After decades of rampant migration across Europe, governments are finally confronting a problem they have ignored for far too long: the rise of “parallel societies”. These are enclaves of immigrant communities living under alternative cultural and authority structures that undermine social norms, weaken national cohesion, and challenge the ability of the State to govern.
Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and France are amongst the growing number of countries that now realise that once parallel authority takes root, it becomes increasingly difficult to reverse.
Denmark has taken the most forceful approach. After years of rising concern about immigrant neighbourhoods, the Danish government introduced its controversial “ghetto laws.” These allow the state to reduce social housing in designated areas, demolish or sell apartment blocks, and even forcibly relocate residents to prevent ethnic majorities from becoming dominant and entrenched. The authorities are cracking down on crime committed within these zones by imposing harsher penalties and they are requiring children to attend mandatory daycare to ensure early exposure to Danish language and culture.
Denmark’s strategy is blunt and uncompromising, reflecting a political consensus that parallel societies threaten national unity and must be broken up before they become irreversible.
Sweden, once known for its liberal immigration policies, has also undergone a dramatic shift in recent years. Authorities now openly acknowledge the existence of “vulnerable areas” – neighbourhoods where criminal networks exert control, emergency services face intimidation, and state authority is weakened. In response, Sweden has strengthened police operations, created special intervention units, and targeted clan‑based organised crime. Immigration rules have been tightened, integration requirements strengthened, and oversight of independent and religious schools increased to prevent the development of parallel social norms.
Sweden’s political debate has moved from denial to urgency, driven by a growing recognition that parallel societies undermine social cohesion and must be dismantled.
Germany has spent more than two decades confronting immigrant enclaves where integration has failed and alternative norms have taken hold. German authorities now realise that parallel societies threaten the rule of law and weaken national cohesion. Their response includes mandatory integration courses combining language training with civic education, targeted neighbourhood interventions in areas where informal authority structures arise, and the strong enforcement of legal norms to ensure that cultural or religious practices do not override German law. Political leaders regularly reinforce the message that Germany must remain a single civic community under one legal system.
Germany’s strategy is preventative and education‑focused, aimed at stopping parallel societies from forming rather than dismantling them after they emerge.
France faces a different form of parallel authority: Islamist separatism. In some neighbourhoods, religiously motivated groups have established alternative social norms and informal justice systems that conflict with French values. In response, an Anti‑Separatism Law was introduced in 2021, which tightened the oversight of religious associations, restricted homeschooling to prevent the establishment of parallel schooling systems, increased scrutiny of foreign funding for religious institutions, and strengthened state powers to shut down organisations promoting separatism.
The French approach unapologetically prevents the division of society along racial, ethnic or tribal lines through the strict enforcement of ‘colourblind’ laws. Assimilation is proactively promoted in the belief that state secularism and French national values must apply universally. No group may operate outside the authority of the state, and officials are required to intervene wherever alternative governance structures emerge.
Europe’s experience shows that governments that fail to defend the principle that all citizens live under one system of law, one set of rights, and one national authority, will ultimately suffer a backlash from voters. As a result, administrations are being forced not only to alter their approach to open borders, but also to clamp down on those who are attempting to change their nation’s culture instead of assimilating into it.
New Zealand is not immune to the pressure for parallel societies, but the situation here is perverse – and constitutionally, far more dangerous.
Our country has one of the highest immigration rates in the developed world. While ethnic communities of Chinese, Indian, Pacific, Middle Eastern, and African migrants have emerged in our larger cities, unlike in Europe, they are not the source of the pressures that are now challenging New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements.
In this country, the pressure for parallel authority is being driven by iwi leaders, who, thanks to the appeasement policies of successive governments and generous taxpayer funded Treaty settlements, now preside over vast tax‑free business empires. Not only are they replacing “Kiwi culture” with iwi culture – enriching themselves in the process – but they are now attempting to gain constitutional control of New Zealand.
Through endless cultural, historical, and Treaty‑based demands, they are reshaping governance, weakening social cohesion, and diluting the authority of the Crown.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, the former National MP and Thames-Coromandel Mayor Sandra Goudie, raises serious concerns about the whole Treaty settlement process:
“Who knew that as we all went about our daily lives the government was quietly taking our rights, freedoms and democracy apart through Treaty Settlements. Some people did know, but for many, probably not the extent of the enforcement of co-governance. Parliament betrayed its own people to introduce tribalism, force culture and spiritualism upon people, and undermine freedoms and democracy in the process…
“There is no credible accounting of the deeper economic and social impacts of the coercive nature of what the Treaty Settlements have imposed. New Zealand cannot afford to keep funding iwi, at either local or government level. It is money people cannot afford, produces nothing, and would be better spent on roads and infrastructure.
“The current government has not done enough to stem this bullying tide of constant claim, cost and enforced cultural and spiritual paradigms.”
The reality is that as the result of a combination of judicial, legislative, administrative, and ideological developments spanning decades, a constitutional environment has been created in which tribal authorities exercising public power are expanding their influence without democratic mandate.
Through state sector decision-making, a proliferation of co‑governance arrangements across water, conservation, education, health, and local government have been created, with the result that tribal authority has been embedded as race-based parallel governance inside the State itself.
At the same time, external parallel governance has emerged in the form of Maori‑only health and social service providers, education frameworks, advisory boards, funding streams, and justice initiatives, all operating alongside mainstream State agencies.
So, while Europe worries about parallel societies emerging outside of the State, New Zealand’s situation is uniquely dangerous because parallel authority is being built inside the machinery of government as well.
The impact on our country has been profound.
What it means is that democratic accountability in New Zealand has been progressively replaced by tribal authority that is fragmenting national identity, creating two systems of law, and accelerating a constitutional transformation that has never been publicly debated nor publicly consented.
And once embedded – as Europe has found – parallel authority structures become almost impossible to reverse, which is why this drift towards tribal control is so dangerous.
The reality for New Zealand is that a series of developments have taken place over the years that have fundamentally reshaped our constitutional landscape to create a system in which tribal power is continuing to expand, without public consent.
What began as symbolic recognition has created a parallel society where tribal authority is undermining social cohesion and threatening the sovereignty of Parliament itself.
The re-definition of public resources as tribal property is accelerating the process. From freshwater and geothermal reserves to conservation land, National Parks, rivers, lakes, mountains, fisheries, and the entire coastline under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, a profound shift in authority has occurred creating parallel jurisdiction over assets that were once held by the State on behalf of all New Zealanders.
Parallel schooling has also become entrenched. While successive governments have long promoted Maori immersion schools as a means of ensuring the survival of Maori language and culture, questions are now being raised over the extent to which these schools are radicalising a new generation with a worldview that regards New Zealand as two nations instead of one, entrenching division across generations.
What’s even worse, is that some of the tribal authority assertions that are having the greatest impact on our country – such as the claim that the Treaty created a “partnership” between Maori and the Crown – are based on fiction, not fact.
Invented by the Courts in the 1980s, the ‘partnership’ concept has been thoroughly discredited – including by former Prime Minister David Lange who explained:
“Democratic government can accommodate Maori political aspiration in many ways. What it cannot do is acknowledge the existence of a separate sovereignty. As soon as it does that, it isn’t a democracy. We can have a democratic form of government, or we can have indigenous sovereignty. They can’t coexist and we can’t have them both.”
In fact, he ridiculed the notion, quipping that he really didn’t believe Queen Victoria would sign a treaty of equality and partnership with “500 thumbprints”.
Yet, in spite of there being no legitimate foundation for the “partnership” fabrication, it has become a powerful constitutional lever for delivering race-based authority. Used to justify veto rights, special consultation processes, and separate regulatory systems, this judicially‑created doctrine has embedded a form of constitutional dualism that mirrors the parallel authority concerns seen in Europe – but, ironically, with more formal legal force.
But if we dig deeper, we find that at the heart of the problems New Zealand faces is the fact that tribal authority is built on a discredited concept of “race”, which was “captured” by powerful vested interests long ago.
“Maori” were historically defined in our Statutes as “belonging to the aboriginal race of New Zealand; and includes a half-caste and a person intermediate in blood between half-castes and persons of pure descent from that race.”
But by the mid‑20th century, with the number of people legally classified as Maori in decline due to rapid intermarriage, Maori activists led the charge to change the law from blood quantum to self-identification in order to ensure the numbers continued to grow: “Maori means a person of the Maori race of New Zealand; and includes any descendant of such a person”.
While modern genetics and anthropology have now rejected the concept of “race” altogether, by clearly showing there is only one human race, unlike many other countries, New Zealand has not removed the old definition from our Statutes.
This means our legislative framework not only legitimises a false biological concept, but it is allowing a ‘political construct’ that has been weaponised by iwi interests to deliberately fragment society, distort public policy and, through the creation of parallel authority, undermine our constitutional framework and sovereignty itself.
If the integrity of New Zealand’s democratic system is to be protected, we need to learn from the experience of those countries that are successfully dealing with problems similar to those we face, and not only remove all references to “race” from our Statutes, but also dismantle all forms of parallel authority.
The point is that while governments in Europe are proactively removing the threat of parallel societies, New Zealand has been going in the opposite direction and entrenching it: embedding division in law through discredited racial categories, fabricated cultural authority, and unconstitutional parallel governance that is endangering our democracy.
What New Zealand now needs is a clear political vision for a united country – one in which democracy is fully restored, constitutional authority rests with Parliament alone, and all citizens are equal before the law.
Looking forward, Coalition parties face a big decision as they finalise their election manifestos. Do they allow the constitutional drift toward parallel systems of authority to continue — with all the consequences that carries for democracy, accountability, national unity, and the sovereignty of Parliament – or do they take a stand, as other nations have done when confronted by competing sources of political authority, to dismantle them and reaffirm New Zealand as one democratic nation, governed by one Parliament, under one law, with equal rights for every citizen?
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should parallel systems of authority in New Zealand be dismantled and one law for all restored?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| National campaigned on this very issue with the three waters grab for power and money. Now they seemed to want to compromise and the separate sovereignty, redefining of the treaty continues to threaten our democracy. When will Christopher Luxon stop trying to please all of the people all of the time, and open his eyes to a Nations finances being divided to run two sovereign Governments. Please Prime Minister lets see some leadership. We are a mixed Maori Pakeha family. Just look what is happening across the rest of the Western world where immigration has changed the whole unity of Nations in Europe. I grew up with Maori all of my life in bush towns in NZ. Never saw any difference, now suddenly they are different to anyone else. They need special privleges not given to other kiwis. Imagine if you said, are you less than other kiwis? Which of course they are not. So come on Government stand for true democracy and don’t rewrite a treaty which did not give Maori joint sovereignty. | Dene |
| And get Rid of Maori Seats as well. | Michael |
| I think that most New Zealanders are not aware of the radical changes that have quietly overtaken unity for all | Pauline |
| It is vitally important to restore one law for all with the election in November. | Rosslyn |
| If this doesn’t happen, in my opinion, our beloved country will continue to deteriorate to a level similar to Zimbabwe where the social support system we currently enjoy will be totally unaffordable and our country will in effect be bankrupt. | Maree |
| This is scary stuff | Max |
| Yes of course, Why does it take years and years to acknowledge what is happening at an unbelievable cost (well into the billions)…..and nobody wants to acknowledge this ?? and on purpose don’t want to correct the immense catastrophe right in front of us ?? Thank you so much Muriel, you’ve been on to this for so long with the acknowledgement of European countries I know of. At last DOOMSDAY has been acknowledged . Some are working hard to turn the SHIP, but NZ doesn’t want to know. Sorry, disaster in the making !! | Henk |
| Yes absolutely and removed it from all legislation before it’s too late. One nation, one flag, one sovereign government, one law for all and equality for all. | Frank |
| Yes Muriel, you are right, on this important question. This aspect involves many aspects, however… I don’t think thatany of these points will be recognised by LUX-SINGH, or CHIPPY DIPSTIX. If you saw the pow wow photo of these two TWEEDLE-DUM AND DEE , with huge smug smiles, I bet you they were discussing the SELL OUT F.T.A AGREEMENT, GRAND COALITION, THEY HAVE PLANNED, AGAINST KIWIS TO BE VOTED,IN , IN NOVEMBER! THAT DISGUSTING AGREEMENT….IS NO TRADE DEAL. IT IS A TROJAN HORSE, IMMIGRATION DEAL FOR THE SURRENDER OF OUR COUNTRY.NZ. DON’T VOTE FOR LUXO OR DIPSTIX THIS NOVEMBER…. BOTH OF THEM ARE TRAITORS, PLANTATION SCOAPERS, THAT WORK FOR THE FOREIGN EVIL USURPER POWER!! | David |
| I have very little faith in the current government turning this around, or successive governments. When will these weak kneed politicians wake up? | Chris |
| “dismantle them and reaffirm New Zealand as one democratic nation” | Jenny |
| Absolutely!!! | Caroline |
| Almost too little too late, just do it, | Barbara |
| One law for all including parallel systems | Joe B |
| Our weak governments have allowed this to happen and are too gutless to do what is necessary to push back on the maori activists manipulating the country. I’m unsure how this can be reversed as it seems to be spreading like wildfire, | David |
| KIWIS,have had a gutsfull of TRAITOR LUX-SINGH! The SHAMBLES F.T.A, SO CALLED TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA, IS A REALY CRAPPY DEAL FOR N.Z. AND KIWIS..! LUXSINGH…NEEDS TO RESIGN, ALONG WITH HIS USELESS PARTY OF GRIFTERS….ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, OF THIS INTERNATIONAL KOWTOWING, TO FOREIGN ‘GLOBAL EXTORIONERS” THE F.T.A HAS A NASTY IMMIGRATION CLAUSE TO FLOOD N.Z, FOR AS LONG AS MODI NEEDS, HE IS EXPORTING THE INDIAN POPULATION, AND VERY SOON WE WILL BE FLOODED WITH MORE UNSKILLED, WHO WILL THEN TAKE OUR JOBS…. WORKING HERE FOR LOWER WAGES, THIS WILL CAUSE FURTHER COST OF LIVING TO GO THRU THE ROOF.. ANOTHER REASON TO REMOVE THE WEAK NATIONAL GOVT.! | David |
| Get rid of tikanga | Bob |
| One person, one vote. All citizens of NZ should be equal in all ways. | Chris |
| enough is enough !! Disgusted , so over it and looking to head overseas | Colin |
| Should have happened long ago, we just need a party to stand up and say it without fear and they will get my vote | Tony |
| Apart from many other reasons, we simply cannot afford to run parallel systems. We are already unable to keep up with demand for funding. Parallel systems are like dragging an anchor around. Makes life so much more difficult and most Kiwis’s simply have to pay more for literally no return just to pay the cost of parallel systems. | lydia |
| yes! Without question | caren |
| i,m all hakad out | james |
| Do it asap. Learn from whats happening overseas. Our previous governments have failed us big time. Next election will be critical for our democracy to survive. | Peter |
| Yes, as soon as possible | Malcolm |
| Yes definitely – the current direction is not helping the country. | Jamie |
| Assp | Robert |
| Yes, no question about it. The current inaction is pathetic. | Valerie |
| It is a bit of a stupid question to ask a neutraly educated society but unfortnutely NZ hasn’t got that anymore so I understand why the question was asked of the sheeple. | Leonard |
| I believe it’s to late for the National Party! I have voted for them in every election, but I don’t believe a word they say now and won’t be voting for them this year. | Jenny |
| Absolutely, everything is totally out of control. One people, no divisions or special rules that don’t apply equally to everyone. | heather |
| definitely voted National to complete this job, or at least start it better than they have. | judy |
| The expanding control of our natural resources by tribes explains why so many devious politicians have completed treaty settlements when there’s been no land confiscation to justify them in the first place. | Fiona |
| Politicians work for us, we have to tell them what we want. We have a great country we just need a Leader and Luxon ain’t it. Vote ACT or NZ First to save us from all this maorification plan. | Carole |
| I am astounded at well the media and others have lulled so many people into accepting our current situation and are quite naive of the undermining politics that we face today. | Joan |
| Yes of course unless nz would wish for perpetual conflict. | Gary |
| Long overdue! | Andrew |
| One law for all was what treaty established! | John |
| what a sad situation N.Z. is in!DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL, all of our established institutions, are crumbling, our POLITICIANS are bribed by CORRUPTED GLOBAL POLITICIANS, that work undercover for foreign interests. The country is still reeling, from the LONG TERM EFFECTS OF A BIO-WEAPON that was MANDATED, by SICKO BRIBED POLITICIANS, which has nearly destroyed our culture, made our people sicker than ever, with many of them have been disabled, and many will be on poison medication for the rest of their lives, and we are facing RACIAL ARMAGEDDON….I feel pity, for the younger generation, and their future. | David |
| Our governments have promoted this parallel system. The first step is to abolish Maori seats in parliament. We need leaders with the stamina to promote this. | Peter |
| AND ABOUT TIME. | COLIN |
| Any policy that perpetuates racism and division in society should be abolished. | Lynne |
| Dismantled as fast as possible Instead of getting better as promised by the present coalition govt prior to the last election it’s got much worse and continues to thrive and grow | Marion |
| Definitely we are being ambushed by elite Maori who have only their best interests at heart and are not representative of the people of NZ. | Naomi |
| I’ll be voting on this, as the most important policy | Glenn |
| Now. | Dave |
| Sooner the better | Lenice |
| Current position is totally unacceptable | Kenn |
| Make NZ a country for ONE people, as was originally intended. Stop all this crazy separatist right now. | Bruce |
| The Prime Minister is now referring to the country as Aotearoa New Zealand! | Ian |
| NZ is definately on a dangerous path away from democracy | Chris |
| Should have seen the huge Upsetting, Political tsunami COMING IN NOVEMBER!,we will get the kind of GOVT. WE DESERVE…. BUT THERE WILL BE LOTS OF DELUDED SHEEP… THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPY!! THINK HARD ABOUT WHOM YOU VOTE FOR!! | David |
| It will take a strong Government to panel beat the body back into the shape it was, and should be as an anti-apartheid, democratic Nation. The type of persons required don’t come out of universities. So it would appear that New Zealand’s political future will only worsen. Afterall we know that elected administrators and the bureaucracies look after themselves and their patch first. They certainly don’t want the anticipated chaos to disrupt their comfortable manicured way of life. It’s up to the public to energise itself collectively, to repel the rebels continuous grab at fraudulent power and thievery of tax payer money. Thus, it looks as though the situation will only get worse. | garry |
| One law for all, do away with maori seats, one electral roll, one law means no waitangi tribunal.NO CO GOVERANCE. No fore shore sea bed by race one for all. | Stephen |
| For harmony to exist in New Zealand society now already consisting of several different cultures via immigration, intermarriage and casual interbreeding, greedy rifts will inevitably develop, all the while an over all plan and goal for One Country needs to evolve otherwise the likes of historical tribal wars will likely return – with what I percieve, at the likely demise of necessary unity, to avoid potential – and even threatened – bloodshed. The choice, and thus the future of New Zealand is in the hands of wise and fair leaders with genuine governance skolls – and NOT autocratic ‘greedies’. | Stuart |
| Without taking this pathway, we will slide to tribal rule and third world status. | John |
| Luxon, our weak and bewildered PM, has forfeited any hope of me ever voting for him or his party again. He has done nothing to end this racial divide, as he promised in his election ‘moneyfesto’. | TOBY |
| New Zealand will fail if we continue down this path. | Willy |
| I agree with David Lange’s words in 2000 that their can only be one sovereignty in a Country and New Zealand already has one. It is not Maori sovereignty! | Martin |
| I truly hope this outcome will not be the result of a Civil War. As an example, that was how multi-ethnic, multi-lingual governance was achieved in Switzerland in 1847 | Colin |
| Tomorrow please. | Murray |
| The Maorification of New Zealand is appalling and everything to do with it should be abandoned or abolished. | Chris |
| Well overdue and needed urgently before we get to the point of no return. | Andrew |
| The next thing is we will have two races working against each other. | Warren |
| How did it get to this? I Despair of our politicians. | Brian |
| The sooner the better!!! | Ron |
| It is crucial and urgent that NZ law and custom upholds ONE PERSON ONE VOTE IRRESPECTIVE OF ETHHNICITY OR CREED. | Anne |
| Civil war otherwise. | Sydney Harvey James |
| New Zealand already has a full-blown system of apartheid that MUST be removed by refusing to recognise Maori as a preferred race. | Peter |
| We need to return to a strictly one person one vote democracy as one people, not maori versus the rest. | George |
| The propaganda and politicizing of our schools must stop. We are all New Zealanders. One law for all. No more handouts to the Treaty. | Neville |
| Most definitely | Catherine |
| ABSOLUTLY – WE ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH SOCIAL AND PERSONAL AND MENTAL ENERGY FOR NIL REASON – THEN THERE IS THE $ COST. – MADNESS. | maurice |
| Governments over the years have legislated themselves and us, the people, into a legally divided country by way of treaty settlements. The Government does not recognize their own handy work or have a glue how to fix it because it would require the politicians to have leadership and courage apart from listening to the people. | Sam |
| absolutely. At the present time Maori think that ‘little by little’ and by their timeline of 2040 they will fully own NZ The conservation estate is a big one they have been after it for ages and make no mistake it looks like Potaka will hand it to them on a pretext of course, that how much of the south island again??? Be very very concerned NZ | Carolyn |
| I’m sorry Muriel, but you keep asking the obvious questions. Of course any system which opposes one person one vote must be shut down immediately, but this is not happening. The rot set in when Bolger and subsequent governments recognized maoris as indigenous rather than early immigrants. After that mistake maoris have milked the taxpayers dry and continue to be milked. Tax free status allows maoris to screw similar businesses who must pay tax. When one looks at the Maori economy,you find the fat cats at the trough and the rest under their hooves. Their is already a parallel society within the country but also a parallel society within Maori and the poorer maoris can’t see they are being screwed. | Peter |
| There is no option. No country can stand with multiple systems. What happens when the third system appears? | David |
| Totally but I doubt Luxon and his leftist opposites have the guts to do it. Heaven help NEW ZEALAND and like many others I speak to are pleased we are of the elderly persuasion and wont be around to see the country’s demise unless something is done to rid ourselves of the radical Maori agenda. | Alan |
| inputs yes undemocratic frameworks NO | Gavin |
| Just do it before bits to late | Peter |
| Absolutely essential one law for all | Laurel |
| Luxon has listened to Key about the maorification of NZ-it must stop!!! | Derek |
| The frustrating aspect of these questions is that questions like them are being asked – have been askd – for several decades, and whilst all level minded people agree that theanswer is “YES”, NOTHING EVER CHANGES!!! Why don’t we just DO IT??? | Heather |
| Sadly this is destroying NZ & a key reason our best & brightest continue to leave & must be dismantled & removed. | Derek |
| Of course we should. As Winston has said “We are one people”. | Denis |
| The Government needs to stop bowing to Maori demands, grow some balls and put a stop to this growing Iwi influence. | John |
| one country one people | stephen |
| Absolutely we are all born and bredNew Zealanders this carry on is out of hand | Felicity |
| This has got to stop! | Katherine |
| This Government promised to make Parliament, Government Departments and all laws colourblind. They have failed miserably as Beaurocrats have embedded words in laws that allow Maori supremacy to continue. There needs to be huge changes made before the election or they will fail to win. | Patricia |
| one law for everyone! | Rae |
| Sadly, I think that genie is well out of the box | marie |
| Every one should be treated the same regardless of their ethnicity . We must return to common sense in the ethnicity of Maori and reintroduce the law that you must be over 50 percent Maori to be considered a Maori. This over 50 percent rules in every country in the world except New Zealand. | Steve |
| This is why we voted National to into government at the last election – they made a promise to the people of NZ which they are morally bound to act on. | Natalie |
| It should never have come about in the first place. | Steve |
| The latest, slap in the face for KIWIS, is the disgusting F.T.A with India. This is a nasty IMMIGRATION CLAUSE, which Luxsingh, fails to even mention to KIWIS….who do not share the same culture and values, as HINDUS! MODI is persecuting child brides, and child Trafficking, He is building concentration camps, for rounding up christian and opponents, by his FASCIST RELIGIOUS AGENDA which is kept secret…. part of theW.E.F./.UN/WHO/IMF plan for world depopulation, same plan, as the CONVID SCAMDEMIC! YES…! we do have a PROBLEM, WHEN OUR P.M attatches an IMMIGRATION CLAUSE, as part of a TRADE DEAL, for who knows how long this BOGUS DEAL WILL LAST… I WONDER if LUXO will be going to church with MODI, at the weekend? | David |
| AN absolute priority. | Ken |
| Yes and get on with it. | Alan |
| We either live in a democracy or we do not .one law for all. | Peter |
| colourblind is the only way forward | Brian |
| Treaty settlement businesses should be paying tax too! | Rose |
| together we stand – divided we fall – one law for ALL….Government should do something before it gets really out out control. | Patricia. |
| Common sense | John |
| Absolutely. | Daphne |
| Dismantling parallel systems in NZ must include the Maori electorate. Until it, and other, parallel systems are gone, NZ isn’t a democracy. | Margaret |
| Too many cooks don’t work in the system. One cohesive system does better, | Sheila |
| We need to focus on being one people with one law for all. | Kent |
| We are supposed to be a democratic nation. as agreed by all the signatries of the Treaty of Waitangi. | Robbie |
| One law for all is the basis of a democratic society. What do we want to live in? | Paloma |
| Most definitely | Paul |
| Undoubtedly, but it’ll never happen. To many gutless politicians. | Alastair |
| Of course otherwise we have chaos. | Richard |
| YES YES YES | Gail |
| else it is apartheid!!!! | ARTHUR |
| If it is not restored all I can see is anarchy! most Kiwis have had enough of the current situation. | Wayne |
| Any non-maori are quickly becoming second class citizens under the increasingly apartheid system. | Ann |
| Did we not see a distinct manifesto from the Coalition at the last election to reverse the direction of the growth of parallel sovereignty being created by Maori. But what we got was continual “brown nosing” by the PM and National? | Frederick |
| Utterly imperative this process instituted immediately. Initiate it through the present coalition and make it a compulsory election issue. | Marshal |
| While NZ is signed up to clubs like the UN etc these radical people will continue to disrupt. It is time to start thinking for ourselves and reject all outside influence. | Elizabeth |
| One law for all: now we are equal. Get rid of the maori seats and get rid of the Waitangi tribunal. Reverse the indoctrination and bullying by fractional maori activists. Let Maori ancestors talk to non Maori ancestors but leave me alone. I did not create history and do not want to be endlessly punished for fabricated wrongs. | Peter |
| ASAP | Coral |
| The decades long global ‘drift’ to multi-culturalism would be ‘innocent’ if it were sporadic, but it is not, it is global and intentional, the globalist destruction of civil society in action.. Governments have not ben acting with ‘benign neglect’, but with malicious intent. Yout Rotheschild government hates you. Wake up kiwis and Iwis beware the hand that feeds. Janine of Arabella has potential answers. | Robert |
| Absolutely – in all areas of public policy or public funding. One class of citizenship and colour blind welfare on a proven needs basis. | Francis |
| Brown supremacy is a malignant active force in New Zealand infiltrating and infecting with the long brown cloud of racism . There are two paths we can go on . One equals unity and strength. The other , division & desolation. A kingdom/country divided against itself cannot stand, it will be laid waste. Part maori activists have done nothing to earn a place in the governing of this country. They have proven that they cannot stand on their own two feet without constant support of every kind. They are a people of diluted descendants , watered down to nothing more than greed falsehood fantasy and aggression , its said that ill gotten gain takes away the life of those who get it. That day cant come fast enough. NZ needs to be thoroughly purged from top to bottom of all things co-Government race based and communist. We must protect our sovereignty at all cost, this is not a game this is real we may well have to rise up in mass and assert the will of the people . Confrontation, the art of clearing the air and drawing a line in the sand | GlynJ |
| We are one nation equal rights for all citzens. Why are Maori given special privilages what makes them so special. | Graeme |
| Yes of course | Cookie |
| WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANY PARTY WHO DOES NOT ACTIVELY CAMPAIGN FOR THIS. ONE LAW FOR ALL OR CHAOS. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR 20 YEARS. | Bruce |
| Yes definitely. One law for all. | ROB |
| This next election should be the last with more than 1 voters role. | Martin |
| Tomorrow will not do, we want it yesterday. Luxon read my lips! | Doug |
| Totally dismantled | Warren |
| We are already living in a neo apartheid country. It must be stopped and reversed while it is still possible to do so. Or is it too late already? | Frank |
| Sooner rather than later. | Clive |
| One country for all NZers | Roger |
| So dangerous So many kiwi’s are just so fed up and dissapointed, with all this maorification nonsence.,, Especially, those of us who enjoyed growing up together, all as one | Julie |
| IThe Treaty clearly says we areone people therefore one system covers all peple | Gerhard |
| If this is not fixed asap, we’ll all be that much worse off because of it | Trevor |
| Absolutely – National will not get my vote if I do not feel I can trust them to take action. | Jim |
| the IWI greed holds no bounds & they have publicly announced they will be running the country by 2040. This has to be stopped & a return to One nation One people. Do any of our politicians have the guts to do it? or are they going to let the country drift into anarchy where a civil war will decide the fate of the nation. | Nigel |
| Yes, this out of control | Alan |
| New Zealanders are fed up by the increasing gap not being addressed by governments that has created 2 societies. We are all ‘Kiwis’, irrespective of our heritage.. One nation, under one flag, with one language, under one God | David |
| This should be done urgently. Our country is at an important junction and it is to be hoped that a political party promises to take the appropriate steps and with the support they are sure to get, implements the policies soon after the next election. | DAVID |
| The Governing body needs to be all on the same page and ensure that NZ citizens all have only ONE LAW | Geoff |
| one law for all races black white or bridle. | Roydon |
| It doesn’t look good as we seem to be going on down the trial track National have not kept their word and don’t look like they will I think k we need a revolution | Vaughan |
| 1Law4All. It’s such basic commonsense. | Fiona |
| Our society is in great danger of destroying itself from within by allowing for the present system to continue–or get worse, before we put an legislative stop to such stupidity. Sadly our PM is not the man to lead the way on this. He is no leader. | William |
| Absolutely. It is very damning that our Government have not addressed this. No courage no conviction. Especially National. David Seymour is onto it! But got no support. Winston understands as well. We get to vote in November it should be a major voting issue. No race based politics. No undermining democracy. One rule for all citizens. | Dianne |
| Where is the National Party in all of this ?? They are weaker than water!!! A referendum immediately to remove the Waitangi Tribunal , would be a good start.! All New Zealanders to be equal!! | Rayner |
| Maori are no better than terrorists attempting take over a country they have no right to, They were not the first people here. Their abuse must stop. | noel |
| YES!!! Of COURSE but it is probably too late! The way it is going the Country is stuffed, POLITICIANS HAVE NOT PUT THEIR ACTIONS WHERE THEIR MOUTHS HAVE BEEN. GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND. | Bruce |
| one nation one people | Mat |
| All thanks to Key & now Luxon for pushing this to the detriment of all NEW ZEALAND!,! The country is shagged!!! | Ron |
| About time | Sheryl |
| A divided house is a weak house and the same goes for a nation. NZ is getting weaker in so many ways – time to wake up and unite. Together we stand, divided we fall. | Kevin |
| long overdue | david |
| Maori are NOT indigenous | Tony |
| A democratic society is the only sensible way to run a country. So parallel systems must be dismantled | Frank |
| I see/feel a definite difference in the NZ vibe from when I immigrated to NZ in 1977 and now. I am very discomforted by having to accept in Non-Maori settings their prayers and procedures in Te Reo, isually not translated. And am very aware that graduates of Kohanga Reo and Wananga etc being definitely separatist, and then PhDs in Maori “Ssudies”, the latest being Julian Willcox on Kupe, coming here in 1054. | Rochelle |
| No special carveout for Maori interests. ONE LAW FOR EVERYBODY. | Paul |
| absolutely | Mike |
| Unfortunately our National Govt seems to be reluctant to tackle this issue, which will possibly lose them the next Election. In fact they see to be encouraging it. | Elaine |
| we dont want to live in apartheid country it will lead to poverty and vilence | Fiona |
| I hope it’s not too late – if only the current Govt. had done what it said it would do. I fear we are too late so close to the next election. | John |
| I spend more time living in Australia because of the iwi-related issues here. | Gary |
| David Lange was absolutely the best Prime Minister NZ has had since the end of WW2. Like all “Great leaders” many people don’t fully appreciate them until well after he has gone. | Jim |
| ASAP | Chris |
| YES – we had a Westminster based democracy – and want it back. | Rob |
| Special Treatment of IWI must be removed from all NZ legislation. | David |
| Otherwise we are heading for civil war | Graeme |
| So many refuse to understand, cannot look ahead, do not see how fractured NZ now is. And for what? Enriching iwi leaders – traditional iwi trickle down went to slaves. That mind-set has not changed. | Margaret |
| Definitely YES. We should all be equal under only ONE law passed by parliament. | Keith |
| This is a matter of urgency. As each day passes we are being more pressured to accept or have a parallel system of authority thrust upon us. | Anne |
| Absolutely it should but good luck to any political party that tries to rite a wrong that was created years ago. | Murray |
| We are on a track of ‘madness ‘at present. NO is a very good answer to the madness. | DICK |
| Our government needs urgently to restore one Democratic government for all New Zealanders. STOP IWI TAKING OVER NOW? | Heather |
| All Kiwi’s | Rick |
| Equality | David |
| Yes defiantly, an excellent article thank you | Yvonne |
| Definitely | Lynton |
| Absolutely. The question though, how come so many are unaware of the consequences when all democratic control is lost. Can New Zealanders really be that stupid. | Geoff |
| Same rules for all | Gary |
| Sick and tired of “race”. | Alan |
| It should go without saying | Harvey |
| If you have Parallel Systems of Authority not unlike what’s forming with Maori, then Society breaks down with the ultimate Conclusion of Chaos and Anarchy. One Country One Rule of Law and static Democracy. | Geoff |
| This Govt Should put in place the facts and make the general public aware of the demise of our wonderful country | Leo |
| Perhaps it is time to stop moaning ? New Zealanders have had the chance on many occasions to vote for OTHER THAN the two U.N / W.E.F puppets, National or Labour, yet still they remain the Major Parties of N.Z. Maorification has been the magic tool that slowly but surely is destroying democracy in this country. National don’t care whether they win or loose this election, as they know their partners, Labour will finish the job more quickly, without the problem of NZ First and Act holding them back. So all this talk of centre left / centre right is no more than political B**S** designed to hide the truth from a VERY gullible public.. | A.G.R. |
| There is no other sensible answer,. It can only be YES. | john |
| People seriously need to wake up. It is very scary what is happening and the indoctrination of the next generation in our education system. | Lyn |
| Is this Paul Goldsmith’s area of responsibility? If so he, along with Luxon, have shown their total incompetance. How does National expect to win the 2026 election? | Nigel |
| I am extremely disappointed that this Government has not addressed the issues of cultural ransom and iwi takeover. They are not addressing the huge problem of cultural corruption that is geting worse by the day. | Jillian |
| These policies are creating more division in society – it is scary. | Kelly |
| I am a NZ citizen, born in England of Celtic ancestry. I have lived in NZ for 62 years, longer than most Maori of a variety of mixed races. Think on that | Catherine |
| Yes, immediately. Otherwise apartheid will rule | Mark |
| New Zealand will only go ahead with a single source of power , the democratically elected government . One vote for each person and an end to money given to Iwi in reaction to their threats ..No co-governance. | Rosemary |
| One land , one people | Bill |
| Ever increasing concern for all nz’s whatever nationality | Jacqui |
| Most definitely | Vincent |
| The sooner the better | Dave |
| I believe if the left wing parties find themselves back in power next election it will probably be the final straw for NZ. There is no one in Parliament strong or brave enough to take on the Maori mafia and it’s possibly too late already. Trouble is there are far too many ignorant people who have no idea what is going on. Arthur Schopenhaer once said that stupidity was extremely dangerous, sadly there are alot of people like that in this country, even if you try to speak to them about what is really going on they will call you a racist and a bigot. An enormous thank you to Dr Newman for keeping us informed even though there is very little good news in her articles. Dr Newman is a gem and we are so lucky to have her. I believe also extremely brave. Again many thanks for keeping us in the picture. | Paul |
| 100%. We need a strong leader who will stop all this tribal nonsense | Gareth |
| Putting aside the fact that this encroachment should have been stopped years ago, we simply need to realise that we are now at the point where this aberration cannot be allowed to continue. If we cannot have one Law for all, then all is lost! | Scott. |
| Why has it taken so long for this comparison to be recognised and the danger of the pseudo treaty that has been created. | Trevor |
| Yes – because there is no other sane way of governance. No other system that is fragmented in any way has ever worked on a long-term basis for any country and is indeed contarry to human nature. The longer we leave it the more difficult the road back with be and the more likely it is to involve bloodshed which is not in anyone’s interest. | Roger |
| Definitely – The sooner the better! | Albert |
| Absolutely. People that call themselves Maori are entitled to retain their language and culture but they must live by the same laws as all other citizens of this country. | Bruce |
| Absolutely | Max |
| One Law for all | Ken |
| It’s necessary…. or we are all screwed | Kahn |
| Equality | Rod |
| One people. | Murray |
| Otherwise its anarchy! | Tim |
| Bloody HELL YES. I quote: “Through endless cultural, historical, and Treaty based demands, they are reshaping governance, weakening social cohesion, and diluting the authority of the Crown.” | Peter |
| Absolutely, as soon as possible and this will only happen under a right-wing Government. Labour, Greens, and TePati Maori will only reinforce a divided society, undoing the beginning of initiatives of the present Government to restore democracy. It is urgent that the present government addresses the issues openly and makes resounding changes – like getting rid of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Maori seats in Parliament. | Mary |
| Absolutely, and treaty settlements must cease. | Neville |
| We are supposed to be a democratic country ..this should be a no brainer !!! | Jan |
| Most definitely. | Mark |
| Everywhere in the world where this happens the country concerned is destroyed or weakened | Alvin |
| Absolutely. Way past time this was done. | Jane |
| Absolutely | Bruce |
| Is everyone so stupid in this country that you even have to ask this question? This is the stupidest question ever, but hey were a country of brainless sheeple. I apologise to all sheep, they have more brains and intelligence than people in NZ! All sheeple have to do is order the Treaty of Waitangi book from Murial and READ IT! to see what privileges maori got. Do It Now! | peter |
| & losing votes because of it. Why won’t they listen? | Kay |
| 100% | Valda |
| Promptly_ | Ron |
| about time | Owen |
| I am part Maori but wish to be known as a Kiwi | Geoff |
| Yes, most definitely – noone is better than anyone else. | Jerry |
| There should be one law for all and no racial benefits for anyone. | Mary |
| I pray it’s not too late to reverse a lot of it. | Greg |
| ABSOLUTELY. ASAP | Martin |
| Everyone should be entitled to their views except when those views impact legally on others would do not hold the same viewpoint and in turn impact on what they would otherwise pursue if not forced to follow the others views. | Bill |
| Yes, of course, and they should never have been allowed to develop | Peter |
| One law for all must be restored. | Simon |
| Everyone suffers under a parallel system. | Jack |
| The experiences from overseas make this a TOP procedure to fix NOW | Peter |
| As was promised during the lead up to the present government election and sadly not implemented!!!! | tony |
| Most definitely YES and with extreme urgency. Our democracy and our country are on an utterly dangerous protectory for destruction, and with National with the helm, sadly we are doomed. That Maori-loving deceitful party is driven to fulfill He Puapua with urgency, with Potaka, Goldsmith and Luxon forcing their caucus to pull the line, and to not differ on that mission – despite the election promises and lies in 2023. This government should already have abolished all forms of apartheid, most especially including Maori seats in Parliament, plus in local government. All reference to the Treaty should have already been wiped from all government legislations, including legislation relating to local government. The Waitangi Tribunal should have been gone long ago. The many years of Treaty Claims fraud must be closely examined, with likely billions of dollars paid by deception all paid back, every last cent, every parcel of land, fisheries, forests, etc, etc. Treason laws must be reinstated with urgency. Iwi leaders guilty of extortion must be jailed. Corrupt judges must be jailed – including past and present members of the Waitangi Tribunal. Tragically, if the status quo continues, New Zealand will soon be no more. Racial civil war will see to that. Get rid of National altogether and vote only ACT or NZ First. | Colin |
| Its extortion | Grant |
| No doubt about it. Iwi have had far too much taxpayers money and it’s about time they also paid taxes on their enormous businesses. One society for all paying in it together. | LAURA |
| It is long overdue. Stop all the racial nonsense. We are all New Zealanders. | Tim |
| This race-based cancer of separate development i.e. apartheid must be stopped immediately before we lose our democracy in NZ! | Donna |
| totally | chris |
| Absolutely! | Ian |
| And without delay. | Allan |
| Ardern’s race based divisions need to be stamped on! | Stewart |
| The fact this disgusting parallel system has been allowed to grow even by a tiny amount is a condemnation of the cowards and quislings of our political classes and social elites. Destructive liberal spineless views have prevailed and now Maori separatism has grown like a cancer pushed by corrupt tribal elites who, like banana republic dictators, want power and wealth at any cost including the destruction of the country. We have been lead by fools and soon we are going to pay the cost, the collapse of a nation. | John |
| most certainly | Robert |
| ONE Law and ONE NZ Elected Goverment FOR ALL NEWZEALND ( AS soon AS POSABLE) | Bill |
| should neverhave got to this and needs positive roll back to one law, people and country | murray |
| Should be done immediately | Gavin |
| Otherwise it is not Democracy. | Brian |
| Seems too obvious to even need to ask the question!! | COLIN |
| Without question. | Bob |
| One country, one people whatever their ancestry. | Cecilie |
| We are ONE people. | Grant |
| Absolutely, without doubt! This is destroying this country faster than anything else. It is madness for the Government to continue on its present course. Ditch the treaty! | John |
| Totally. | Fred |
| definitely | Colin |
| I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY WE ALL JUST CANT AGREE ON THIS. HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL OF MY LIFE AND I AM 76 | Barbara |
| Yes it is the only way to have unity | RICHARD |
| Common sense is overdue | Garry |
| I found the separatism once I finished High School and that was 30years ago. I could not get into the profession I was looking at. I find it too now in the job market. I hate the division that has been set up and if it is not dealt with and one law for all is restored, I fear for the backlash that may happen. | Jackie |
| Perhaps weve gone too far? | Howard |
| Separatism is a disaster. Only ignorant activists don’t see the breakdown in Britain. That country is being destroyed. | David |
| We are all equal but at the moment some are more equal than others. Why are pollutions so soft on this subject, are they worries of a civil uprising | Erwin |
| We need a bill that says Westminster Common law is the ONLY law for NZ. there is no place for Tikanga mumbo jumbo and no doubt in the future aspirations of Sharia Law. Let’s prevent it happening, before it’s too late. | Steve |
| If the present trend of parallel systems of government and everything in everyday life we face a complete fragmenting and disunification of our proud country. The forthcoming election needs to contain clear statements of intent from every candidate on how to reverse the insidious and unlawful takeover of our Democratic society. It needs to be painful but to not stop the rot now will cause much more pain for everyone in the future. Ardern’s legacy is undermining and ruining the hard work of past leaders and the initial premise that all New Zealanders are equal under the law. | Pauline |
| Maori activists/Iwi are being coached and led by organised groups to take control of New Zealand this will include the name of our country and the flag change | jim |
| Absolutely and as quickly as possible. | Sue |
| Too many fingers in the PIE… | Carl |
| Luxon has avoided and ignored the division in NZ. He needs to go, | Liz |
| It is way past time for this to happen | John |
| New Zealand seems hell bent on returning to the Stone Age – or modern day Cuba as an alternative – take your pick! | Jan |
| i surely do agree ——- ! | Barbara |
| Stop eroding our democratic governance/ society with this ” parallel moari B/Shit | Jeff |
| PEOPLE NEED TO REMIND LUXON HE PROMISED TO DO THIS THATS WHY NATIONAL GOT VOTED INTO GOVT. | Cindy |
| Absolutely fundamental if wish to remain a democracy | Doug |
| PEOPLE NEED TO REMIND LUXON HE PROMISED TO DO THIS THATS WHY NATIONAL GOT VOTED IN tax payers money is going ahead to built a maori marea ONLY MAORIS GET TO VISIT. | Cindy |
| The idea of division on race creates two levels of cost and services, one human race only colour blind law and all levels of education to work toward unity of NZ. Stop the free hand outs in all areas, no one is more special or deserving. Address the need not the colour | Gaye |
| Of course, should never have happened and only common sense there should be one law for all. | Murray |
| one law for all!! | Gerard |
| Abe Lincon stated “A nation divided cannot stand” | john |
| One person one vote One parliament One law | Alan |
| As soon as possible !! | Geoffrey |
| Definitely, there should be only one law for all | Graeme |
| We are ALL New Zealanders regardless of our heritage. There are no full blood Maori left so there is no reason to treat people of Maori descent any differently. | Andrew |
| What a great article Muriel. Very disturbing to believe we are so far down the wrong track, but we are. Everyone reading this article needs to send it to everyone and anyone they can think of. Most New Zealanders are still unaware of the part maori tribes and radicals taking over our country by stealth. Alot more is coming out every day now and is right in your face stuff now. Ransoms, backhanders, takeovers are every day occurrence. We all must vote for Act or NZ first as these 2 are are only hope to regain our country. NEW ZEALAND. | Kevan |
| The sooner the better. | Terry |
| YES! | Andrew |
| I’m sure removing tax free status and unilateral “rights” would go a long way towards cooling anxieties | Steve |
| Nowhere near enough. I voted National expecting they would come down hard on this sort of nonsense and put an end to it. On this point I feel they have let me down badly. They could well pay the price at the ballot box? | Max |
| We have two such systems Maori and Islam | George |
| Yes definitely before it is too late we are one nation. The government needs to make a stand. Where would this country be without the hardworking immigrants and pioneers who have built this wonderful country. Embrace our differences our culture but don’t claim the country now as all yours and make us sub servants when everyone has an equal right to live and be here. | Diane |
| if nz is to maintain and improve its standard of living for all citizens, immediate action is essential | graham |
| Absolutely No exceptions.ASAP. | gale |
| Absolutely! But nothing will change while Luxon is at the helm and his buddy Potaka is in charge of everything Maori. Luxons ambition is to have Maorification of NZ in place by 2040. He won’t be here to see the results of his evil manoeuvring, neither will I, but my kids, grand daughters and great grandies will and we don’t have any Maori blood. As for Potaka, I suspect the by election he came to parliament on, was rigged -all part of Luxons plan. We can only hope NZfirst holds the power after November, even though they nearly all claim some Maoriness I don’t believe they condone the crap we are being subjected to – I have hope with Michael Laws. | Carly |
| They should never have been introduced in the first place. There is no room for any race based anything in New Zealand | Alec |
| Absolutely. | Jack |
| Absolutely. Our country is being forced into a apartheid system that cannot and has never worked anywhere in the world. | Lois |
| A very well written and timely document that has to prevail. | Peter |
| ABSOLUTELY!! | Chris |
| We do not even define Maori 128th entitles a university scholarship funding. Our 32nd Maori neighbour’s Grandaughter qualified. | Edwin |
| Democracy all the way | Claire |
| Seeing whanau are so valuable to maori family use some of the treaty $$s to rescue and care for your homeless. instead of loafing about the streets & jails. | mike |
| a divided system leads to disaster as seen in south africa and northern countries | Ian |
| Nearly too late | KEVIN |
| one people one law for all equal rights | anthony |
| Without doubt | Robyn |
| Yes..what with reality of that situation full in our face.. the time to correct is now with Urgent plastered all over the Government for Action. | Chris |
| the sooner , the better……. | John |
| Restrict racism | Alex |
| Stop all funding to any maori demand,if they want it let them pay for it. | Mike |
| Iwi should not get anymore tax payer money as originally they were only squatters who eliminated the previous people who were here, so Maori should be grateful for what they have received already and be thankful that we are a democracy and were not discovered by a tyranny regime where all rights are taken away. | Bryan |
| Politicians leave parliament and suddenly realise what they haven’t done. Why dont they act when in Govt | James |
| NZ should act NOW, one person one vote won law for all | Les |
| OF COURSE | COLIN |
| Indeed yes, but realistically this has already gone too far to reverse. Voters concerned about this have nowhere to go, and MP’s don’t run the country anyhow, with that function being performed by the hopelessly woke Wellington blob. Best pushback would be to start naming and shaming those who are selling us down the river, but that’s not in the nature of those of us on this side of the argument. We are done, even if most don’t even know it. | Tony |
| This creeping paralysis of societal division has been encompassing NZ society since the 80s The coalition government needs to be bold enough to pass sweeping legislation to stem this movement | Murray |
| Immediately, if not before. NZ is in serious danger | Rowena |
| Definitely | Mike |
| There can only be one system of sovereign government in this country, democratically elected and answerable to all New Zealanders. Co-governence and tribalism have no place in New Zealand. Democracy and equal rights for all New Zealanders. | Brian |
| Long Over Due !! | Murray |
| Either we do that or we accept iwi rule! | John |
| And any existing now removed. | steven |
| We have seen it develop for some time now and fear that it is probably too late. Some of our friends are even welcoming the emergence of Maori control over our lives saying its all about honouring the Treaty. | Judy |
| Absolutely!! | Brian |
| Yes because no pigs are more equal than other pigs. | Brian |
| A definite YES, New Zealand as I have known it over the last 75 years born and breed here .I have slowly noticed over the last twenty odd years democracy has slowly been eroded and the TOW has been manipulated to suit racist Maori elite. Maori are not indigenous to NZ. | Wayne |
| I always understood that Democracy was for all people. The concept being all equal. | Sue |
| How we do this is the problem as all the parties in parliament are too weak to confront this. | Andrew |
| The apartheid bullshit continues . I have little faith that National will make any moves to fix this rubbish . | Ray |
| Absolutely, we see these parallel systems everyday. An example is this Matariki weekend, a made up holiday introduced by Labour. Heaven forbid if they ever get back in power as they will push to accommodate a new Maori government. | Lawrie |
| Most definitely. It is long overdue | Mary |
| New Zealand society should contain no element of ideological or identity politics. | Bruce |
| Sooner the better. | Evans |
| Absolutely, yes,time to get away from the racism and apartheid | John |
| ASAP | Linda |
| Yes Yes Yes | Liz |
| We are one people. Every person should be equal. All laws, legislations or rules should be color blind | Mick |
| We are all born under the same sky. | Raymond |
| New Zealands WOKE Society urgently needs to WAKE UP and realise what is actually happening to our country while they are sipping on their latte’s. When it all turns to shit they will be the first to moan about the relevant politcal parties not preventing it. We need to vote for the parties with enough balls to spell it out. | Urban |
| And the longer we delay, the harder it becomes. | Mark |
| it needs to be started immediately | Marianne |
| Yes, yes yes | Phil |
| Long overdue | Graham |
| absolutely | mike |
| Equal rights for everyone | Gavin |
| Apartheid. Part Maori have been the pampered pets for too long. Successive governments have caved in to tribal demands in order to placate the noisiest of them. Enough is enough. Appeasement doesn’t work. ask Churchill | Peter |
| This is critical and should be acted on immediately. | Roger |
| Absolutely. That is what DEMOCRACY is all about !! | Doug |
| We need to put an immediate stop to the maori tribal co-governance destruction of this country. I am a ngati wai descendant with ownership of designated maori land and what is going on in NZ is divisive and simply wrong wrong wrong. One law and one authority for all NZ | Mike |
| Get on with it before it is too late | Gary |
| Only the ACT party are advocating one law for all. They will be the only political party with the guts to carry out this policy. National are sh.t scared and NZ First sit on the fence. | Koreen |
| The sooner the better | John |
| If we had a government with any sense that would have happened long ago. Are they any better now. | Laurie |
| One people one law one government. | Lindsay |
| look at the issues in other countries | Alastair |
| Absolutely – there is no other right way | DOUGLAS |
| Wasn’t that what this government promised Its about time they woke up and governed the way they promised and the majority of people wanted Maori claiming millions so businesses can go ahead is nothing but blackmail which is illegal so let’s just go ahead and build dig and whatever else neads to be done to get our country back on track and worry about it later | Peter |
| Countries lose the very thing that makes them unique, when parallel societies are formed. Looking at what Denmark did gave me a ray of hope for New Zealand. I’m not unwelcoming of immigrants, but if the conditions they are leaving, if their own countries aren’t places they want to live in, surely they come here seeking something better rather than creating the same society they have left. We all tend to want to keep family histories and ways alive, that’s fine, but you can do that while foremost respecting the country, its values and tradditions, that has given you a home. We all learn from each other, but let’s take the best from each other rather than creating segregated communities which feel unsafe or uncomfortable for others to enter. | Wendy |
| This is a great column thanks | Jane |
| It must happen soon!! | Alastair |
| Most certainly YES.. NZers being naive, kindly folk, have allowed themselves to be manipulated by cetain Maori factions. Soon to be bothered by other races. | Gill |
| ABSOLUTELY One law for all | Andrea |
| They are taking the K away | Richard |
| One Nation for all. Kiwis together. | Tony |
| The sooner the better!! | Ray |
| Absolutely, but there’s not a political party that has the balls to put the vote to the people. We need a referendum to finish this Treaty stuff once and for ALL | Linda |
| One rule for all. Reverse racism at play and it needs to be stopped. Current National party have not delivered on their pre election promise as yet but I’m still hopeful they will and I’m prepared to give them my vote again. | Carl |
| One person one vote | Allen |
| Completely necessary | Geoffrey |
| This election is the most critical yet. | Tricia |
| Of course it should be “dismantled”. It should NOT have been allowed to happen in the first place anyway. DUMB. It is rapidly STUFFING OUR ONCE WONDERFUL COUNTRY. | BRIAN |
| The sooner the better | David |
| Wake up National, and do what you promised. You have lost our families vote.. | Don |
| And soon. Otherwise, there will be trouble in this country with pissed off groups tearing the place apart. Wise up NZ! | Grahame |
| Christopher Luxon and the National Party will destroy this country. Most of the Maori advocates are NOT Maori ! Just wannabe’s who are greedy. We are pandering to Stephen O Reagan who has a fraction of Maori blood line. He is mostly Irish with the ravishing personality of a starving hyena. We have to stop Ngai Tahu from devouring our country. They have already swallowed most of the South Island. Stop this please! Christopher Luxon is their top supporter along with National Party who are full of weak politicians. God help us all ! | Rosie |
| ENOUGH of the RACISM and APARTHEID being promoted by the Beehive | Mike |
| The treaty was set to make all equal before the law. When the Maori people of that time saw what the white people had, steel, wool, cotton, animals for food guns! They wanted that stuff too, but what had they to trade? LAND that they could not use! So they traded that land for the materials they needed! Just remember they were ‘stone age’ people. All they could see was the great benefits to them from the goods these white people brought with them. The other thing of great importance was law. Stopping the rampant intertribe fighting! Remember that the tribes of the Waitamata asked Governer Grey to settle that area to stop the northern tribes from coming south and causing mayhem! | Mark |
| maori take over has been going on for 40 odd years and is costing the taxpayer billions | Colin |
| National are too afraid of losing their position as coalition senior to do anything strong and meaningful | Philip |
| He iwi tahi tatou. We are ONE people. | Mal |
| Has to be one law for all. | Lindsay |
| One country, one system for all. | Kathryn |
| There can only be one rule of law and it should apply to all regardless of status, colour religion, tribe or other variation of person. The rule of law is to set boundaries and protect individual or collective rights and apply them equally to all persons in the country – visitors and residents. Governing is for the entire population, not favoured towards any groups. | Martin |
| Europe is showing us the dangers of parallel development | George |
| It should not even be a question | Neil |
| A democracy cannot exist unless there is one law for all. | Rod |
| We must have equal rights and one law for all. | Rose |
| Despite long being high up on global (UN etc) democracy rankings, New Zealand has long ago lost such status as a true democracy. | Paul |
| Immediately – but powder puff Luxon will not do it | Gerry |
| Absolutely the rort in place is growing and if not immediately sorted will grow further legs and end eventually in tears | Phil |
| I understood that the current Coalition Government was going to do this but, only ACT has even tried. PM Luxon is in awe or Maori and particularly the Iwi Chairs Forum. He is scared to upset them. | pdm |
| Absolutely | Gary |
| Yes! That’s what we thought the government we voted in was going to do. It’s what they said they were going to do, and haven’t. Must happen asap! | Lee |
| Are you serious. The alternative is unworkable chaos. | Richard |
| A very well written article. I would like to think Kiwis are waking up to what’s happening, however I think the ‘she’ll be right’ attitude still runs strong in NZ. The lethargic approach from the Luxon government to sort Maorification out as promised in their election policies has been sidesteps. Too much interference from John Key. | Chris |
| Parallel government is a pathway to racial disharmony. This cannot occur because there are no pure Maori . Apartheid is not acceptable and never will be. | Ted |
| Yes we are all Kiwi’s, any two tier systems are inherently racist, which should be abhorrent to any democratic person, particularly those in political power. However by the reactions of the Greenies, Labour, TPM & now TOP it would paint them as undemocratic in their view point, one would even say Marxist? | John |
| It may even be too late to rectify. | Graham |
| We need to learn from similar problems in Europe & stop it! | Dominique |
| Should have happened years ago. | Gregor |
| I have 5 grandchildren, 3 of them are actively looking at moving to Australia, they have very good well paying jobs in nz, however,I thay worry about the increasing racial divide in nz society. They have told us they can’t see themselves starting a family here in such a potentially divisive atmosphere. | Peter |
| Immediately. Luxson campaigned on doing just that but he’s a WEF lying CORRUPT POS | Greg |
| Yes, of course. The only way to improve our Country is to look forward and not let any groups divide our community by using grievance and activist tactics. Defunding taxpayer funded activism, enforcing media accountability and reducing bureaucrat Nos would be positive moves. | Andrew |
| One people. | Jill |
| Obviously there should be one rule for every New Zealander, and for every section or sector of the law, no exceptions. However with our successive weak governments, combined with the rise or increase in power of our biased judiciary, in the manner they individually interpret our laws, I cannot see this ever occurring. Both sections of our society, government and the judiciary need to be reformed, to bring them into line with a “One law for all” principle. Where the judiciary takes a contrary line from what government’s intent is, or was, terminate those who diviate from the prime objective. After all, the judiciaries role is to enforce the laws of the land, as determined and enacted by our government, period. | Peter |
| One country, one law for all. Tribalism means division, fragmentation, chaos and eventually civil strife.a backward and downward spiral. As an ex-pat who has returned to NZ for 6/12 during the past 12 years, I have observed the spiral. It has become truly alarming. | charles |
| It’s a social disaster race grifters are achieving nada for their people. They are still glued to the bottom of the heap and fill our prisons with violent thugs! | Boris |
| I’m not voting for National as they promised me they would remove co-governance, but all they did was change the name. The only 2 parties with any credibility is ACT and NEW ZEALAND FIRST.And we have to understand that in a coalition you do not get everything your way | alf |
| Yes and with individual NZers having equal rights, duties and responsibilities and to uphold those responsibilities as citizens of this country with sworn allegience to our king and flag. | Stephen |
| We are One People – and we are a Democracy under One Parliament | AndyE |
| All legislation based on the concept of co-government should be abolished. | Bruce |
| Unfortunately the major political parties avoid discussing or stating their position on Maorification. The silence is worrying. It suggests Labour will continue its agenda of separatisim and National won’t upset the loud minority by getting rid of existing race based laws and removing partnership and co governance provisions. In fact the number of areas under partnership control has increased under the coalition. | Grant |
| It was always recognised this way when I was growing up, from the 1950’s. So it is not a new concept. | DAVID |
| We are all New Zealanders. | Debbie |
| For sure! | Kelly |
| Their are no indigenous people in New Zealand we are all travelers who arrived by sea,favoring one race over others is totally wrong and racist | Peter |
| Most definitely | Richard |
| I fear this horse has bolted | John |
| This racist apartheid has gone on for far too long. The current coalition has not done nearly enough to undo the damage left by Ardern and her fellow Marxists. God help NZ if they get back in again! | Mark |
| No Brainer ! | joe |
| Absolutely! This has to be clear to every New Zealander with a modicum of common sense that what we are having to put up with at this point in time is not only counterproductive , but utterly destructive .We already have parallel societies here and this is not only bleeding us white in a material sense , but it destroys our social fabric and identity. | Michael |
| One race in one country. | Arthur |
| if this doesn’t happen civil war will follow | Derek |
| The Waitangi Tribunal should be dismantled and Maori seats in Parliament removed | Michael |
| We are supposed to all be equal | DAVID |
| Absolutely with urgency before Parliament rises before the 2026 election | Basil |
| i’m a true blue National voter, and have no other viable option, but PLEASE sort this mess out for the sake of our country! | Helen |
| Of course it should be dismantled. But it won’t be. For the same reason National promised to do so before the last election, but in power proceeded to do the opposite. I don’t believe it is fear of iwi backlash. I believe it is that secretly, National is wet and woke as all hell, and in bed with the activists | Juliet |
| Long overdue | Gordon |
| other wise anarchy will prevail. | Richard |
| What can one argue against? Slam dubk | Tony |
| The old maxim – “United we stand, divided we fall” – is as true today as it was way back in our distant past. | Rodger |
| Yes but unlikely to happen | John |
| Needs to be done as soon as possible. | James |
| Maori tribes and radical self appointed maori Mostly of european decent have taken over NZ. If this is not dismantled our future is doomed. | Allan |
| Luxon promised to dump He Pua Pua during electioneering. Instead he has promoted it. I am a Maori voter. | Denis |
| Yes but we will need a strong leader, possibly a dictator to achieve that. Currently we don’t have a competent leader, let alone a strong one, and none in sight. | Alan |
| Yes…The one law for all, would help our country to return N.Z. to amore caring country as well as restoring the country to reconising and restoring Democracy, which is needed urgently! | David |
| It’s too late for National. If they try and campaign on this issue again. It’ll be a boy who cried wolf policy as no one will believe them. | Justin |
| A unified, democratic nation is the only vehicle that will achieve long term prosperity for New Zealanders. Parallel systems will lead to corruption and exploitation of the system and will ultimately destroy the country as a whole. | Neville |
| Absolutely! But who in our current political fraternity/parties has the gonads and the will to do this? The Coalition election promises never happened and the “iwi appeasement” scenario continues unabated. Is there anyone in the Coalition parties prepared to put democracy and the future of NZ first – it would seem not. If there is, defy your leaders, stand up and show yourselves so that we, the people have someone worth voting for at our upcoming elections!! | Neville |
| Sounds like a good idea… but its not on LUX-SINGHS, OR DIPKINS AGENDA..! both of these controlled UN/WEF/WHO PUPPETS are following, the long term plan for world DEPOPULATION EXTERMINATION…. OUR POSITION,is well into this long term PLAN FOR OUR TOTAL DEMISE….. DON’T VOTE FOR EITHER OF THESE DECIEVER CAREER USELESS SO CALLED ‘POLITICIANS’! | David |
| Yes – but do not expect elected politicians to do this now on instructions from voters. An immediate referendum on democracy ( not ethnocracy ) is urgent Citizens will have to act themselves on this matter now – the outcome is uncertain since the rot is so deep. | Mary |
| Thank you for an eye-opening article. The rise of illegitimate tribal authority is appalling. It should have been dismantled long ago. | David |
| Yes, yes, yes – but will any political party have the courage to do it??? | Murray |
| New Zealanders have clearly been duped over many years. How on earth could this have happened? | Paul |
| Removing race from our statutes and dismantling parallel authority should be priorities for the Coalition if it is re-elected. But will National, ACT and NZ First pledge to do so? | Hugh |
| If “race” is removed from legislation and our Statutes become colourblind as they are in France, iwi will lose a vast funding base as all race-based programmes and contracts would be abolished. This would be a very positive move for NZ ! | Emily |