Two years ago, we were counting the days to the 14 October General Election. With the left-leaning legacy media in overdrive – promoting the parties on the left and attacking those on the centre-right, New Zealanders desperate for change were anxiously wondering whether enough was being done to overthrow Labour.
The problem was that Jacinda Ardern and her ‘we are the sole source of truth’ ruling elite had not only crushed our rights during those Covid years but were radically changing our culture too. By forcing He Puapua – their secret agenda to replace democracy with tribal rule – onto the country without any public mandate whatsoever, Kiwis had lost faith in Government and were looking for parties willing to dismantle the political establishment and give them their country back.
With National, ACT and New Zealand First promising reform, they were voted into office with 52.8 percent support, while Labour’s vote collapsed from 50 percent in 2020 to just 27 percent.
A key demand of voters was to restore local government democracy. Petition rights for Maori wards, which gave locals the final say on how their council representatives were elected, had been removed without warning by Jacinda Ardern’s Government shortly after winning a majority in 2020.
Introduced into the legislation covering local body elections by Helen Clark’s Labour Government, this petition right veto had been in place for over twenty years.
With democratic convention requiring changes to constitutional arrangements to have a higher threshold than ordinary decisions – in order to prevent those in power from manipulating the electoral system for their own advantage – petition rights were used as a democratic safeguard to be applied in the two situations that involved voting system changes: The first was when the method of voting was being switched between FPP (First Past the Post) and STV (Single Transferable Voting), and the second was when the electoral roll needed modification to accommodate Maori Ward voting.
Petition rights, which enabled locals to challenge and overturn a decision to establish Maori wards if 5 percent of voters supported a petition calling for a binding referendum, had been used successfully on 23 occasions over the years. In those cases, council decisions to establish Maori wards without the approval of their community were reversed, as locals made it very clear: they did not want their communities divided by race.
The Herald’s Chief Political Reporter Audrey Young, was scathing about Labour’s removal of the veto right: “The Government has made a strong case for abolishing local voters’ ability to overturn a council’s decision to establish a Maori ward. So it is unforgivable that Labour did not put it in its 2020 election manifesto. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta foreshadowed the move within weeks of the election. It was clearly on Labour’s agenda all along. It may be a divisive issue but there is no excuse for Labour having hidden it at the election. No doubt Labour feared it could strengthen the arm of Act or, more importantly, of New Zealand First and did not want to take the risk of saying what it wanted to do in case the issue cost it votes.”
And that indeed turned out to be the case. Labour’s He Puapua agenda had been kept well hidden, even as it was being rolled out. With the tribal takeover of local government a key objective, preventing communities from blocking the establishment of Maori wards, was regarded as crucial.
When the newly elected Coalition Government finally announced their policies in November 2023, restoring local democracy through the reintroduction of petition rights was a priority.
As a result, the decision of whether Maori wards stay or go is again in the hands of voters.
That means electors in those 42 communities where race-based seats had been imposed by councils without public approval – see the full list below – now have the opportunity to vote in a referendum to either “Keep” or “Remove” their Maori Wards.
With Local Government Election Day now less than a week away (voting closes at noon on Saturday 11 October, with Tuesday 7 October the last day for postal voting – after which voting papers must be dropped off at council ballot boxes to be counted), there are growing concerns over whether those opposed to race-based division in local government are doing enough to counter the massive effort going into ensuring the Maori wards are retained.
In fact, alarm bells are now ringing over whether so-called ‘independent’ bodies are crossing the line to advocate for Maori wards.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator Frank Newman, a former local body councillor and political strategist, has been monitoring election developments in the North, and since the concerns he has raised appear to be part of a well-orchestrated nation-wide campaign to retain the Maori wards, we are sharing them here:
“With seven days to go, in Northland the turnout by Maori electoral roll voters is 22.3% compared with just 9% at the same time at the last election. The general voter turnout is also up, but not by the same magnitude. The difference is significant enough to ask the question: Why is such a big difference in the Maori roll turnout, not replicated in the general roll?
“It may have something to do with the Maori ward referendum.
“The referendum is a big deal. Not only will it affect the influence Maori have over local councils and their access to huge resources and the rights that go with it, but it will have a flow-on effect for the Maori seats in Parliament. If the Keep vote wins on Saturday, then removing the Parliamentary seats will become much harder than it already is.
“There may be several reasons for the unusually high turnout on the Maori roll.
“One explanation is that the Keep Maori wards lobby groups are mobilising their supporters better than the Remove groups. Whether that will swing the result in favour of a Keep win remains to be seen.
“What we also know is that the Electoral Commission, in co-operation with local councils, has been very actively encouraging people to vote. But encouraging who?”
Frank describes how mobile voting booths are travelling the region, visiting marae and remote communities to ‘encourage’ voting.
In fact, an enormous – and very expensive – effort is going into the Far North, where the Mayor is a strong supporter of Maori wards: “Six mobile ballot box units will travel the district visiting urban centres and small or remote Far North communities in an effort to reduce barriers to voting and help anyone wanting to enrol or cast a special vote. Mobile ballot boxes will be available throughout the district, 7 days a week from 10 September to 10 October. It’ll come to your marae, your local hall, school, sports club or market.”
With biased pro-Maori ward newspaper reporting and subtle pro-Maori ward campaigning by local council staff, we can only hope that Kiwis understand the inherent danger of racial division and vote for unity.
Concerns have also been raised about bias in the Electoral Commission itself. It turns out that this body, which should go out of its way to ensure it is not influenced by politics, has also embraced He Puapua.
Their website explains their Chief Maori Advisor leads a team which not only helps “embed a Maori worldview throughout the Commission to honour our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, but also prioritises “engagement and partnership with Tangata Whenua.”
How on earth can the Electoral Commission – an organisation that is fundamental to our democracy – have become an advocate for Maori sovereignty and the tribal elite’s fake ‘partnership’ agenda?
With Local Government New Zealand now pressing for the Electoral Commission to take over the running of all council elections from 2028, and the Commission responsible for running the 2026 General Election, it is vital that this separatist influence is removed by the Coalition Government as an absolute priority.
In spite of Maori ward councillors swearing an oath to work in the best interests of the community, their focus on syphoning as much council funding as possible away from areas of greatest need into projects that only benefit Maori, can be extremely detrimental to the overall public good.
When the Coalition’s Local Government (Maori Wards) Amendment Act was passed into law, it gave councils that had established Maori wards without a mandate from their community the options of either voting to disestablish them or to hold a binding referendum at the election.
The only council that voted for abolition was the Kaipara District Council. Mayor Craig Jepson explained that a key reason was to remove their destructive influence:
“The Maori seats have become radicalised. Our Maori ward councillor continually disrupted and undermined our council. Although she took an oath to work in the best interests of all people, she clearly put the interests of Maori first, at the expense of everyone else.
“It has also cost ratepayers a lot of money because the council has had to respond to frivolous Code of Conduct complaints and legal challenges to our decisions, asserting we have breached our Treaty obligations.
“The simple fact is the Kaipara District Council is not the Crown and does not have duties as a signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. Our council meets its obligations to Maori as required by the Local Government Act. We facilitate participation by Maori in local decision-making processes, but while doing so, we ensure our decision-making entails equal rights for all communities and people of the district.”
Those “frivolous” Code of Conduct complaints, that had become such a liability for the Kaipara Council, are now set to debilitate all Councils if the Local Government Commission gets their way.
This group of four Commissioners, three of whom were originally appointed by the former Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta – with a fourth member appointed last year by the Coalition – have produced a draft Code of Conduct that would compel all councillors to effectively swear allegiance to “Te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
With the so-called Maori version of the Treaty effectively a front for He Puapua, the proposed Code would require Councillors to support co-governance and the fake Treaty partnership agenda.
For a Coalition Government elected on the promise of halting He Puapua and eliminating race-based policies from legislation, to even consider such a proposal defies logic. One can only hope that the whole concept has only been presented as a serious recommendation by this ‘independent’ body because it was originally commissioned by a Labour Minister. But, if that is the case, it is clear that the agency is still working for the former government and should be sacked.
All is not well within our local councils, and there is little doubt the Coalition is aware of the financial risks to ratepayers and to central government should bail-outs be required – which seems inevitable if councils continue their current trajectory.
The essence of the problem is that local councils have been taken over by left-wing radicals who are using council resources to advance their ideological agendas. Worse, they are doing so against the will of the communities they purport to represent.
As a result, so few people are engaged in local politics – and the media coverage is now so poor – that a vacuum of ignorance allows these radicals to get themselves elected without fair scrutiny.
With Council voting likely to end up at around 40 percent – only half of the general election turnout – the only hope for a better outcome is if sensible people, who don’t normally bother voting, can be encouraged to do so.
So here’s the challenge: please ensure everyone you know votes and that they – including voting age children and grandchildren – are aware of the dangers of radicalisation and race-based division, and say ‘no’ to Maori wards and left-wing capture.
*The 42 councils holding a Maori Seat referendum at the 2025 elections are:
- Central Hawke’s Bay District Council
- Far North District Council
- Gisborne District Council
- Hamilton City Council
- Hastings District Council
- Hauraki District Council
- Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
- Horizons Regional Council (Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council)
- Horowhenua District Council
- Hutt City Council
- Kapiti Coast District Council
- Kawerau District Council
- Manawatu District Council
- Masterton District Council
- Marlborough District Council
- Matamata-Piako District Council
- Napier City Council
- Nelson City Council
- New Plymouth District Council
- Northland Regional Council
- Otorohanga District Council
- Porirua City Council
- Palmerston North City Council
- Rangitikei District Council
- Rotorua District Council
- Ruapehu District Council
- South Taranaki District Council
- South Wairarapa District Council
- Stratford District Council
- Taranaki Regional Council
- Tararua District Council
- Tasman District Council
- Taupo District Council
- Thames-Coromandel District Council
- Waikato District Council
- Waipa District Council
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Regional Council
- Western Bay of Plenty District Council
- Whakatane District Council
- Whanganui District Council
- Whangarei District Council
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Do you believe the Electoral Commission’s embedding of a Maori World View represents a threat to democracy in New Zealand?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| YES! So what is the combined Maori world view today? What was the MWV prior to the 19th century? The shame is that after the TOW fulfilled its purpose that the new settlers and Maori together in those early times went about to create a new Nation where all it’s citizens had the same opportunity to prosper and be self sufficient. There was dissent of course, but both sides weren’t blame free. Nevertheless, for quite a while, it looked as though New Zealand was coping well with becoming a harmonious Nation. Now we have dissent again but this time our democracy is on the line. It is up to the public to select what sort of arrangement we want, to manage our country for our future. So as the saying goes – we all need to take care in what we wish for! | Geoff |
| It’s just more of the Maori fabrication of their sterilized history. | Tony |
| Absolutely. When does this nonsense cease!! | Tony |
| They can have their view , but do not push it on others. | John |
| Democracy world wide can not be taken for granted. If the citizens of any current democratic country vote more toward an emotional appeal rather than a more pragmatic influence then this attitude could spell future serious trouble. The more pragmatic administrators seem to have a discipline that favours rewarding old fashion hard work and commercial success. Those driven by emotion have good intentions but are let down by those who merrily take great advantage of the benevolence and an overall soft compassionate aura that seems to be the typical psychic of those who follow this path. This eventually leads to social and financial failure and the necessity of a correction by the way of the introduction of very harsh and stringent measures in an attempt to maintain control. The future of any democratic country rests with its voters. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish (vote) for! | Garry. |
| LUXON, and his band of corrupt politician mates having a huge joke at the expense of the clownworld voters at the selection, that they called an election, seeing other selected corrupt politcians getting voted in by an illegal GERRYMANDER!! They think this is a JOKE AT OUR EXPENSE. | David |
| New Zealand now faces the real threat of sliding into to Tribal rule, The Coalition is not working hard enough to repel the Leftist Policies imbedded in LGNZ and other areas of our Society promised at the last General Election. The national turnout at Local Body elections was abysmal- We need to make it compulsory as it is in Australia for all voting age people to vote- if you don’t vote, don’t complain when our country has descended into Tribalism and sections of society become second class citizens based on your ancestry. | John |
| Definitely, just need to look at who these commisioner were appointed by. New Zealand’s democracy under fire again. | Anon |
| This body should be truly impartial. | John |
| Appalling behaviour | Mark |
| Central govt.wants Local govt. to stick to core spending.. Embedding a Maori World View costs much more than core spending and is actually unnecessary. | Monica |
| They should be at pains to be non-political. They shouldn’t be pushing some Maori agenda. | Josie |
| Nzcpr is odd. | Gemma |
| Fix it Luxon or go away | Michael |
| Deffinitely!! | Lenice |
| For me it’s one rule for every person in NZ, wards have no mandate and have no place in regional management bodies. They slow decision making and further slow progress and growth because the unfairly pander to the whims of the racial and radical Maori wanting further inroads towards their aspirations for total control of the country. Maori | Paul |
| Yes, shame on them. | COLIN |
| One country, one people. Let everyone be equal. No special treatment for anyone. Chris Luxon needs to honour what he said before the election and do it fast. | dianne |
| They are expected to be totally neutral. | Denis |
| Our forbearers fought world war conflicts so future generations could live in a democratic country. Maori are not indigenous to NZ and I will not live under Tribal rule that is made up of myths and fabricated false history. | Wayne |
| Yes, all people are equal. This is not acceptable! | Mick |
| New Zealand belongs to multiple Nations. Not maori alone. They didn’t own the entirety of the country as there were other residents already in New Zealand, including Scots and other ethnicities. How can maori justify owning ALL of New Zealand? Why don’t they just accept their ancestry and get into a happier future without anger. | Sharron |
| Electoral Commission should remain independent and unbiased at all times. | Noel |
| Govt must act and remove these treasonous, bias maori world view extremists. I hate anything maori today Thanks to electoral commission, maori party, greens, labour and their travellers. Every NZ must vote NZ 1st or act to bring back democracy. | Kevin |
| If Maori are ” special” what does that make all non-Maori New Zealanders? The term ” 2nd Class citizen” springs to mind. | Alastair |
| This shouldn’t even be a question in the 21st Century. | Coral |
| This country is heading and promoting Apartide and we are losing our democracy! s | David |
| The country is being hijacked. It is becoming very divisive! May common sense and wisdom prevail! May the majority have the loudest voice and not the minority. | Dianne |
| Of course it poses a threat to democracy, but that is what it ia all about, DIVISION. While they create raxe hate we aren’t taking notice of the more threatening network and legislation that has been in the pipeline proper since 1992, when National signed us into the UN’s adenda 21 pact in Rio de Janeiro. I appear to be in an area which is holding a referendum but have seen no evidence of it. What should I be looking for? | larry |
| The maori seats are an anachronism and need to go. So too the waitangi tribunal and the fake reinterpreted Treaty. | Peter |
| New Zealand must stand by one vote, one person irrespective of ethnicity. That is our heritage and our strength . | Anne |
| Strongly yes! | Denis |
| Totally anti democracy. | Gifford |
| The Electoral Commission should be totally impartial and NOT attempting the interference with democracy. | Karen |
| We are still being run by the Muppets who were embedded in place by the RED QUEEN. This lot have to get out on the street and listen to what the voters are saying. Luxton grow a pair or get out?? looks like Winston will get the majority at the next election. | rod |
| Democracy, in this country,now has been thrown out the window. Don,t be surprised if there has been a huge GERRYMANDER, in the count of the voting ballot, much the same as the stunt that BIDEN played when he got ellected! manipulation by FRAUD A.I | David |
| It is worrying that so much is being done in secret and our media is not calling it out. | Carla |
| No doubt. Many, many examples to date that show the adverse effect | David |
| Of the 42 councils voting on ‘Maori Wards’ all are in the North Is, the exception being Taasan.. Been clear for some time now how the Islands are quite divided. Perhaps we could give Maori the North Island and all other nationalities could either stay or move south!! Give it a few years and the economies could look like Israel and Palestine !! | Ian |
| there is no such thing as hori world view as they only think about their view is What money can we get, Time we get rid of any labour nominated brown nosed/corrupt members of this so called commission and try and find some sensible and honest people to make the commission respected, but with luxon pussy footing his dealings with the hori party’s this will never happen so in the near future there will be civil unrest in this once great country called NEW ZEALAND | Richard |
| Very obvious now, that some serious fidling with electoral rolls has been going on! Not to mention the arranged ‘GERRY- MANDERING’ of the voters CANDIDATE LISTS… Has anyone else picked up on this…. or is it JUST ME? Looks like FRIGGING IN THE RIGGING!! | David |
| NZ fought against apartheid in the 1980’s. Now apartheid is being actively supported here! | Peter |
| Of course it does. When is the National party going to “put things right? I don’t think Mr. Luxon will – but hopefully Act & NZ first will do the job. | Don |
| The electoral commission has obviously been captured. They are a shameful disgrace to democracy. | Richard |
| Absolutely, councils are bullied and afraid to speak oit | Dominic |
| Ideological capture in the Electoral Commission, is anyone surprised? Absolutely disgraceful. If they’re isn’t a law that’s been broken here resulting in those responsible being jailed then that needs to be fixed too. Democracy is one of the most important things to fight for. | Jeff |
| Trying everything aren’t they to make the irrelevant relevant- so yes they are overstepping – big time | Carolyn |
| The electoral commission has lately been exposed as corrupt and can be capable of throwing the result towards a Maori biased result. Luxon is aware of this but has not proposed any alterations to the system, so is National siding with the corrupt to throw the election? | Rex |
| I can’t believe that so few people are voting. The left is always tightly organised, no matter where one is. unfortunately central and right leaning people like to complain a lot and do nothing. how can we make this change? | Luciane |
| The problem is, nobody, including Maori, has the faintest Idea what Ao, Maori view of the world is. More than likely, anything dreamed up when either smoking that electric puha or digesting some magic mushroom. | Sam |
| Of course it does. | Carol |
| Maori should have no more rights than any other citizen.in fact ratepayers only should vote since it is their money that appears to,be missed and frittered by councils with many councillors having no interest in doing what is required ..drains, roads, rubbish collection etc That should be where rates go and there is no reason foe Maori to,havevany say in council,affairs.They are citizens like the rest of us. | Gail |
| Of course | jennifer |
| Double dipping | Brian |
| There is too much division in this country! | Sue |
| The electoral commission should be sacked. We are sick and tired of the racial bias of the mainstream media, and government must say something before it is too late. | Anthony |
| Oh yes. The trouble is how to stop the juggernaut!! Unfortunately there are too many voters not bothering to do their civic duty!! I have the horrible feeling we will lose this referendum. To our peril. | Helen |
| Having said yes, I do believe that embedding the Maori world view is a threat to democracy, I would also say that more New Zealanders need to participate in local and national politics by voting and ensuring, these separatist agendas are challenged and ultimately dismissed. | Rob |
| The whole Commission should be sacked and replaced | Murray |
| I struggle to fathom just how we even got to this point in our New Zealand Local Body Election History. I realise that Ardern & Mahuta “The Looter” have socially engineered the “He Pua Pua” document not mandated at the 2020 Elections & was deliberately snuck in unbeknown to the majority of Kiwis, is really illegal decitful deception of the highest order…iut needs to be permanently CRUSHED & BURIED…! | Bruce |
| why do the Maori have to have separate separate votes and privileges. I’m sure the other 150 cultures in this country don’t get them. So much for racial equality. | Peter |
| Anything that is race based is Divisive and will slowly destroy our democracy and country | Carole |
| Where is the coalition??? | Ray |
| I thought they were supposed to be an independent non political body. | Robert |
| Totally and absolutely. | Mike |
| There is no room in a democracy for race based entitlement. The Electoral Commission should be sanctioned and removed from office if they fail to treat all New Zealanders as equals.This ruling must apply to all NZ Government Departments. | Steve |
| Am fearful for future generations in NZ… | Caroline |
| Time spent in teaching TeReo and Maori “knowledge” diminishes our chances of being technologically competent | Perc |
| Absolutely. We are New Zealanders Ethnicity plays no part in a Democratic society. All Governmental and Local Body decisions should be for ALL the people they represent. | Bruce |
| Rule by Stealth | Chris |
| The Treaty was never a partnership!! | Brian |
| Yes – it undermines the “one person – one vote” principle without which there is no real democracy. The Maori activists are using the same tried and true Marxist/Socialist infiltration tactics that have proved so successful in enabling radical minorities to gain control of various nations over the last century. Look at Te Part Maori Party and others of their ilk and ask yourself – is this the sort of future”Government”we want for New Zealand? Just look at the present state of affairs in South Africa and Zimbabwe and you will have your answer! Rape and pillage of NZ’s material, economic and financial resources will be followed by a protracted period of inter-tribal warfare once said resources dry up and the capacity to produce more will have vanished along with those with the skill and ability to do so. We cannot run the risk of allowing this worst case scenario to happen – now, or in the future! | Scott |
| I BELEIVE luxon IS WEAK & IN HAND WITH RICH BUDDIE IWI. | Cindy |
| Yes I do. New Zealanders should never have voted in the MMP system, it’s left the country wide open for the lunatic fringe to have an enormous input on how this country is run. New Zealanders asked for this, l believe the majority didn’t fully understand what they were voting in. If you vote Labour you bring the Greens and Maori parties along with you, people who voted in MMP only have themselves to blame for so much of where this has led to. | Paul |
| It’s extremely difficult to understand why so many forces within this country are hell bent on entrenching APARTHEID. | Geoffrey |
| WELCOME TO GERMANY 1933 ONLY THIS TIME THE ENEMY HAS A MOKO INSTEAD OF A MUSTACHE. IT DIDNT START WITH GAS CHAMBERS . IT STARTED WITH ONE PARTY CONTROLLING THE MEDIA. ONE PARTY CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE. ONE PARTY DECIDING WHAT IS TRUTH. ONE PARTY CENSORING SPEECH AND SILENCING OPPOSITION. ONE PARTY DIVIDING CITIZENS INTO “US” AND THEM” AND CALLING ON THEIR SUPPORTERS TO HARASS THEM. IT STARTED WHEN GOOD PEOPLE TURNED A BLIND EYE AND LET IT HAPPEN. WAKE UP NEW ZEALAND ,CANT YOU HERE THE ORCHESTRA PLAYING AS THE SHIP SLIPS BENEATH THE WAVES | GlynJ |
| This radical movement needs Government to wake up and look seriously into what is going on | leo |
| The culture of NZ will over time evolve to meet the needs of society as a whole. Forcing a Maori world view satisfies the ideals of a minority of NZers and disenfranchises the rest. | Willy |
| Corrupt elections are what pass for democracy throughout the Collective West now, where the unelected are in charge with the blessing of the elected. Animal Farm and 1984 in the here and now. How very Orwellian. | neil |
| Absolutely, we must do all we can to stop this. It will be interesting to see where Kaipara District Council ends up with the retirement of Graig Jepson. That radical Paniora will no doubt be heading back to disrupt council again if Maori seats are approved there. | Judy |
| Absolutely, you would have to be blind not to see what’s happening. Only thing I can’t understand is why are there so many white Europeans backing it, knowing full well it will have a massive impact on their future. | Lawrie |
| I agree,this nonsense must stop! | Derek |
| We are told the vast majority of us think we are losing democracy in NZ but unless there is a public debate where issues can be discussed thoroughly without being accused of racism, we are all doomed. | Bev |
| One country- One people- Democracy not dictatorship – freedom of choice- not subversion by stealth the country benefits by the efforts of us all as we are ALL emigrants . Leaders to be elected by popular vote that is the only way. | John |
| The Maori wards are effectively apartheid and a threat to NZ Democracy,as are the Maori parliamentary seats. | Andrew |
| We want a NZ World view. | DOUGLAS |
| With the Electoral Commission AND Local Gov NZ telling us what to do – this has to STOP NOW | Peter |
| when will NZ abolish the Maori seats as recommended in many enquiries since MMP recommended their removal | greg |
| The electoral Commission is just the tip of a corrupt government agency iceberg that has been destroyed by poisonous left wing ideologues. The entire public service needs to be burned down and rebuilt. Commies have destroyed it all. This country is doomed otherwise. | John |
| No brainer !!! | Andrew |
| Yes. We are all equal, why can’t people see that? | Len |
| Sad but not surprising | Keith |
| unfortunately we have a democracy in name only | Giles |
| The Coalitions Failure to take immediate action against the electoral Commission on the maori worldview is telling. Another nail in New Zealand, of our So called democracy. it seems it is is being manipulated by bad actors and no one is capable of making the changes. | Sam |
| What a shambles the Electoral Roll voting data – base has become! Was this excercise intentional? so as to confuse the voters? It certajnly looks like it. How do they think that F.F.P and S.T.V are going to combine together? The answer is they WON’T! WHAT A MESS! | DavId |
| This will lead to South Africa/Zimbabwe racial divisions based on race. There should be one vote and removal of any race based considerations in the NZ Laws | Hugh |
| Division will lead to a them and us confrontation. | Ross |
| They are a radical group which should be disbanded. We should all urge our councils to withdraw their membership. It is a private organisation living on the subscriptions of ratepayers via their council. They have strayed well beyond their raison detre. | Mike |
| definitely why is this coalition government letting this happen | rodger |
| The local forthcoming council elections, are going to cause the start of political mahem turbulence in this country,this will start the big trouble, coming in time for the main national election to be held in 2026.We need NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM TO REPLACE THIS PRESENT ‘ROTTEN TO THE CORE ‘ EXISTING ONE,WE HAVE NOW….. | DavId |
| National better watch out | bob |
| its another Maori creep into taking over everything NZ. GET RID OF THEM | Erin |
| It’s a disgrace! | n |
| EC has stepped over the mark and must be neutralised. LGNZ is of the same ilk, run by radicle labou left wing communist criminals. Itmust also be neutralised. | Neil |
| What exactly is a Maori World View? | Nick |
| The last Labour govt slyly installed maori advisor structures throughout our national public service, local governance and media in ways that rort our entire country. For opaque reasons National is choosing not to unwind them. The Electoral Commission made serious errors of judgement at the last national election and the same bias and stupidity is now showing up at the local level. It’s third world democracy, banana republic- style manipulation. – i.e. corruption by any other name. | Wendy |
| If Maori have future power your land will be renamed as their land they allow you to use. You will pay extra levies and rates and tax for the privilege of living on that land! BEWARE!! | Karen |
| Too right the left bangers including the media are activists and selfish | Alan |
| The Commission’s Code of Conduct for councillors and for all parties employed by and contracted to councils includes a requirement of submission to a list of fake, recently-invented ‘principles’ of Te Tiriti. If only Luxon had been wise enough to support Seymour’s bill, we wouldn’t be seeing this nonsense everywhere still. | Moma |
| No democratic country in the world can develop when there are two groups working separately. With Maori around 18% of the population there should be no separate party demanding preferential treatment . | Peter |
| Definitely not, just get some balls and get on with it. | Mike |
| All maori BS should be scrapped | Peter |
| It certainly does this government has done nothing to change it full of promises but no action there are to many people that just don’t care and can’t see the danger we face | Peter |
| We voted to get rid of this race nonsense, unfortunately Luxon is just like Jacinda, say one thing to your face & do the exact opposite once in power. | John |
| We are all equal. | Chris |
| There are also many other activities in NZ that pose a threat to democracy! | Gary |
| What is no spelt out is PRECISELY how iwi will ‘rule’ the 84% of population who are non-maori. The maori $ benefits by ethnicity (95% have under 40% maori ethnicity = 60% per person is not maori blood) are ludicrous and unaffordable. Lets have fit and healthy working age kiwis qualify for benefits by school and work input showing they actually deserve assistance. It is not a right. | Margaret |
| Most Definitely. Minister Watts should have Stopped this BS and removed the writers from office. Weak NATIONAL | Noel |
| What a waste of time & money.Maori do not really exist anymore. These people are mostly ‘white’. | Bruce |
| I thought this Coalition was going to sort this. Well they better hurry up and and get it done. Stop all the junket trips overseas and stay home and fix it as promised. | Jakz |
| ABSOLUTELY A NO-BRAINER. | MARK |
| I am disturbed to see that a local church has a poster supporting the retention of the maori wards in Hamilton. | Murray |
| Without a doubt! | Gavin |
| The electoral commission has no business in advocating the retention of Maori ward seats Time to disestablish the EC | Geoff |
| Yes Yes Yes. | COOKIE |
| Yes, It is a blatant misuse of constitutional rights at a Local Body level. We must cut this off immediately. | Dennis |
| We are one people, one nation. No room for division to ruin the great country we have.. We are still envied by most of the world. Let it stay that way. | Willam |
| No wonder the bs with Tamahere wasnt acted on.This Commission is not neutral. | Glenn |
| Of course it does. The electoral commission should be closed down forthwith as it self is a threat to said democracy. | John |
| Absolutely. Maori Activists don’t really want CoGovernace BUT total Control by pushing their delusional Mythology Agenda Paid for by who knows !!!!!! | Geoff |
| If this were to suceed,why do we not have an asian or indian commission,as they are of equal numbers?This is yet an other take on race based nonsense | gale |
| A terrorist group are attempting to take over NZ. They must be stopped. | Noel |
| Luxon and co had better get on with getting this sorted or they will be toast .We are done with it . | Harvey |
| The electoral commission has no right to influence voting in any form whatsoever. They may encourage voters but only with impartiality | Gaye |
| We need to fight for our democracy | Brenda |
| It is unbelievable that the Electoral Commission would ever attempt too bring this in. What right have they to. | Rob |
| As a retired teacher with 40 years of service I am appalled at the changes I see in the primary school curriculum.. the minister of education is doing an incredible job, running two huge portfolios and she is powerless to stop the radicalisation and introduction of a pro Maori bias across all subjects. When the stated aim of certain Maori leaders is the return of all New Zealand, including private land to Maori ownership we are sleepwalking into a racial war | Pauline |
| Absolutely and it must end asap. Why is it that those in charge of this are not stopping this from happening. We see it right throughout local government and central government. How come those beaurocats are not being hauled over the coals for ignoring what the minister has said. Who is running the country ,the government or the lefty Beaujolais. | Peter |
| Most definitely, get rid of it. | Mike |
| Very shameful actions from a “Neutral” body | Bruce |
| shocking racist country we now live in. | steph |
| Absolutely is. And I came across a video clip that I nearly walked out of, pushing to say the Maori Wards should be retained, and it was shown by a church. It screamed out to me being that politics should not be in that place, supposed to be neutral. It is up to each individual do their own research and make a decision for themselves. Frank is correct. I do know of other people who can see that it will cause, among the other stuff he mentioned, division. | Jackie |
| yes this the start of Maori agenda to take over the country by 2040, big problem. | Barry |
| The principle in any democracy is that every one is entitled to vote according to their viewpoints and world view. The actions of the Electoral Commission is similar to what happens in a marxist regime you can only vote for the policies and views of those who support a Maori world view. | wayne |
| Sure is we need a government with some guts not Luxton We need David Seymour | Ian |
| Get rid of it. | Kelly |
| Very much so. This MUST STOP. | Heather |
| Corruption at its worst. Who would have thought such undemocratic powers could be engineered in a ‘democacy’? | Paul |
| Corrupt pandering is all I can say. God help us all if the answer is “keep”. | Martyn |
| The Electoral Commission need to be faced with being challenged as to if they are fit for purpose. Do they fairly and without bias represent NZers ? If not election results are false. | Maurice |
| Just Race based therefore illegal | Peter |
| Absolutely !!!! The Electoral Commission’s job is getting out of hand. Our weak Prime Minister should bring them into line with what is actually required of them and politics is NOT one of them. | Alan |
| Racial division as this is will destroy democracy- it always has. Maori are all mixed race – same as the rest of Kiwis. We are ONE PEOPLE. | John |
| Racism in local government needs to stamped out | Ihaia |
| Absolutely | Kevin |
| Maori world view belongs on the marae, nowhere near government, local or central. Keep politics free of racial and religious views. | Clive |
| most definitely does | Neville |
| Indeed…. look at the three on the Local Gummint Commission… written all over them!!! | Gill |
| We should all be one people, irrespective of race | Barry |
| The Electoral Commission has embedded a political world view. This destroys the political neutrality of a government organisation. | Kent |
| It’s more “chipping away” of the block. It will further upset democracy and cause more division in the country. The Electoral Commission should keep out of the politics and not push any particular ideological barrow. | Laurence |
| It is a huge threat. | BrUcE |
| The latest report they have come up,with is appalling and should be binned in its entirety.This country will never progress as long as we continue with this divisive nonsense. Noone is a full blooded Maori.They all have a good proportion of European .Stop bowing to this nonsense, so the country can move forward and upwards as one people. | Gail |
| A true democracy falls into three parts. 1 Political equality 2 Governing structures and institutions respond to the governed public 3 The majority rule. There is no way that embedding one section of the community with one view that the vast majority does not understand. That is not democracy, it is putting one view as being more prominent than the majority. | Laura |
| Separate groups lobbying for representation is fraught with danger of growing conflict. | Roger |
| It is unforgiveable that Luxon’s coalition has not stepped up to ensure that the Electoral Commission is completely neutral andbeyond reproach. | Doug |
| Absolutely! The Electoral commission’s embedding of a Maori world view is most definitely a very high threat to New Zealand’s democracy. Why oh why is the coalition not putting a stop to this immediately??!! The Left has obviously a stranglehold on New Zealand. TVNZ and RNZ should be immediately defunded or closed down! t | Colin |
| Maharashtra puppets must be replaced | Chris |
| The imposing of ANY particular worldview is a threat to democracy, unless it is the worldview adopted by the majority in a democracy. And THAT can only be determined by a referendum. | Richard |
| Should not have a referendum. The goverment has the right to govern and should axe the Maori Wards, Axe Maori parliamentary seats, and axe the Waitangi Tribunal. Sadly we have a woke coalition that takes too long to do anything that will bring Maori to have just equal rights as all citizens. | jim |
| The threat is loud and clear! | Ann |
| Sack the whole lot | Les W |
| One race should not be favoured over others | Dave |
| National promises were a lot of hot air in regard to the Maori fiction of our country. . | Heather |
| Yes, I do, which seems driven by a very few active and vocal social agitators. | Stuart |
| Yes, an existential threat. | Gordon |
| Of course they are not supposed to be influencing how people vote just making sure people can vote. | Michael |
| It certainly does. | Keith |
| Yes … the Electoral Commissions embedding of a Maori World View certainly does threaten democracy. It is an absolute abuse of every citizen in New Zealand. There is no doubt that what you have written Muriel, is absolutely true and we can look forward to enormous rate rises so we can adopt a lot of very racist policies that will drain the Council coffers faster that a plug hole drains your bathwater. | Dianna |
| It is just racism, pure and simple, supported by Marxist /left wing socialists.I cannot fathom what they expect to gain for the benefit of the nation. | Rob |
| Hard to see how views based on mythology can have any relevance in a western democracy. | John |
| The Nats need to move on this otherwise their vote will collapse | Mike |
| We must be mad to allow Maori to use woke rhetoric against our democracy we should fire them all! | Norman |
| THIS IS DOWN RIGHT CORRUPTION AND UNDEMOCRATIC GREAT WAY TO CAUSE RACIAL DISHARMONY | Vickie |
| The sooner the He Pua Pua story is put to bed the better. One vote one person regardless of colour | frank |
| The Maori world view is not reality. | AndyE |
| Worrying | Kay |
| Dangerous | Don |
| The Electoral Commission has abandoned neutrality and is no longer fit for purpose. That was apparent in 2023. It needs to be reformed. | Trevor |
| Where can one see a clear, definitive statement of what a Maori World view is? It is certainly a religious, animist view completely at odds with the Judeo-Christian worldview which gave us western democracy. Strange that the government of Papua New Guinea officially considers itself Christian while NZ is reverting to what PNG is rejecting! | Duncan |
| None of their business. Must keep their nose out of this. We are ONE. | Dave |
| Damn sick antics by LGNZ and the Electoral Commission. The lot need to be sacked without any hesitation. Then charge them with sedition. | Neville |
| Maori wouldnt know what a “world view” is! Reinstate democracy that has been destroyed by Maori. | Des |
| Hobsons Choice has reported that the Comission is acting illegally in its support of Maori wards. | Terry |
| The maorification of our political process needs to immediately terminate | Phil |
| Unless Central Government play a proactive role and clearly lead the debate of we are ALL equals it could go any way. Jim | Jim |
| Obviously, it does. | Graeme |
| How is this possible in a supposed neutral commission? | Brian |
| It shouldn’t even be raised let alone be documented (especially on the Commission’s web site – now removed). It is a disgrace which cuts across our democratic (?) nation’s values and foundation. Will someone please explain to me why the National party has not carried out their promise to their electorate to reverse the former governments co-governance agenda? | chris |
| One people one vote | Patrick |
| Where on Earth is our ‘government in all of this. Luxon considers it a minor culture war issue not to be given any weight. Get Him Out of there, NOW. | Ken |
| The Wards and the Maori Seats should go as New Zealand is a country established on the tenant that we have one vote person to ensure that a true democracy is maintained. | Ian |
| Treason! | Alastair |
| it should not have been allowed to do this.There will be a civil war here soon if people don’t wake up to what is really going on in NZ | Linda |
| There is no scrutiny taking place by this coalition government and I do believe that National under Luxon is stopping the removal of anything Maori in the public sector and even having influence in local government the P M has defaulted on his promise and i would treat National as a threat come election in 2026 Beware | Ken |
| Very dangerous | Ruth |
| most definitely | Colin |
| Absolutely. | Janet |
| Clearly | Mark |
| We are all one people | Gerry |
| Without a doubt! | Alastair |
| The current govt in n z is failing their voters We can clearly see where n z is headed | Edward |
| This is not rocket science! Of course it is! | Andy |
| There are need for Maori wards in NewZealand. By having these wards erodes what is left of our democracy | Rod |
| Totally it does – sack them now. | Peter |
| Democracy is the enemy of the N.W.O / W.E.F, Globalist Agenda. Both Labour and National are puppets of the U N driven Globalist Agenda, the main reason being our indebtedness to the monetary branch, the I.M.F. Maorification is the weapon being used in New Zealand, to destroy our Western, Christian based Democracy. Open boarder, Muslim migration is being used throughout Europe, for the very same purpose. Only Trump, in the USA, has had the courage so far, to stop the insanity. He is a true Nationalist Leader. Reading the comments in previous NZCPR articles, indicates the sadly false belief that replacing Luxon would make National ‘great again’. Sorry folks, but that would make not the slightest bit of difference. Time to put your vote elsewhere, and make the two Minor Parties in the coalition, the Majority .. | A.G.R. |
| absolutely | Fred |
| any attempt to introduce apartheid into New Zealand MUST fail or we will become a fourth class country ,,, | ARTHUR |
| We are one country one set of citizens rights and no more of this racist separatist input is required relevant Get over the past and focus on today and NZ future | Kevin |
| It beggars belief and threatens our democracy | stuart |
| Absolutely. But I was blind to the depth of the Maorification problem before coming across your NZCPR newsletters; and the Sir Apirana Taylor’s “explanation” for an old Maori woman, and a very good book on the Treaty scam [ie, not the original Maori translation that the Chiefs signed, a true translation from Hobson’s document [lost until 1879].. | Rochelle |
| One person, one vote, one nation. Simple. | John |
| Co-governance by the back door and not a single Council with enough guts to say no. Sickening. | Jenny |
| YES “YES – STOP THIS NOW MAORI ARE OUT TO DESTROY NEW ZEALAND’S DEMOCRACY _ FULL STOP #### | Bill |
| This was not part of the Treaty. | Phil |
| Absolutely! | Patrick |
| They should be wound up – no longer relevant | chris |
| MOST, MOST, MOST definitely it is. One would have to be TOTALLY stupid to believe otherwise. My father spent three and a half years away fighting in W.W. 2 for OUR democracy and will be spinning in his grave presently with what he fought for is being thrown away. STOP it NOW. Brian Walker (79yrs). | Brian |
| Absolutely it does and it is racist in its concept | Glen |
| Just part of the attempt by Maori radicals to replace democracy with tribal rule | Robbie |
| Yes……. They are too cunning for us and will get their own way by fair means or foul ….!!! God Defend New Zealand… | Bruce |
| And the ongoing processes of Maorification in all NZ Councils needs removing were staff are being constantly indoctrinated in Maori nonsense & this is also happening in All our Schools, Universities & all Government departments & needs abolishing. | Derek |
| Govts and councils have got to stop pampering to maori as they have nothing to offer but division and a great cost to the tax and rate payer | Colin |
| Without a doubt. | Glenda |
| IT has in other parts of the world the same will happen in NZ | Warren |
| Heads should role at the Electoral Commission. They won’t though because these people seem immune to censure and take no responsibility for there lack of neutrality. | pdm |
| This is just another step towards racist separatism. There is no logical argument for it – it is simply apologist appeasement politics at its worst giving rise to even more treaty lies, resentment and entitlement mentality in greedy persons. | Mike |
| It is disgraceful | Bruce |
| Yes because to impose a worldview is to begin to remove other worldviews and freedom to have and exercise and opinion | Ray |
| This is blatantly undemocratic and underlines how far this corruption has spread through New Zealands institutions. Our seemingly reluctant representatives need a rocket or be cast aside for those who will step up. | Geoff |
| The Electoral Commission has been found somewhat bereft of integrity over its handling of material about Maori Wards. Such a failure is not excusable from an outfit intended to protect democracy. The Electoral Commission Heads position is at risk. | Peter |
| WHY is there one law for Maori and one for the rest. | Carl |
| Most definately | Barbara |
| The electoral commission is corrupt and should be sacked | Gavin |
| We are all new zealanders if we are citizens of this country. | Lyn |
| It’s APARTHEID and RACIST | mike |
| Hideous for it to even been considered. | Alan |
| It seems that even the electoral commission has been hijacked by left wing radicals (leftards). This begs the question of will the referendum results be tampered with and subsequently the general election, ensuring that the left wing parties win? The Coalition needs to act now to stop the rot, or NZ is doomed. | Koreen |
| this country is nuts | DAVID |
| Remove all commissioners as this is a vivid example of systemic government department failures to do their job. | Raymond |
| More and more Maori has been deeply imbedded in most NZ Govt Departments over the last thirty odd years. | Wayne |
| Of course it does. | Michael |
| Absolutely!!! We do not need this nonsense. | Michael |
| Democracy is finished if Maori wards are established. Watch for the civil war. | paul |
| To suggest there’s a Maori world view would mean every race & culture has a world view – so what’s special about Maori? | Peter |
| Of this there is no doubt. | Logan |
| It is disgraceful that a ‘Govt’ representative Commission is advocating for ‘Maori Ward’ one nation one ward. | rod |
| Yes, Asin the Treaty Document. equal rights for all one People one vote one law for all. | Don |
| It serves no purpose | MALCOLM |
| Democracy stands for equality for all, Maori and non-Maori Maori Wards are a cost most councils can do without! | Garry |
| A maori world view is undefinable. Even Maori resort to colonial constructs such as constitutions. | Mark |
| Absolutely they should remain entirely neutral. | Merv |
| I certainly do and it must be stopped in its tracks very soon. | Allan |
| 30 pieces of greenstone.cheapest commissioners to buy | Graham |
| Totally! Embedding of maori wards is a treasonous act! It is part of iwi take-over of local and central governments. Now, due to the enormous sums of money the Taxpayers of NZ have given to iwi, they have literally unlimited funds for bribery and coercion. They will not allow Democracy to work in this election. There are so many treasonous people who can be bribed, or manipulated, iwi will rigg the numbers and it will not matter how people vote! Please, people, prove me wrong! | peter |
| Totally unneccesary they are as capable as anyone else at being elected on merit | Tony |
| It’s outrageous! A direct threat to our democracy for the supposedly non-political Electoral Commission to do such a thing! | Donna |
| This is a very dangerous move by the Electoral Commission and the Government needs to get rid of the 3 still working for Labours ideology. | Carol |
| If this ‘government’ do not do everything possible to halt the Maori radicalisation of New Zealand, then the country is screwed. It is no surprise that so many people are leaving NZ permanently. | David |
| Absolutely it does. | Hugh |
| colour blind is the only way forward! | Brian |
| Bias and Cronyism is rife among Maori voters | Brian |
| All NZ citizens or we are done for. 3rd world coming. | Dave |
| How could such a dept start taking such a stand when they are meant to be totally independent? | Steve |
| just more racism being pushed | Collin |
| I believe it does | Chris |
| We are all equal and have a vote we can use | Peter |
| The Coalition Government must stop this move immediately. | Chris |
| I don’t believe in any race-based policy, privilege or division. This is a huge threat to democracy – please stop it! | Merie |
| Why cant we vote people in based on merit? | richard |
| Is that the purpose of the El. Comm.? Surely you must be joking. Are their statues such, that to divide and rule is the new element in our new “democracy”?? | Henk Reitsma |
| The threat to democracy is plain to anyone possessing eyes and ears, connected to a brain. Foreign threats are irrelevant if this continues to it%u2019s intended conclusion. | Neil |
| Of course it is. No one group’s views should be imposed on others. | Rod |
| The whole electoral commissions corupt and bias employees must be removed. How can we have a fair and democratic election with these far left leaning and maori takeover of NZ. Our coalition must act now. What a bloody gisgraceful mess the labour party has left our country and democracy in. Only the govt is bound by the treaty not councils or any New Zealanders period! | Allan |
| The first step to apartheid. | Colin |
| I am born a New ,Zealander and no radical is going to subvert my pride and place | Ken |
| Without Doubt a travesty! | Bryan |
| Very much so. Anything ‘Maori’ represents a threat to democracy in New Zealand and the coalition government was elected to remove the ‘Maori’ bit and to restore democracy. They haven’t done so. | Lee |
| I also think that the maori seats in parliament should go before a binding referendum at the next elect | Alec |
| The Electoral Commission should be disbanded and replaced with people who can make unbiased decisions commensurate with the responsibility of their office | Peter |
| Clearly it does! | Bruce |
| We (NZ) have sadly taken steps towards apartheid which is illegal under international law. | Paul |
| Let’s stop this nonsense | Terry |
| Disappointed with Luxon not following through on his promises to rid the country of this cancer. | Richard |
| a total invasion of democracy and should be dropped immediately | john |
| Absolutely it is a threat. It must be challenged and their role examined closely. | Terry |
| Absolutely. | Jane |
| Moko Tepania, FNDC’s Mayor declared that his greatest achievement in office was to change the council’s meeting frequency from once every 3 weeks to once every 4 weeks, i.e. to the phases of the moon according to Maori beliefs. | Klaus |
| Absolutely and absolutely outrageous | Jan |
| 100% All references to Maori in legislation must be deleted | Gareth |
| Absolutely | Evans |
| Absolutely YES; and why Maori? They are definitely not indigenous! Notice there is no longer any Maori boast about their ocean going Waka sailing from Hawaii to NZ! | Valerie |
| Yes indeed | Roydon |
| Sure does | Fiona |
| More division More racism More special treatment | Elizabeth |
| This appears to be the plan. Prove me wrong. | Fletcher. |
| of course it does….why do so many Europeans want maori in charge of their lives ??? | mark |
| ABSOLUTELY! | Murray |
| the Electoral should be blind to race. | Steve |
| Of course – without question. And was not the new Electoral Commission Chair. , Simon Moore KC, appointed by the Coalition/National ? | mary |
| If the can’t be impartial they need sacking | Nigel |
| It’s becoming very boring and the Govt needs to act. | Ian |
| All living in NZ whatever their heritage, (and we are a real culture mix) should be treated equally with no favouritism to any one race. We are New Zealanders who want to be proud of our country that used to be called Godszone, but I’m not so sure it is these days. Fair democracy must remain, or the country will be in bigger trouble than it’s currently in! | Cecilie |
| I’m sick of all race based legislation. Maori weren’t indigenous. They weren’t the first to land and settle here. They choose to perpetuate the lie. | Grant |
| Representation involved being elected. Not implanted for ever in a Maori ward. | John |
| The National Party lacks the guts to do what they know is needed to sort this situation out–once and for all. ACT is all keen to deal with it though. | William |
| Most definitely is a violation of our democracy. The Electoral Commision’s sole role in this country is to conduct fair, honest and democratic elections. They have recently violated their role by actively promoting Maori Wards, which should have the blood boiling of every sane New Zealander. They best keep their noses right out of any Maori mumbo jumbo, and represent every Kiwi equally. Any officials working for the commission who promote and allow such nonsense must be sacked and prosecuted. Their behaviour is treasonous. | Colin |
| It is not the place of the Electoral Commission to interfere or push any decisions on this. They must remain impartial at all times otherwise the contraven their Code of Contract.. | Robyn |
| Again the prime minister is asleep at the wheel | Rob |
| i belive that the maoris are going to take over the govnerment. | Bob |
| Of course it’s a threat to our democracy. | Simon |
| Maori World View – so called does not acknowledge the individual, only the collective or group. Any such view denies democracy. | Brenton |
| To vote NO is to support the destruction of democracy | DAVID |
| Democracy requires it be desired. If you can’t get off your ar5e to make the effort, then tough. Let’s not go around to people’s doorsteps to make it easier for them. If they are too lazy or disinterested, then why give then the same import as motivated, concerned citizens who may have actually thought about matters and formed an opinion? Worse, some apathetic citizens just give their papers to their social activist nagging relative to fill in and post. Citizens should be required to turn up in person with proof of a single identity in order to cast a vote. | Brian Damage |
| Leopards and spots. Pre European, Maori continually fought intertribally, the fast road to extinction. Not so long ago. Discipline, Understanding and Educational correction MUST take place. Remove or tame the radicles, and if this does not discourage a continuation or the ways of bully tactics by brute force, then severe disciple is also a MUST and the next general election MUST make the change for the right reasons of democracy or NZ has left control because of fear. Thus, fear is the key to turn the situation round. | Peter |
| Yes. The electoral records of voter lists, was such a shambles, and would seem that they need to smarten their act, in keeping their database, up to date.Sneaky things may be happening, when voters cast their vote, could be vote rigging , much like the unclear voting packs? | Davud |
| It is outrageous that this radical Maori sovereignty agenda is being “honoured” by the so-called “independent” public service and there is something drastically wrong with a government that promised to get rid of this radicalisation that two years after the election it is still there. | David |
| The fact that the Electoral Commission has embraced He Puapua means it is no longer independent. There is no way the public can have confidence in them to run the next election. All race-based agendas MUST be removed from the entire public service as a priority!!! | Murray |
| The old Commission should be sacked, the Treaty stuff removed, and a new Commission appointed if we are to have any confidence in elections. | Phil |
| Why wasn’t this sorted sooner. Of course a Maori world view will threaten the independence of the Electoral Commission. The Minister of Justice needs to review the Commission as a priority and remove everything political that introduced under Jacinda Ardern’s toxic regime. | Judy |
| It’s not only the Electoral Commission that’s been poisoned by He Puapua but the Reserve Bank and the Auditor General as well. In other words, the whole public service has been contaminated. When the heck is the Coalition going to fix it??? | Simon |