the modern world came from colonization. Which has become a dirty word. Maori offedenders are often given time off their sentence in the courts because of the damage done by the colonizers. Tell me how that works? I have sent emails to various MPS asked them to stop calling what Maori say is co-governance. What they want is joint sovereingty. To sum it up 50% of the tax take to run their own Nation. Because many kiwis think it is just consulting Maori and they therefore support it. Came on National get you stuff together. Stop putting each other down and coming against each other in the press. If you lose this election its goodbye to the foundations of NZ and well come to the return to mythical Gods completely corrupting out laws and values. | Dene |
| All race-based policies should be abolished. | Malcolm |
| Luxon is terrified of Maori kick-back if all Kiwis get equal rights. “Maori” is no longer a race – it is a religion and should be recognised as such. Get a bit of courage, Mr Luxon! | Mitch |
| They lack the fortitude | Ian |
| Unless National act definitively in this issue (not merely promises or intentions) it will cost them my vote. What’s going on is clearly undemocratic. Everyone equal under the law regardless of race! | CE |
| They have done nothing at all. In fact they have openly supported it | Rob |
| they have broken their election promises on this issue so do not deserve any vote, Every party is the same – no-one has the guts to stand up to these Mafia IWI | Lisa |
| Apartheid in NZ will NEVER end until the very foundation of this separatism is dismantled. I.e. Separate Maori Parliamentary seats. | Geoffrey |
| We are One People!! | AndyE |
| National under Key and Luxon has been a real disappointment. They persist in embedding identity-based legal and economic models that foster blackmail, corruption and greed at the expense of hardworking taxpayers and the general public. | Fiona |
| No, this is the whole reason why National are NOT getting my vote this election, I am so disappointed in them. New Zealand First and Act are not doing enough to stop this either. | Robyn |
| They promised to end these policies, but instead they have entrenched them, all to appease the Woke bleeding hearts, whilst ignoring those of us who will pay for this hippocracy now and for generations to come. My vote will go the party that champions one rule of law for all New Zealanders, if one has the balls to stand up for that anymore. | Stewart |
| It has enhanced race based policies not reduced them. A total breach of their last election promises. National are a spineless party that will be gone at the next election. Wait for the great migration to Australia. | John |
| The key is to get rid of Maori Seats. These are an affront to democracy. | Percy |
| Didn’t support ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill and gave no logical reason for this.Absolute disgrace for a major party to be so cavalier with the future of our democracy | Bernie |
| Not even close. | Graeem |
| NO, no where near enough and it seems to be getting worse. What the hell happened? It feels like they are chickening out 🙁 WTF? | Brenda |
| Definitely not and because of their non action will not be re-elected. MSM have made no secret that they want the current coalition out of office so are not reporting the blatant blackmail taking place. There is no other word for it and if more people were made aware of what is going on, they would come to this conclusion too. My question is why? Those responsible who have allowed the Treaty to be changed to suit a certain agenda and then used against the very people who have made this country what it is, should be in jail. The Treaty should be printed in every newspaper and a proper discussion be allowed to take place to determine the future of NZ. The Queen’s charter carries much more weight that that of the Treaty of Waitangi and should be used instead. | Bev |
| No, not enough. Our politicians are taking their orders from a foreign cabal which they signed into years ago so they’re obliged to do as they’re told. Not until our government decouples from the UN, WHO, the WEF & the Paris Climate Accord, will New Zealand become a self governing nation again. These parasite are enslaving us with our own taxes. | Donald |
| Absolutely not | Graeme |
| National has wasted the past three years. It has not even been a pause to the race-based agendas. Dangerous times. | Donald |
| National need to do what they promised. Remove all racial references from legislation. | Andrew |
| No, not in the justice system, academia, professional bodies, education, real estate, health, councils etc etc. They have let NZ down – this is not what we voted for – it is treason | Lance |
| It seems that National has opened the door for more race-based claims to divide New Zealand away from the One People One Flag country that PM Luxon campainged on 2.5 years ago. | Stuart |
| Appalling WEF based policies | Home |
| And if they don’t do a lot more, New Zealanders will vote with their feet after the Toxic Trio take over to continue to wreak more havoc here. | Pete |
| Not by a long way.I suspect the hierarchy of the National Party are pulling the strings of Luxon and his mps. They are failing to read the mindset of the silent electors who are sick of everything having to be ‘maori this or that’. They may be in for a big shock come November 7th. | Peter |
| National has done nothing as it promised to end race based law & politics. | Linda |
| They (National) have not done anything of merit to get rid of race based policies. The worry is that by doing nothing they are open to losing the next election allowing a motley crew of Labour, Greens and the Maori in control — a nightmare in waiting. Show some guts Luxon and rid us of all divisive policies. Ignore hikois or whatever the Maori party does in response — by force if necessary. I am dreading the upcoming election as we want a strong coalition but the opposition could be in power and a disaster will result. | Alan |
| The Govt must confront the growing cultural corruption and rebuild our society on the principles of fairness and equality. | Jenny |
| National are just another globalist party just like labour and have no interest in serving New Zealanders. | Alan |
| Tribal rule is fast approaching | Claire |
| No, no, not all. I can not understand this feeble and illconsidered attitude of our socalled leaders. NZ is held to ransom by a bunch of nasty and greedy activists and the socalled leaders of the free world in NZ are really weak and useless. This is a beautiful country with a sick political system which ignores equality in rights and obligations of all it’s people. When, if ever will the bullsh*t stop, when the Asians start running the place? | Leonard |
| A bunch of f%u2026..g dithering liars! | Steve |
| Obviously No | Neville |
| absolutely not, they said they were going to , but nothing near enough has been done. I think they’re too scared of the kick-back, just get on with it ! | Mike |
| They would have done even less if ACT hadn’t been there | Anne |
| Honour pre election policy ! | Phil |
| They have in fact aided and abetted the promotion of race based policies. National has not kept its election promises in this regard. Certainly cost them my vote. | David |
| Thy seem to have done nothing at all. Although promise made if elected they have still not changed all the Maori names of public departments eg Health Dept to English name. | Jan |
| I don`t care what National say from now until the election. They made their promises they told their lies, they treated us the voters and our wishes and clearly signalled intent as NOTHING. Anything that they promise or prepose is built on the foundation of lies they spewed prior to the last election. National are a bunch of arrogant pontificating pricks, charlatans and sell outs. As the dominant partner in the coalition they shoulder most of the blame and its going to be reflected in the ballot box. Hopefully it will be sayonara, good bye and phukoffski to nationals dominant position ,and that ACT & NZ 1ST benefit handsomely from nationals repeated miss fires. Act & NZ1ST you need to sort your shit out and work together for the greater good of our country. NEW ZEALAND. | Glyn J |
| This Govt is got its blinders on when it comes to the IWIs trying to sqeeze in and change our democracy. Dam them and they will suffer at the polls for this | Barbara |
| Cannot emphasise enough..One person One vote irrespective of race or creed. Come on National ..stand up for what we voted you in to do | Anne |
| It is as bad as ever with people having to know the version of the treaty which is not the original one to even apply for jobs. Division is embedded in many policies. | lone |
| Sick of them dragging their heels on this issue…what is wrong with them? | Brian |
| Absolutely NOT | Pam |
| The Coalition has a lot on it’s plate – but ignoring the problem will not fix it. A sticky problem – I wonder if Labour would do any better – my intuition tells me …. NO !! | Frank |
| National have disappointed me. I don’t think they have lived up to the expectations I had of them leading up to the last election. Very frustrating. I feel our country is sliding into dangerous territory. | Rodger |
| WEF puppet Luxon & his pathetic followers are right on track, in their endeavour to destroy democracy as we have known it. the most distressing part of all of this is that instead of the coalition partners becoming the major players in the next government, the non voting numbers will increase beyond the current 60 % which will allow the indoctrinated generation to vote in the Marxist coalition of racist’s and alarmist’s who will even more quickly destroy our democracy. So sorry folks, but I think this country is Screwed. | A.G.R. |
| NO!!! Absolutely not and our local National MP Louise Upston has proved to be hopeless in that she will not even entertain the idea of rolling back any of the racist measures currently in play. Totally deaf to reason. | Roger |
| We are one people not devided by race | Robert |
| I will not vote for National . they have betrayed New Zealand. | Ken |
| This is the single biggest reason why I won’t be voting for the National party. ACT is for me, the party that has done the most to try and get rid of race based policies, and therefore I will be voting for them | Richard |
| Definitely not | Graeme |
| Disaster looms. Act are the only ones that will tackle this Maorification nonsense. National promised it would “fix this” before the last election, they were voted into power and have done nothing. I am not voting National again!! | Don |
| I think they’re making things worse….and the FTA with India is a disaster. | Cath |
| We want a unified NZ, not race based! | Meredith |
| National has failed miserably in advancing the promises made at the last election and that has been clearly illustrated by the response to the PM’s recent speech on one nation. | Terry |
| As a past National supporter this is why National will not get my vote. | Trevor |
| The governments lack of honesty is going to cause a complete suicidal loss in November. | john |
| National has done nothing and will not. | Cliff |
| Any movement in this direction is generally forced by coalition partners ACT or NZ 1st | John |
| Weak and not honest | nev kath |
| Come on! What happened to “one nation, one people” | Doris |
| Nowhere near enough. They have bowed to the Maori elite and it will cost them the election if they don’t wake up ! | Terry |
| Not at all. National is a waste of space. I hate them almost as much as I hate the Left. | Keith |
| and their failure to do so is a shocking cause for concern. If New Zealand again chooses by default a labour party government because there is no group available who cares for democracy we had all better queue up for our mokos. | Murray |
| They have been captured by the tribal elite and the activist judiciary and now do not have the courage to implement much needed reforms | Dave |
| Have not done near enough to end race based policies. And they had the cheek to ask me for a donation. Ha ha, Good luck with that. | John |
| National has completely let it’s supporters down. National supporters feel betrayed by the party. New Zealand is headed toward becoming an apartheid country if it’s not there already. Tragic times for our country. | Jane |
| When does the civil war start? | Paul |
| They need to give it more push!! | Murray |
| Disappointed in National; they are trying to both run with the hare and hunt with the hounds! At least, both Coalition Partners have demonstrated a sense of purpose in this arena. | David |
| Lacking in Leadership in unifying New Zealanders | Roger |
| One rule for every New Zealander | Arthur |
| No, it’s difficult to understand how this country has been divided, this is not how democracy is meant to work, really sad. | Colleen |
| We are “circling the drain” here in New Zealand. If this stupidity isn’t stopped we are done! | Tony |
| If they don’tstep up and get rid of these Maorification laws, NZ will become an apartheid state! A failed democracy! | Donna |
| Disappointing. | Rochelle |
| National has not only been a failure on the Maori takeover issue it has treacherously and quietly enabled it. In this respect they are Labour lite doing it more slowly. National are a disgrace and sell out from Sid Holland’s founding principles. They seem thoroughly ignorant of the danger we are in of losing democracy, don’t care or want to enable it or are are too cowardly to act. They are led by a hollow man and seem a hollow party. They are not worthy of a vote and have been a brake on the progress wanted by their coalition partners. | John |
| It is almost as if the Coalition and National in particular do not want to honor their election undertakings. | Ian |
| Done enough? They have done nothing! | Murray |
| No, still a lot more is needed obviously! | Kelly |
| This is time me one of the most concerning thing about national. So much so I am thinking to vote against them for the first time in 60 years of voting. | Michael |
| It is obvious that National are still trying to sit on the fence but have not realised that most thinking voters can see straight through what National are up to. They don’t seem to care – are they being pressured by Maori? | Marga |
| National egged on by Goldsmith and endorsed (or ignored) by Luxon has increased race-based policies | Peter |
| National has completely misread the political room regarding Maorification of our laws. This is why it is falling in the polls. | Kevin |
| Nowhere near ‘Done Enough”. My family are National Party voters who will switch to ACT in the coming election. We hear the National Party call that a for vote for any other party than National is a vote for Labour. That will not change your view that only ACT has resolute well thought through policy and can be trusted. | Tony |
| ACT is the only party to try and restore balance and stop this gravy train of greed . Sadly National and NZ First are a total pair of boneless empty talkers who prefer to bury their heads in the sand and let the maori greed factory progress at speed . Donald Trump is urgently required in NZ he wouldn’t put up with all this bullshit . That half wit Finlayson better not be advising these parasites . I hear the maoris are also sniffing around Lyttleton port ,the nerve of them ,none of the plasic wakas trom Taiwan landed there ,how on earth can they claim all these assets without ANY jusification at all . Even Tauranga offering 6 million is disgusting ,line a few more maori pockets ,no wonder Tamahere and Jackson are wealthy pricks .. | Ray |
| LUXONS TEAM ARE A JELLYFISH LOOKING FOR A SPINE | KEITH |
| NO | Annie |
| Luxon and Bishop fully endorse co governence and should join Te Pati Maori | Wiremu |
| We worry that any promise to end race based law & councils – may well NOT be believed now. Sadly they are too late | Peter |
| NO far ken NO NO NO | |
| Very disappointing, but the question is why? Is it a lack of spine? Is the head stuck in the sand? Is it fear? Do the racist activists have something over our leaders giving rise to blackmail? | Logan |
| National is a weak woke leftish deceitful party that deserves to be relegated to a minor party status | Geoff |
| Yhey have’nt even started! | Graham |
| No way. They could have done so much more if they had addressed this straight after the last elections. | Faye |
| Spineless drones, luxon needs to work for all the people of New Zealand | Peter |
| They’ve barely touched the surface of this issue | Geoffrey |
| End them? National has been doing little at best and seem to be allowing, if not actively ensuring, race-based policies become further strengthened and entrenched. | Mark |
| Worse, they mislead us at the last election. | Bryce |
| Because they haven’t dong nearly enough to end race-based policies, I,. a long standing National supporter, won’t be voting for National in the up and coming election. My vote will be given solely to which Party will get rid of all reference to things Maori. We are all New Zealanders. | Helen |
| They have absolutly not done enough! They must be afraid that voters will shift sides if they start doing what they said they would, I dont think it would happen and they need to get on with it. | Ian |
| Not at all | Ian |
| They are all hot air, and breaking promises they made at the last election to unite our country as one. Not separate concessions to Maori . They haven’t got the guts to do it.. it’s easier to pander to the minority. So disappointing | Peter |
| no they and there coalition partners have not had the guts to do anything and these rogue activist judges are just making a mock of our judicial system, i really don’t know how its going to go this next election these iwis are cunning and ruthless all they want is complete control over this once great country of NEW ZEALAND | rodger |
| National, because of their wishy-washy leadership, have not kept to their election mandate promises and instead have capitulated to indigenous pressure with their fence sitting. They will pay the price for their limp wristed and “too little too late” approach in dealing with the growing move against a singular NZ, and the all powerful indigenous leaches who have been allowed far to much say in the governing a once proud country. | Hugh |
| The Maori ‘gravy train’ is just picking up speed | John |
| I’ve totally lost confidence for National to do anything! Weakest leadership as far back as I can remember! | Brian |
| The thing is ‘why not?’ | Charlotte |
| Has not kept pre Election promises | Peter |
| Disappointing. Potentially a death knell for National. Hopefully their voters will switch to ACT or NZ First. Be the wake up call they need | Rowena |
| We need a binding referendum on whether Maori usurp all other ethnic groups or are equal to all other ethnis groups. | Grant |
| They promised, fairness for all races making up this wonderful country | Da |
| The way National is going we will have a Labour led government long with its Junior Partner, The Opportunity Party, plus the Greens and Te Pati Maori all at the helm god help us. If National wanted a United NZ they would have dealt to race based laws when they came into Office. They didn’t and they had a chance to make a start if they voted with Act. Winston Peters was also the culprit in not voting with Act whom I can see is the only party that wants NZ as a democratic country. Very clearly Luxon and NZ First do not. Having recently learnt that the Treaty has been undermined, so much, by many slack Governments it along with the Waitangi Tribunal should be scraped. | Gwenda |
| Nationals failure to “read the people” will bring a catastrophic change of government that will destroy our country forever | stephen |
| Definitely not | Karen |
| They have not lived up to the expectations of a big block of the citizens of NZ who voted for them in the last election. Let that be a warning for the upcoming election. | Gary |
| Done enough??????? They have barely done anything! Gutless wonders the lot of them. | John |
| No!! | Andrew |
| What is wrong with National-the treaty was never a partnership! | Derek |
| Prayers national will not be the main coalition party after the next election that NZ First and Act will vote much higher than them | diana |
| They are still playing around the edges. Some tribes know they can get away with what they want -Ngai Tahu being the biggest plunderers – until now. Watch the Port of Tauranga! Parliament needs to RULE, and that means sorting out Supreme Court judgements. | DICK |
| They’re certainly dragging their feet on this issue and have therefore let a vast lot of New Zealanders down badly. It’s not too late for decisive action to remove all race-based references in the law. I’ve always voted National, but I now see myself as a “swinging voter”. | Laurence |
| It is not good that our brown brothers are having far to much say relating to legislation. The time has arrived to stop it and treat New Zealand as one nation. | Peter |
| They’re complicit in the ongoing race based running of our country. I’m over it. If I could live in another country and receive my NZ superannuation, I’d be off. | Grant |
| They seem to have promoted division. | Priscilla |
| National has had 2.5 years to sort out and stop the implementation of He Puapua yet have acted contrary to what they promised when elected. They understand why they are failing in the polls, yet still do nothing to stop the ultimate demise of our democracy…this is an act of treason! | Graham |
| The govt has not done what they. Said. They would in there election promice | Isn |
| Luxon just doesn’t make the cut on this subject. Out of his depth to understand NZers basis of One Law for all people. Tikanga is blah | John |
| No National has done very little. We still have some govt agencies using Maori names as the first name.and some councils still have unelected Maori voting on committees. | Frank |
| decidedly NO……..!!!! | John |
| No they haven’t unfortunately, there must be a reason but they need to make a move or they will run out of time and voter patience | Gary |
| National have done nowhere near enough to get Democracy back on track, so now we risk having Labour back in power which will be worse. The Country’s obvious needs are largely being ignored and the Maori activist takeover by 2040 keeps on making progress. We need a PM like Donald Trump to get Democracy back as it should be. | Greg |
| National are weak on terminating this racial division. | Mark |
| They don’t have the guts to make the hard decisions (as per usual). When it comes to the decisions that SHOULD be made for NZ society, the NATS side step every issue. | Bill |
| The leadership of National is a disgrace. Not only have they reneged on pre election promises (2023) re maorification – but seem to be doing their utmost to encourage it. Iwi leaders are holding the country to ransom. We need a leader with the balls to stop this insidious gaining of power by Iwi tribes. | John |
| Just keep the promises that have already been made | George |
| They have done worse than nothing they are facilitating it. National have lost my support and I and my family we will be voting for them later this year. National has become a party of woke lefties. | Richard |
| Its disgraceful how the National party have broken their promises and have empowered infact Ngaitahu to gain more power and millions of dollars. They never came from the South Island. | Rosemary |
| NO!!! The natives are restless. They don’t understand equality or don’t wan to. Breaks my heart really. I grew up in the King Country and didn’t know there two races. | Bruce |
| National have been appalling at not upholding their promises at the last election – the Maorification of NZ has in fact expanded under their watch | Chris |
| NZ is heading for a social/economic disaster with co-governance/He Puapua and the FTA. Both originate from the WEF. This government and their Beehive delegates are creating negative, not positive, national equity. | Lawrence |
| No | Wiremu |
| Look at UK, Aust and the public are pushing back on Woke govt. Wake up NZ. | David |
| NO! National should END ALL of this division right now! | Heather |
| The coalition parties, especially National and NZ Fist, have been bitterly disappointing. Neither of those parties are to be trusted with National barely paying lip service to the issue and Peters’ stance on the Treaty Principles Bill. Act needs more MPs to force the issue. | Gavin |
| Not by a long shot. When they have an infiltrator’s like Ex Maori member like Potaka in the National ranks trying to sell off our DOC and Reserves and handing out millions to build Maori maraes they are just giving NZ First and ACT the National votes by default. | Wayne |
| Not even close! | Clive |
| If we are to ever become a united NZ the matter of Maori resurgence must be dealt with in a fair and just but determined manner. | John |
| National has done nothing to end race placed polices | Noel |
| GET a move on It is simply pathetic that this has taken so long We need ONE NZ –End of story | Robert |
| Still a big advantage to have a bit of Maori blood in you. Get hand out after handout. My family has lived in N Z for 8 generations and get nothing. We are not asking for help as we do everything ourselves. | Lynn |
| National have virtually done nothing to stop the maori juggernaut taking over the country. Potaka case recently. National will suffer badly at this election. No one I talk to will be voting national. Democracy has gone! Tribal takeover is already here. Mass exodus coming. | Kevan |
| Not even close | Jason |
| Labour greens maori parties FAR LEFT National with CJL (Jacinda) LEFT Act NZ First Right Some others maybe Far Right | Michel |
| Nothing much from from what can now be seen country wide. National has lost all votes in my family. The marine reserves is an obvious co governance with an 8 million dollar payout. Greedy bastards. Absolutely hate anything maori whom only care about lining their pockets with hard earnt tax payer money. Luxon is allowing this to happen its treason. Act needs to win and take all ex national votes. National are labour lite. Greens have committed treason and the maori party want a takeover of all NZ. Departing the country seems our only choice. | Allan |
| Voters feel totally let down by the lack of action – action promised at the last election. | Gillian |
| well short of what they promised | Colin |
| Absolute no to identity politics and tribal greed/blackmail.. | Steve |
| no they haven’t done enough we are still in co-governance | Barry |
| Weak leadership | Chris |
| They have failed miserably | Gavin |
| It is quite pathetic that so much confusion still remains over “did the Maori conceded Sovereignty or not – of course they did – and the 1860 Bastion Point conference conforms it. | Maurice |
| No they have been sitting on their hands & doing nothing | Tony |
| absolutely not, maori have way to much say and ssway, and are given far too much money | john |
| Too much support for Race Policies. | Ann |
| Spineless Labour lite never will deal with these issues | FRANK |
| Don’t seem to have made any difference, it’s getting worse | Meg |
| Effectively National has done nothing much. | Jack |
| The other coalition partners are correct in opposing tribal corruption | DAVE |
| No! – too slow, too little and almost too late! | Scott. |
| This government has only worsened the situation – effectively they have intentionally or unintentionally supported the Te Huapua document | Hewitt |
| words are cheap but actions speak louder | Alastair |
| Definitely not. Everyone that is a New Zealand citizen here including born or emigrated here. New Zealand is our home. Alot of people cannot just pack and move to another country. National needs to step up to the mark and work hard with the coalition to stop all the division in our country. | Jackie |
| Appalling lack of direction and not confronting race issues head on – I have voted National always but unless they say one law for all I shall not vote National | Carol |
| No they have neglected to act on their promises less than slow off the mark -Division is the most serious issue this country faces | RICHARD |
| I am so disappointed in National. They have become gutless with regard to the influence the Maori elite are having in this country and it will only lead to further division in the future. I warned Luxon about this before the election but it fell on deaf ears. I fear for my children, grandchildren’s and this country’s future. They are failing to recognise that there is a large silent majority of people who are NOT racist but sick of being called racists if we say anything about what is happening with the rorting going on. | Robert |
| NEW ZEALAND will be returning to tribal rule within 50 years if the rot is not stopped. Governments are to scared to do anything in case the race card is used. | Derek |
| After talking a good game before the last election, they have dropped that ball and turned out to be a pack of whimps. | Laurie |
| The tribes should use some of their collective wealth to solve and fund their own troublesome issues. not bludge of Govt. | mike |
| The Judiciary and Directors General/ Bureaucrats need to stop ignoring Govt policy !! | john |
| Why do my many part-Maori descendants want nothing to do with the stuff they are shoving at us | Catherine |
| TELL luxon HE PROMISED TO MAKE ALL NZEALANDERS EQUAL but his govt. ministers are creating MORE & MORE to iwi & other maori groups .SO WHAT of his promises can voters believe now.THE TREATY WAS SIGNED GIVING ALL CONTROL TO THIS AUTHORITY SO WHY are peoles (MOST SPEAK ENGLISH) TAX MONEY being given to a maoris to build a marea BUT WILL ENGLISH PEOPLE BE ALLOWED INSIDE IT OR ONLY MAORI. | Cindy |
| They promised to end race based politics, instead they have facilitated it! Shame on them!! | John |
| ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! THEY ARE HAPPILY SITTING BACK AND LETTING MAORI RE-WRITE THE LAW. WHAT ON EARTH DOES ‘TIKANGA’ MEAN? A DIFFERENT MEANING IS OFFERED FROM EACH PERSON!!! | Sylvia |
| hell no !! very disappointing ! will lose lots of votes,next election ! alternatives with left side even worse ! getting quotes for australia !! | norman |
| >move all race based legislation that enables any ethnic group of citizens to have preferential privilege or undue influence over public policy or public funding. | FRancis |
| what on earth are they afraid of? What is scaring them from making any sort of race based exclusions. | peter |
| very sad with nationals lack of sad that national so bad now !!many traditional supporters getting turned off, but no one except nz 1st and act, they must be laughing !! national performance very bad,sadl! many | norman |
| I was a National voter, but am unsure as they are not stepping up on this issue. | Anthony |
| Absolutely despicable what National haven’t achieved in this term of governance Tribal rule under a National lead government is a certainly | Shane |
| Promises broken. National is untrustworthy | Peter |
| They certainly have NOT done enough and certainly have gone nowhere near what they promised in their election promises when they formed a government in 2023. | Keith |
| It should be simple. We are ONE! Everyone is equal. Joe Williams be damned. | DOUGLAS |
| The gov needs to show some backbone and finish what they said they would do! | William |
| They campaigned to get rid of race based legislation then did an about turn when elected | Gareth |
| No, they have not. Pull the earwax out and listen to the people. Minimum is a referendum around the “treaty principals”. You know what I mean Mister Luxon. | Ray |
| The current governing party made promises on these issues which they have consistently failed to deliver on. This should have been their first order of priority. Instead, they continue to dither while Rome burns. If National doesn’t get anywhere in this coming election, they will have nobody to blame but themselves. I’m predicting a large swing to ACT, David Seymour and his party are talking the talk and trying to remedy things and the public knows it. National has now lost whatever support I have given them in the past, I’m going with a party that want to fix the mess that we are in. | Trevor |
| One New Zealander one vote NnOT racew based | Barry |
| I am tired of the endless debate about Maori being special, to me all people have the same value, it’s just that there are good people and others, regardless of race | Gerhard |
| Obfuscation there for all to see! | Mike |
| Definitely not. They have let there supporters down terribly. God help this country if the left get back in. | Owen |
| And something needs to be done soon. Otherwise, we become just another Banana Republic. If that happens, there will be more to worry about than debt, poverty and crime. The majority of the population will not be able to hold back – there will be violence. | Grahame |
| National have done nothing to stop race-based creep. And will not be getting our votes ever again. They did did not keep there promises to do so. | Steve |
| They are pussyfooting around dont have the nouse to end race based policies | Warren |
| When the Chiefs signed the Treaty in 1840, they were conferring sovereignty over New Zealand on the British Monarch. That is in the sense that they agreed to accept the Queen’s sovereignty, not that they were giving it, because they did not have it. | Barrie |
| Act is the only one talking sense, whilst Luxon allows everything to put end democracy and bring on tribal control. | Marianne |
| There appears to be no sound leadership. Too much smiling faces and no bite. | Mark |
| No, gutless | Beau |
| Have always voted National but seriously looking at Act solely because of Nationals lack of action in stopping race based actions. | Les |
| I won’t be voting for them as they have betrayed us. | Helen |
| Definitely not, in fact I think they are continuing and escalating race based policies by stealth. | Sheryl |
| Broken election promises | Keith |
| Hasn’t even scratched the surface. Very disappointed in National and this current collation government. | Ronald |
| They have been as weak as dishwater. Get rid of any race based legislation-one law for all. The amount of money the iwi want for cultural appeasement is disgustingly, it’s no more than blackmail. I’ve had enough! | LAURA |
| National must introduce all of their pre election promises that all citizens are equal. If they do not then it will be the start of a NZ wide war to retain equality. | Steve |
| The National Party needs to stand up and show that there can only be 1 law for all and no race can have more power than others | Annabelle |
| Our concern is they have left it too late to do anything now to halt this maori juggernaut. We are hearing daily of these huge demands for various parts of the country assisted by the courts. Quite frankly National have lost the plot and probably too late to turn it around. | Judy |
| All Kiwis are immigrants. All are equal. This needs to be enshrined in common law. | Doug |
| I would ask, Have they done anything to end it?. | Bruce |
| Far less than was promised before the current Govt came into power | John |
| It would seem that National are very afraid | Lawrence |
| Getting rid of the Maori seats would be a good start. | Murray |
| Seem to be concealing it in the acts they are putting forward | Sandra |
| This growing raft of Maori claims for $millions of dollars MUST be stopped. Maybe we start a claim for dollars because I was a descendant of convict brought here in chains…. | Carl |
| It could be argued that The National party’s behaviour during the current term of govt represents one of the biggest betrayals of pre-electoral promises in NZ history, second only to the deceit of Liecinda and Liebour in covertly actually doing the groundwork for them through their then concealed he puapua co-governance agenda. | Rob |
| National have done everything possible to gaslight us on this. The mystifying extension of Glazebrook’s term, and letting bureaucrat mischief pollute legislation reeks either of incompetence or treachery (pick one only). | Tony |
| No, it has been a bit of a disappointment. But Labour would have likely been even worse. | Kate |
| National have broken their promises to get elected. | Pauline |
| Big disappointment really. We breathed a sigh of relief when the coalition got in only to now realise nothing has really changed. I believe Luxon has taken too much advice from John Key and continued the march towards co-governance much to his detriment as we will see when he loses this election. | Lawrie |
| A foot in each camp is not win-win for National, its lose-lose as it is increasingly for all New Zealanders | Margaret |
| Clearly not! | Bruce |
| Luxon and National have done little to decelerate racial tension in New Zealand. they are in a good position to do so – with 2 coalition partners prepared tp work on abolition of race bias. Shame their efforts are thwarted by such a meek faced leading party and leader. | Peter |
| National don’t seem to realise the main reason they were voted in was to get rid of the maorification of New Zealand. Instead they are blindly moving ahead in the opposite direction. It defies common sense that are doing this. I ask myself, is it arrogance, ignorance or just plain dumb. I shudder to think that by the end of the year we will have another labour, no first, and friends back to continue the ruination of no. | Lorraine |
| They have sold out New Zealanders. Disgusted, as their voter, unable to support them this election. They would have to put in place something very strong to get my vote this time. | Sandra |
| The term Academic Idiots can be transferred to Political Idiots It seems that New Zealand has only had Idiots leading them for a long time. Congratulations NZ, you have joined the US, Russia, Australia and the majority of countries in Our World where systems are degenerating into chaos due to Political Ineptitude and Neglect. A complete Systems Overhaul is required. | CHARLES |
| We need all race based exceptions, exemptions and preferences totally removed asap. National are simply not stepping up and these Maori caims, grievances, objections and ransom demands are completely baseless and out of control. This is the main factor holding NZ back, worse than the carbon scam. | Mike |
| There is no visible sign that national represents all the people under one law. In fact, they are shifting the promise to after the election when action should have happened 2 years ago. Is this snakes in the grass? | Raymond |
| It is worse | Barre |
| They have done sweet all. They are just part of the Labour party. | steven |
| No, that is one of the reasons for their loss of voter support. | Mark |
| They need to grow a pair and deal to this, once and for all. | Allan |
| any group can be invited to discuss proposals…moari or non Maori however the democratic decision making rests with the overarching government of NZ. | Gavin |
| Today’s commentary by Muriel clearly makes the case that National has not fulfilled it’s promises and is a bitter disappointment to it’s previous supporters. | Ronnie |
| They have many un fulfilled promises to remove co-governance | Peter |
| They have been pathetic on this score – which is NZ’s biggest political issue. | Gerry |
| Lost our vote particularly the Indian ‘FTA’ | Max |
| Not even close. A clear broken promise. | Tony |
| Not by any measure, It has failed completely | David |
| One ” hell of a battle ” is on the horizon. A re-elected National will once and for all time rid New Zealand of this race based garbage shit show. | Chris |
| National received the mandate to make the changes, last election. They have failed. Luxon, Watts, Bishop, Goldsmith, Brown and Willis all carry the blame. The party is weak and timid and voters feel abandoned. | DAVID |
| national doesn’t have the guts to carry through on what they promised last election, time to stop acting like strides with head in sand. | Chris |
| National lied to us, the talk before the election was ‘National opposes co-governance’. Now in power they are encouraging it. I don’t trust them to do anything they say they’re going to do before this election. | Lee |
| If anything they are quietly promoting it | Mike |
| National has failed NZ | Gavin |
| If anything, the situation is worse. It appears the only solution is to leave | Colin |
| Iwi entitlement so entrenched in local & central Government that this Govt needs to declare total overhaul, accountability & transparency of all rates and taxes so the people who pay have a say in where their money goes and vote accordingly | Tricia |
| An absolute disgrace in that the public voted National, ACT and NZ First into power on the understanding that they would take the axe to Aderns HePuapua treasonable fiasco. They have not and if they continue to thumb their noses at the public they will be out in November. | Neville |
| NO…NILCH….Not a thing! Should be well and truly gone by now! LUXFLAKE has not done a thing….and the rest of NATIONAL are still SHTUMM their silence has remained DEAFENING! I think that they will remain SILENT, until the VOTER GIVES THEM THE BAD NEWS IN NOVEMBER! THEN LUXO, CAN SWAN OFF OVERSEAS FOR HIS PLUM JOB IN DAVOS…….JUST LIKE ARDERN….. | DAVID |
| They will be punished but if the media stepped up and reported honestly, the backlash would be overwhelming. | Antoni |
| These raced based policies are bankrupting NZ they need to stop all funding draw a line in the sand and stand up for all New Zealanders. Actually show some leadership and follow through. | Cecilia |
| As far as i can see they are promoting them | Sheila |
| Not at all. No one had the guts to sort it. | Cecilie |
| Gutless politicians!! | DAVID |
| National has lost my vote completely with their namby pamby policies to end race based policies. They would have to give a firm committment to remove all race based policies in their first 100 days if re-elected, to get my vote back. | Trevor |
| It still goes on and on | Ray |
| Vacillation reigns supreme in Wellington! | Michael |
| Definitely NOT | Alastair |
| ACT tried but National undermined them. | John |
| Definitely NOT! | Alastair |
| I cannot, in all conscience, vote for National. Despite a recognition that the government has lost control, and a clear statement of intent to fix it, they remain spineless in not addressing the problem. | Peter |
| Blindingly excruciatingly bloody obvious | Mark |
| That National lot has been behaving like birds of a feather in their dealings with the Maori elite. They have emboldened a certain group of so called leaders to the point that they have started to behave and act like gangsters. It always starts with bullying and extortion. The next step is always damaging things and people and that is followed by murder. Be aware!!!! | Michael |
| They have failed to do what was promised. Take a brief look at all the State sectors particularly local government, education and health. Need I say more. | Chris |
| NO where near what they promised. Our society is becoming more and more race based. Look how much was given to build a Marae when hospitals are struggling to make ends meet. Totally racist. | Jillian |
| Far from it – they appear to be supporting it | Chris |
| National is just as pathetic as Labour. Same destruction, but at a slower pace. | Jan |
| Sucking up is all they’re doing. | Graeme |
| No, far too timid. Should have dealt to the PIJF on day one. It should also have kept its eyes on Australia and see what is happening to the Liberal Party and its weak stance in the face of the rise and rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation. | David |
| A simple solution exists for the National Party to end the racism nonsense, all it takes is the guts to do it. | Jeff |
| I used to support National – no longer! They are a disgrace. | Mark |
| Could have done better on their promises. Reducing Maori in Govt Depts in schools for example they have done well in some areas. | Phil |
| Their lack of action on this issue is extremely disappointing, and likely the end of National as a viable party | David |
| He iwi tahi tatou. We are ONE people | Mal |
| Not nearly enough, there is still govt depts using the maori name over the English and still Maori electorates. National were elected on their policy of reducing race based policies and refused to support Act on their principals bill and as yet there has been no mention of a referendum on maori seats. Supporting a referendum on maori seats and the disestablishment of the waitangi tribunal would be what I consider what they should have done and should do | Alec |
| Nothing has been done, ACT will get my vote next. Luxon the Fence- Rider. You promised you would address this power-grab by Maori. You really Need to wake up and to be prepared for the Backlash. backlash. | Bruce |
| Time groups like Kuku were jailed | Chris |
| Nowhere near enough. The main reason they got my vote last election and I feel hugely let down | Bryan |
| Idiots will lose this election because they’re too gutless to stand against the iwi takeover of NZ. | Koreen |
| A broken promise from my perspective. Too busy focusing on issue like Under 16 access to internet, that we didn’t vote for | Nick |
| They have hardly scratched the surface. They need to sort out the blackmail and the apartheid that is rampant in NZ. | Neil |
| Failed dismissally | Stephen |
| No National has NOT done enough to make us ONE PEOPLE because that’s not part of the Globalist Agenda which Sponsors some of our Politicians. | Geoff |
| Not nearly enough promises promises they will be lucky if anyone owes for them I never will again they just pussyfoot around making a noise but sit on there hands | Peter |
| Pathetic | Peter |
| Luxon just doesn’t seem to get it! | John |
| No, we have to rely on Act and NZF. | Chris |
| National has lost my party vote due to this and if a good candidate stands for Act in my electorate will loose that vote as well. | Lex |
| It even close, in fact they have done the opposite ! | Stuart |
| Unless National ups it’s game on addressing the issues of maorification of this country I for one after a lifetime of supporting their party will not give them my vote in 2026 election! | Bill |
| We are New Zealanders, this is ruining our country | kerry |
| They can talk about it in the house, but don’t action it outside. Result, nothing gets done.. | Fergus |
| National at present are a HUGE joke re One Law for All – they are simply promise breakers. Our New Zealand is STUFFED unless there is a BIG change from National and until then there is NO WAY that I could ever vote National again. | Brian |
| One word TIMID | Keith |
| Sadly, many people with some Maori ancestry get no money but get blamed for something they have nothing to do with. | Chuck |
| They campaigned on scrapping multiple race base policies and still we are not seeing any fundamental reversal of these race base agenda – all talk and no do | John |
| In reality the current government, heade by National, has done basically nothing toend race based policies, admittedly the problem is not helped by the obstruction caused by a very leftist public service. But that is a proble that any minster with a spine should have no trouble dealing with. As I have said before, if you want to do somethinge then you will do it. | Hugh |
| Luxon the appeaser doesn’t have the stones to address this and National needs to lead and sort this issue pronto | Phil |
| The subject of maorification has become a very talked about topic in bars, hotels, workplaces, smokorooms, cafes and private households……actually, almost everywhere. I don’t recall ever hearing a supportive or encouraging side to it’s force fed continuation. WE ARE ALL SICK OF IT. | Murray |
| Gutless fooools | Gill |
| Definately NO NO NO | Jim |
| Definitely not | Warren |
| The coalition, rather than National alone, has done nothing like enough and therefore do not deserve to be re-elected. The crucial issue, is, the left group are are lot worse. | Peter |
| Absolutely no! | Joe |
| National are useless! | Evans |
| If anything it has gotten worse | Kevin |
| They are insipid when it comes to the Maori takeover Can’t understand their thinking given they are meant to be from the right | Barry |
| Unless this situation is corrected without any further delay the National Party may find themselves as a minor coalition partner after the next election | Bruce |
| No indeed. They’ve actually made things far worse. | Jim |
| Traitors have done nothing to remove the ongoing Maorification of NZ & will continue to see a massive exodus of talented White kiwis to offshore locations & away from racist divisive Tribal rule. | Derek |
| They have promised an end to race based policies, and in reality have done very little to achieve that. | Rod |
| Wake up and do what you promised.. you’ve lost our votes. | Donald |
| National have displayed how gutless they are. | Chris |
| A total let-down. It’s hard to believe we are still having this debate after all these years. | Terry |
| National is a disgrace. Democracy continues to go down the toilet! | Paul |
| ENOUGH SEGREGATION | Mike |
| It has turned a blind eye. PM Luxon appears to be in awe of Maori and under the thumb of the Iwi Leaders Forum. | pdm |
| And because they have fond sfa they are going to lose many seats to the coalition partners. | Elizabeth |
| National govt have not done anything to end race based policies. They need to remove ALL maori names from Govt Departments and stop giving maoris any more money. Maori NEVER owned any of the land that the Govt have given them billions of $. Maori plundered everything .. they Never ever owned it. | Des |
| Nz is a boiling pot of cultures now and as such there should be one rule for all kiwis. | Nick |
| As usual National is the instigator of a race based system. Their stupidity once again alienates non Maori NZers from rights in their own land. Basically making us second class citizens and sadly it is exactly these peole who keep voting them in. | Michael |
| They have done the opposite. They have been deceptive from the PM down | Graeme |
| Divide & control by any race needs to end. | Coral |
| Nzders voted to stop races based preference but they have let this country down. Voters should show their distain and vote act or Nz first at the election so national gets the message | Greg |
| Not even close | Les |
| Spineless and backsliding on their pre-election promises. National may well end up as a minor party in any future government and rightly so. | Andy |
| Bloody useless Nats | Colin |
| LuxFlake Says it all | Ross |
| Not even close. One wonders just what is the power that the activists hold over the PM and his party or does he prefer apartheid politics? | Geoff |
| Thats why they are losing vites | Lynn |
| The coalition does not have the backbone to stand up to iwi , and what iwi are doing is CORRUPTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE and is jailable | Colin |
| it is now getting too late for Luxon and crew to grow some balls. The gradual slide in to complete racial disharmony continues. Who is going to step up and make the call that Kiwis are calling for. One Country, One People. | Urban |
| They have been a bitter dissapointment in this regard and will unfortunately pay the penalty in October. | David |
| National needed to do a lot more than just saying that race-based policies are ended, as we’ve seen the bureaucrats in government, councils, education, etc. are still actively implementing these divisive & undemocratic policies unchecked by National. They need to take David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill to referendum at the next election. | John |
| A bunch of impotent imposters…. | Robert |
| Lucson lied cannot be trusted a WEF WHO UN corrupt paid off SOCIALIST puppet !!!! | Greg |
| National must end race-based policies | Ray |
| Certainly not. I suspect they will pay the price for the lack of leadership strength they are currently demonstrating to the nation. | Andrew |
| They have done nothing concrete whatever to reverse the inequality seeping into NZ law and public mindsets. As a party National has failed completely to remove the shift towards gifting NZ to Maori control which now appears almost unstoppable leading towards 2040. Not sure who is pushing this insane nonsense at the very top of the ladder, but the average NZ’er has had quite enough of this treachery. | John |
| This must be addressed as a left coalition would make it even worse | John |
| Gutless wonders | Peter |
| Massive disappointment | Meg |
| Are pathetic as they try to be Everyman they need to declare who they are and stand by it | Dorothy |
| No where near enough! | Graham |
| 3 years of usual bs. | Richard |
| Absolutely not. National lack spine. | Martyn |
| It is another case of Luxon being too timid to progress what the majority of New Zealander’s demand. He and the National party will pay dearly for this betrayal in the upcoming election. Only Act and to a lessor degree NZ First are emdeavouring to put a stop to all of this Maori takeover crap. If David Seymour had got his Treaty Bill thru, it would have gone a very long way to stopping this march for Maori domination. | Peter |
| Definitely not. They have been a handbrake and made things worse. | Karen |
| GUTLESS | Gordon |
| National have aided and abetted race based policies. They will pay the price for this on 7th November | Andrew |
| I feel betrayed by National. They are either corrupt or stupid if they don’t realise what corruption they are supporting. | Laurie |
| Playing with it | Ken |
| The public want everyone to be treated the same but we all know that Maori keep getting special treatment and rights. To keep up the cost of trying to appease the endless claims is detrimental to the average New Zealander. | Mary |
| No where enough has been done they are spineless | Carl |
| Cannot read the room – so long National | Graham |
| They are failing badly | David |
| Luxon appears to be scared to rock the boat. Potaka appears to be a Maori party MP. | Ann |
| Although promises were made prior to the last election the end result was very little action was taken by the national coalition and national opposed ACT party policies in this area | Bruce |
| Absolutely not! They are so afraid of losing votes they are dancing around the issue, and angering the population more and more | Hilary |
| Very disappointed with National going back on its word, the main reason they did so well in the last election. Their coalition partners are the only ones brave enough to try and solve this serious problem inflamed by the Ardern/ Hipkins government. | Wayne |
| The principle of democracy must be upheld at all cost. New Zealand cannot afford to have race based policies! | Garry |
| It has simply carried on where Labour left off. | Bryan |
| National is floundering and, through its inaction, is allowing the Treaty Principles to become further entrenched. Every day that passes will make them more difficult to change. The Government needs to stop delaying, honour its election commitments, and get on with the job it was elected to do. | Bruce |
| Absolutely not… | David |
| Time for them to start putting in place the policies that they told us in 2024 they would if we voted them in. | Bryan |
| Abso-bloody-lutely NOT. | Fred |
| Sold a lemon 3 years ago. Never trust them again | Mike |
| I suggest those of us disappointed in Nats failure but still wanting them part of the next government split our vote. Give ACT or NZF your party vote and Nationsl the list candidate vote. Doing so will show Nationsl our disgust and hopefully give the right a parliamentary overhang to counter TMP on the left. It will also give the coalition partners more power for force action on this assault on democracy. | Grant |
| Of course they have not, they have screwed up big time and it is not for want of having been told this. PM Luxon has to take the cloth out of his hubris blocked ears, wake the heck up for once in this, his likely last term as PM and deal with it hard and decisively. Fail and that is it, gone. | Doug |
| A dismal failure by the luxflakes and National. | Gordon |
| Luxon is even more spineless than Key, ( if that is even possible…) | Hans |
| Lots more to do | Alan |
| No Not even eh | Geoffrey |
| To me the 2025 election resulting in the current coalition with Luxon as PM presented the last realistic chance of stopping/reversing maorification. The three parties even gave us hope they would do this by the terms of their coalition agreements. However, with the rejection by Luxon and Peter’s of the Treaty Principles bill all hope has been dashed. Conclusion: we are presented with a carefully selected pack of arrogant idiots (unable to see the consequences of their actions/inactions) to elect to govern us. As long as they continue to receive their generous salaries with benefits I’m alright Jack! | Alan |
| No. National are liars and racists. | Peter |
| National is full I think of cowards, who would have thought that a Tribal people with the constant threat of intimidation and bullying to our politicians could have gotten so far that they seem to be able to hold our country to ransom. No wonder so many are leaving. If I was younger I would want to do the same. I guess we will soon be living in an apartheid country. Our Politicians have let us down extremely badly. | Paul |
| National and this coalition appear to have increased, co-governance, co-management, joint management or what ever you want to call it with one self identifying ethnic group. The NZ public have never been consulted regarding these moving constitutional arrangements that affect us all daily, it has never been publicly discussed and no referendum has been put before the citizens of New Zealand. In fact PM Luxon, “does not like anything about the treaty principals”, also a moving feast giving power to one ethic group while excluding all others. Plus the public is obligated to accept indoctrination/ propaganda, corruption of our English language, promotes spiritualism, /rituals we do not agree with that kids and much of the working age population are forced to participate in, in my view | Sam |
| The Iwi have had too much leeway extortion is the new mandate.People grizzle at the cost of their power bills but never ask how much of that. Ost goes out to Iwi extortion for just putting water thru the turbines and passed back out to the river. 180 million or so recently to a Nah Tahu by one generator alone how for each other hydro generator on the Clyde, Waikato, Waikaremoana, Waitaki power schemes and now just look at the amount trying to be extorted by Port Tauranga, and how many other ports are quietly paying this ransom | William |
| Nats are ideological softies, appeasement junkies on a scale like the UK traitor Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Luxon is exactly the same, soft as a bar of soap, and slippery as, always ” working on it”, but always hoping it will just dissolve like an old bar of soap …… | Bruno |
| NATIONAL are still hopeless, are in for a huge drubbing, come November…… sold KIWIS, a lemon, with the F.T.A INDIA….. what did N.Z get? A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING BURGER, plus a nasty IMMIGRATION RAW DEAL…. THE GOLDEN GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING, NOTHING!! Thanks for NOTHING LUXO, YOU WILL BE THROWN OUT AT THE ELECTION.. SO I GUESS YOU WILL SWAN OFF AND COLLECT THAT PLUM JOB SHWABB HAS KEPT FOR YOU AT THE W.E.F, SO YOU STILL MAY GET YOUR REWARD…….MAYBE NOT! | DAVID |
| No – and did it ever intend to do so? It did not expect to be in coalition – so used delay to hamper progress on commitments. In 2026, National could prefer a coalition with Labour. Then the He Puapua agenda would accelerate sharply. | Mary |
| Not at all. | Monica |
| National has actively supported and worked to further embed co-governance and race-based preference in NZ law. Act and NZ First have apparently been unable to prevent this from happening. It is an appalling betrayal of those who voted for this government. | Wendy |
| No, National definitely has not done enough to end race based policies, which is why so many people won’t vote for them anymore. In light of their election promises to end co-governance that announcement by Tama Potaka shows they cannot be trusted. | Dave |
| The Coalition is so disappointing. It is a huge indictment on them all that more hasn’t been done to stop the tribal juggernaut! | Murray |
| National has only paid lip service to the problem, otherwise those marine reserve co-governance plans would have been ditched long ago. I won’t vote for them because of their failure to take this issue seriously. | Paula |
| Why haven’t ACT and NZ First put more pressure on National to do more? After all fixing this is a combined responsibility. | Hugh |
| There is no excuse for National not fulfilling their election promises to restore equality and end race-based rights. Are they arrogant or just naive? | Frank |