All around New Zealand there’s a growing concern that a cultural takeover of our country is underway. It’s a problem that’s being exacerbated by the weaponisation of “Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, and the domination of the Maori language.
“Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, the Maori translation of “the Treaty of Waitangi”, can be found everywhere these days. It’s been inserted into legislation, regulation, constitutions, professional standards, codes of practice, and a myriad of other forms of communication in both the public and private sectors.
In 1922, Sir Apirana Ngata, a Member of Parliament and New Zealand’s first Maori lawyer, outlined the meaning of “Te Tiriti o Waitangi” in an explanation that was held in such high regard that it was subsequently distributed by the Government to all Maori families.
He wrote: “These are the words of the first article of the Treaty of Waitangi: The Chiefs assembled including Chiefs not present at the assembly hereby cede absolutely to the Queen of England for ever the government of all of their lands.
“This is the second article: The Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes and to all the people of New Zealand the full possession of their lands, their homes and all their possessions…
“This is the third article of the Treaty: In consideration thereof, Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to the Natives of New Zealand Her Royal Protection, and imparts to them all the rights and privileges of British subjects.”
Sir Apirana confirmed what we all knew: the meaning of “Te Tiriti o Waitangi” was essentially the same as the English version of the Treaty – an historical agreement under which Maori ceded sovereignty to the Crown, property rights were protected, and Maori were given the same rights and privileges under British law as every other New Zealander.
The problem we now face, is that Te Tiriti has been fundamentally redefined by Maori sovereignty activists into a “living document” that embodies a proactive commitment to tribal supremacy.
That means wherever “Te Tiriti” has been adopted – whether by government agencies or private sector organisations – it no longer holds the original meaning but has instead morphed into an activist framework demanding “Partnership, Participation, and Protection.”
Under Te Tiriti tribal leaders are elevated into a power-sharing co-governance role, relegating all other New Zealanders to second-class status. Iwi call the shots – not in the best interests of New Zealand, but to boost their own self-worth and billion-dollar balance sheets.
Since ‘co-governance’ encompasses the power of veto, it is a euphemism for tribal rule. With co-governance delivering decision-making into the hands of iwi leaders, Te Tiriti o Waitangi has become the embodiment of He Puapua, the Labour Party’s blueprint for tribal rule by 2040.
As a consequence, all government and private sector organisations that have embedded Te Tiriti have become levers in a power game designed to replace democracy with tribal authority.
We can see it in education through the Ardern Government’s 2020 Education and Training Act, where section 127 requires school Boards to “give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, requiring children to be indoctrinated with separatist propaganda: “to ensure plans, policies, and local curriculum reflect local tikanga Maori, matauranga Maori, and te ao Maori.”
The regulatory body for New Zealand’s 100,000 teachers, the Education Council, has been captured as well, pushing the agenda of tribal leaders through their “Standards for the Teaching Profession”, which prioritises Maori rights and forces the compliance of all New Zealand teachers: “Demonstrate commitment to tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand.”
Similarly the Nursing Council, which regulates New Zealand’s 80,000 nurses, has embedded separatism: “The Nursing Council is committed to ensuring Te Tiriti o Waitangi is instilled into the values of our organisation and is fundamental to the way in which the Council undertakes its statutory roles.”
Their newly updated standards reinforce their capture: “The changes emphasise a greater focus on Maori health, culturally safe care. The standards of competence incorporate the articles and principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.”
The Ardern Government used Te Tiriti o Waitangi to justify Maori co-governance of the entire health system. However, once it became clear that apartheid had been introduced, with health services prioritised on the basis of race instead of need, the public backlash was so great, opposition parties pledged to abolish the Maori Health Authority once elected.
To the Coalition’s credit that occurred within weeks of the election, but the problem is, that’s all they changed!
The legislation governing New Zealand’s health system is still underpinned by Labour’s separatist He Puapua goals. Maori rights continue to dominate, including through the Hauora Maori Advisory Committee and the Iwi-Maori Partnership Boards, with the New Zealand Health Charter still reading as if New Zealand is already a tribal country: “Te Mauri o Rongo… is underpinned by Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles: tino rangatiratanga (self-determination); oritetanga (equity); whakamaru (active protection); kowhiringa (options); and patuitanga (partnership).”
While the bigger question is whether the health system’s race-based legislation is fit for purpose, a more immediate concern is whether it is acceptable that official government communications are dominated by the Maori language.
Like Te Tiriti, separatist language and culture are everywhere – and not only in the State sector, but the private sector as well including through sports, businesses, and charities.
This over-riding of our traditional Kiwi culture and language is driven by official advice from the Ministry of Maori Development, which recommends the use of dual languages with Maori prioritised.
This is not a trivial issue.
The domination of Maori language and culture are pivotal to He Puapua and the tribal takeover of New Zealand. Once the Maori language and culture are used widely enough, concerned New Zealanders will stop objecting. At that point, the domination would have become normalised, and the final stage of implementing totalitarian tribal rule will begin.
By then, those New Zealanders who are left in the country will simply accept that democracy is dead and comply.
The “Maorification” of New Zealand is also a huge concern to this week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator John Bell, a former teacher and union organiser, who explains where the cultural takeover of education is leading:
“That cultural take-over has not by any means been the end goal, rather a necessary step towards the end goal. With the whole of society conditioned to accept Maori as its default cultural identity and Maori language as a necessary component of every communication, every official title and every TV news item, we have now entered the phase of forcing an activist Maori version of history and agenda of iwi entitlement on everyone in schools, in workplaces, in local government and even in leisure organisations which, if Incorporated Societies and required to adopt a new Constitution, have been urged to become “te Tiriti-led”.
“At the half-time stage in the Coalition Government’s three-year term, its success in halting the advance of the activists’ agenda has been anything but spectacular. The spectre of iwi sovereignty is now a significant factor in causing many able and ambitious young New Zealanders to leave, and it becomes increasingly obvious that penetration of our institutions by the activist agenda has gone so far that even a government opposed to that agenda now seems unable to halt it in the absence of significant grass-roots community support.”
And that’s a real problem.
Even a cursory examination of the depth of the infiltration of Te Tiriti and tribal activism into the official workings of our government will reveal that He Puapua has spread like an aggressive cancer.
In reality, opting for a colourblind society by removing race and culture from our Statute books will be the only way to save New Zealand. This is the approach taken by other countries including Sweden, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Austria, that have faced with similar difficulties. New Zealand now needs to follow suit.
The situation in local government is particularly dire.
All around the country, iwi have secured preferential deals with councils not only through Treaty settlement legislation, as well as Mana Whakahono a Rohe and Joint Management Agreements under the Resource Management Act, but also through a wide variety of directly negotiated partnership and co-governance deals, including the establishment of advisory boards and Maori wards. Many of these arrangements are now being updated – ahead of local body elections and without the approval of locals.
Ngai Tahu, the $2-billion tribal corporation that, like other iwi, has built its wealth not only on the back of taxpayer handouts, but through a legal exemption introduced by Labour that allows such business conglomerates to register as charities and pay no tax, has secured special deals with virtually all South Island councils.
The updated agreement they have just negotiated with the West Coast Regional Council, has been described as a takeover as a result of the significant new powers they have secured.
In Taupo, Ngati Tuwharetoa is similarly updating their co-governance agreement with the District Council, introducing significant new powers that will come at a huge cost to ratepayers.
In reality, stopping this tribal juggernaut will clearly be no easy fix, especially when local authorities are turning a blind eye to the change in direction being promoted by the Coalition.
But as John Bell suggests, it is possible to make a real difference through grass roots action – if enough people get involved.
John’s target is the charity sector where he’s leading by example by challenging those that use the Maori language in their appeals for funding. He explains that he will not support organisations that promote separatism, but if they return to using the English language, his contributions will resume.
He makes the point that bringing about change is a numbers game: “Cleansing the charitable sector of ‘Maorification’ is perfectly achievable if enough people decide to make a stand… As people gain confidence in saying ‘NO’ to the activist agenda in one sector, so will they start standing up to that agenda in others – in schools, in work places and wherever free speech and democracy are threatened.”
As John reiterates, enough people getting involved can make a real difference – but it does require numbers.
We know that from our experience in 2023: with the legacy media backing Labour in the lead up to the General Election, the only reason the Coalition was elected was that Kiwis from all walks of life got involved in a collective effort to change the government.
The cultural takeover has now reached the point where grassroots New Zealand needs to again be mobilised. We need to send a strong message to central government that New Zealanders have had enough. We can do that in a number of ways, but the most urgent is to vote “No” to Maori wards in the October local body elections. And we need to encourage everyone else to do the same.
Some forty-two councils around New Zealand will be running a Maori ward referendum – the full list of affected councils can be seen HERE.
A YES vote in favour of the Maori wards would be a significant step towards the tribal control of local government – including tapping into the vast resources and rating income streams of councils.
A resounding NO vote, on the other hand, will send a strong message to all political parties in Wellington, that the will of the people must be respected.
It will also lay the foundation for a referendum on the Maori seats in Parliament.
That not only means voting against the Maori wards in the referendum, but it also means ensuring good people are elected to councils, who will support the removal of all race-based privilege – including advisory boards and partnership deals.
With local body nominations closing at 12 noon on Friday, 1 August, there is still plenty of time to encourage the right people to stand.
It is now time for New Zealand to mobilise – and take back control of local government!
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Would you support local body candidates who commit to removing race-based arrangements from their council?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| yes, yes, yes… racial predjudices don’t belong in POLITICS!! This is the system, that is being PUSHED ONTO THE VOTER.. IT MUST BE TIME TO WITHDRAW, voting for these RACIAL CREEPS, THAT THINK THEY OWN THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM… IT MUST END NOW!! STOP VOTING THEM BACK!! | David |
| It can’t happen soon enough. I am completely over the way this Govt has sold us down the Swannie! | Steve |
| A recent discussion with Paul Goldsmith revealed that he thinks He Puapua is dead in the water. He said it was a Labour policy. I told him I wasn’t convinced. Keep up the great work you are doing Muriel. | Faye |
| Certainly this would be a top consideration for me. Were they ever justified? That is something we might debate. But certainly they no longer are. Many local/regional bodies seem powerless to resist the ever expanding push for power by iwi. Those who do oppose it need their hand strengthened, and deserve support. Referendum are also crucial. But I will say that removing race-based agreements, while vital, is not the only thing I will take into consideration when voting — limiting rates increases, controlling gang activities, and several other issues will also be important for me. | Marla |
| New Zealand for all New Zealanders | Keith |
| Recently I received a survey from Active NZ on behalf of Sport NZ. However, there was a Maori salutation and signing off. Worse there was the A-hole word for New Zealand Govt. on the envelope. Naturally I will NOT be filling in this survey and left a message on their 0508 phone messages to say exactly that. | Monica |
| When reading a Candidates Brief that is exactly what I will vote on. A clear position on any Treaty or Race based policy is most important -NO to Apartheid. They could simply choose ACTs position esp Property Rights restored | Glenn |
| Our representatives need to be elected on merit not race. | Gary |
| Councils have taken it upon themselves to have Maori wards. We have to vote against this to keep democracy alive in New Zealand. | Heather |
| yes!! | caren |
| There should be NO Race based arrangements on any New Zealand councils. Race based arrangements have no place in our government. We should discontinue the Maori Roll and the Maori seats. | Paloma |
| It appears that New Zealand citizens of voting age have unwittingly elected the weakest, the most gutless representatives for our sovereign parliament and for our local body administration teams. These so called leaders don’t understand that we are at war with the Maori elitist radicals who are proven to be a bunch of hypocritical parasites who are all out to satisfy their fraudulent lust for unearned riches and power. It’s so bad that there are now a significant number of New Zealand’s tribal members now emigrating to overseas counties where they seem to do much better than if they stayed. They dislike being tied down by the tribal hierarchical bullies who merely see them as useful idiots when it comes to the need for bulk numbers for radical causes, whatever they may be. Note; the term “Aotearoa” is the banana republic name for New Zealand. If this name change is ever accepted then that is what we will be. So you should never use it under any circumstances. | Garry |
| as BEST i CAN | Thomas |
| There is no place for racial considerations in any part of our political society. Elections should always be based on the best person for the job regardless of race religion or other personal belief. | Urban |
| This is one country we are all equal. HOW CAN WE GO FORWARDS WHILE LOOKING BACKWARDS. Have the candidates got the balls to do it?? Or to frightened to speak freely as to what the back lash will be ?????? | Brian |
| its out of control and needs reigning in | John |
| the most important issue NZ faces | John |
| We should all be equal. | Kent |
| Were supposed to be eliminated when NZ got MMP voting.. | Donald |
| The Maorification of this dear country needs to be reversed!! | Tony |
| There is no place for having Maori wards on local councils and for that matter there should be no Maori electorates at national government level in our democracy. | Wayne |
| people should be treated equally regardless of race, age ,sex, culture! | Erica |
| the Maori take over is dangerous for rate payers. | Rod |
| Council candidates must be rated on supporting democracy or treacherously subverting democracy and the latter scum be tossed onto the woke scapheap. | John |
| How did the Cultral take over of NZ ever get so far. Weak,corrupt and ignorant Politicians running our beautiful country. They have been over the years an enormous let down to all New Zealanders. | Paul |
| No to maorification of everything. Dividing our country by race is a dangerous way to go. You cannot discriminate against the majority and not expect a backlash. Vote Act or NZ First to save our country | Carole |
| We are all equal. no special rights for any group | Garth |
| Yes I would | Denise |
| Time has come to reconize that there are No pure Matoi and that all have a larger ancestry of other New Zealanders, One rule one people. | Don |
| Yes, we are all humans and councils should should have special rules for any groups. | Alice |
| Maori activists will use socialist candidates to rob the innocent ratepayers. | Bruce |
| 100% | Ian |
| The immanence of tribal rule at all levels is anathema to most of our population (including a majority of Maori) I am sure!! | Dennis |
| Absolutely, ALL candidates should be made to state their stances on Maori wards, and Cogovernance, so that we can clearly see who to vote for. The woke racists thrive on keeping us in the dark here, it should be mandatory for all candidates to state their positions on such important matters. | Greg |
| The media keep saying it’s the economy that’s driving people out of the country. They will never say that a lot of those migrants have had enough of the maorification of our country. | Judy |
| Absolutely, but you will find they will be too scared to make their intentions known. Many of my friends are now throwing in odd maori language into their conversations despite my rebuffing them | Lawrie |
| Maorification and Iwi rule need to be addressed and if a candidate is prepared to stand up against this I would vote for that person. | Cheryl |
| Co-governance is partly why our rates are skyrocketing and councils are giving public land to iwi. It’s racist, wouldn’t it be great to have land given back that our pioneering ancestors sold! | Rose |
| Who is behind the destruction of New Zealand? | Jan |
| I am against all this race stuff it is driving a wedge between us, it has to stop | Barbara |
| Absolutely, but I bet they will be few and far between as people are bullied into submission. I even worry that the Referendum will be sabotaged, just like the Treaty Principles Bill . We need to be seen and heard. Why are we not out there demonstrating, marching … ah … I know why….. | Heather |
| We are a multi national family of one and never in any partnership | Tony |
| There is no place in this nation for race-based policies or legislation, or for any maori preference anywhere. | Gavin |
| Without a doubt I will only vote for council candidates whom will commit to removing race based policies in council and will ensure that all council bureaucrat’s are in alignment with removing said policies | Peter |
| They will have my 100% support | Valerie |
| Without a doubt | kevin |
| Absolutely, | William |
| Certainly would. We want a democracy – not a race-based council. | Keith |
| This is about Democracy. | Geoff |
| NZ turnout and vote yes, good time to sort local council’s with the right people | Geoff |
| Absolutly, candidates and Councils must act in the best interests of all rate payers. | Rob |
| Absolutely yes !! New Zealand has completely lost its way !!! | Susan |
| This Maori takeover needs to be stopped as we are heading the way of Zimbabwe | John |
| Why Not | Peter |
| That is what we elected the coalition in for Perhaps we need to do it our selves ? | Greg |
| It is a must for the survival of democracy in NZ | Mike |
| Anything to out the wokes works for me. | Richard |
| There is an inherent problem in NZ with racially divided stats, racially defined poverty, racially promulgated health, when all our blood is red. The pendulum has almost swung too far left already. Take something as simple as our National Anthem. It is essentially a poem written by Irish-born Victorian Thomas Bracken, of Dunedin. It was set to music in 1876 as part of a competition. As it is sung in Maori, the Christian God is replaced by “atua”, which is an utterance referring to Maori gods, spirits and supernatural beings which influence daily life and beliefs. Including ancestral and elemental spirits. Polytheism. And we wonder at the series of natural disasters in this country. | Jacqueline |
| Democracy will no longer exist Apartheid reigns and the population will seek a better country for they and their children to dwell in n | Wendy |
| Any other vote would definitely open wide the doors to tribal control of our local District Council. If iwi take control the big question is — How will our Local Council rates be used ? The Answer is quite unnerving —they will definitely not be used for the benefit of the large majority of citizens who make up the population of the district and who happen to contribute the vast percentage of the required Rates | Graham |
| Democracy is paramount; anything without democracy at its core is tantamount to ‘communism’…..which is what the maoris want. | mark |
| 100% | Ian |
| This vile criminal takeover by corrupt Maori elites must be stopped to prevent NZ from becoming a Third World nation; the Zimbabwe of the South Pacific. The Maori tribal elites like in all tribal societies look after themselves and to hell with everyone else and that includes street level Maori people. If they take over anyone with a will to live a free life will emigrate, the population will fall, the economy will collapse, investment will dry up and likely China will offer a treaty deal Maori will regret forever. | John |
| I am a Maori voter and still believe we are all New Zealander’s. | Denis |
| yes | Stuart |
| Shocking what is happening. I do hope people are aware and will vote against this racial divide in local council elections. | Dianne |
| we all need to come together & vote these Maori Wards out of Local council – I see it in the Hastings District Council all the time – sooo corrupt | Jill |
| We must vote against separate rules for New Zealanders. We are all able to do the same things | dianne |
| No to apartheid | Lloyd |
| In hope that they keep their word! | Paddy |
| It’s about time someone stood up to the creeping apartheid racism that is swallowing up our country in favour of Maori. | Peter |
| How in heavens can you support APARTHEID, are we that DUMB ?? | Henk |
| Sooner the better | David |
| 100% | ruth |
| We didn’t vote for special treatment based on RACE | Mike |
| Absolutely. All citizens of New Zealand belong to the New Zealand race. | Hugh |
| yes, but people lie and do the opposite. People lack courage and integrity. In my view New Zealand is no longer a democratic country, legal concessions to one small group prove the absence of a democracy. The only hope is ACT. National are labour dressed in blue, frightening. | Sam |
| Without hesitation | Tony |
| NEED ALL VOTORS TO SAY NO TO ANY RACE BASED ELECTIONING | LEO |
| Candidates MUST be voted in. No free passes because you are maori. This is racist.But how long are we going to wait before it is time to leave this country? My forebearers have been here since the 1800s and I dont feel this is my country anymore. National need to get off their arse and do what they promised and were elected on. If not we all need to vote for NZ first and Act. Winston, Shane and David need to lead the charge. We are at war already, tribal war. | Kevin |
| i am in favour of everything being equal regardless of race | Noel |
| Separate raced based arrangements are against all democratic principles and have no place in our society | Barry |
| Democracy | Elaine |
| Absolutely | ARTHUR |
| Race based arrangements are racist !!! Suggestion-cancel all charitable donations and subscriptions to mainstream media criminal outlets and redirect those funds to where its needed and can make a difference such as NZCPR and others who have stood up to fight for democracy . Its going to take more than words on a page to win this fight its going to take courage commitment and truck loads of money .Be in it to win it. | GlynJ |
| Why wont Luxton keep his election promise to end this Maori takeover. He has lost this long time National supporter vote with all his procrastination. | Richard |
| That is my intention. | Colin |
| An absolute YES to this question. Being a proud NZ homegrown chap, I cannot bear to see our country made up of all races being torn apart by this cultural greed. | Neville |
| Absolutely! Most people have had enough of this cultural takeover. Vote no to Maori wards for a start. | Suzanne |
| All race based arrangements must be removed from every aspect of life in New Zealand | Claire |
| Maorification must end or the talented NZ Brain drain will further escalate. | Derek |
| Without doubt! | Bryan |
| Of course. Like most New Zealanders, I am utterly sick and tired of this constant racist badgering by Maori activists and their toadies in the media. I will dedicate thousands of dollars to the suppression and eradication of this disgusting takeover of my country until such time as it is consigned to the dustbin of history forever. Enough! | John |
| All race based arrangements should be removed from both national and local government. Any references to race should be removed from legislation. NZ protested against apartheid in South Africa and yet the powers that be seem to want to embrace it in NZ. It has to stop. | Steve |
| I would also support a political party that committed to removing race based electoral rolls and race based seats in parliament | Terry |
| Who is Maori? We are all mixed race. My crew are 6 generation Kiwi. Scottish,English, Maori, Norman & Viking. So called Maori were interbreeding long before they even got here! It is a great SCAM! | John |
| Absolutely I would…It saddens me that our useless PM has allowed this rubbish to fester and grow across the State sector. I can only hope that National pay a heavy price for this in 2026 | Robert |
| ENOUGH. Apartheid MUST GO | mike |
| EU appears to have hit it right, time to recognize Maori as interlopers that they are and not founding peoples of NZ. | Norman |
| And about time this happens, | Mike |
| It is essential that NZ elects its representatives on merit, not race. | John |
| New Zealand should be One people. | Patricia |
| Again New Zealand for New Zealanders regardless of Race Colour or Creed | Laurel |
| Absolutely! | Warren |
| Oh would I ever,and so should everyone else . This takeover has to be stopped asap. Gutless Luxon won’t do it and Labour won’t do it so we have to rely on Act and NZfirst to get the ball rolling. Boy have the National and Labour political parties damaged this country. Time for new brooms in Parliament. | Peter |
| But how many have the balls to come out and say this? | Graham |
| I have asked the Napier council many times, to quit the maori language in their news letter. It worked ( mostly ) | Peter |
| N Z is a multi ethnic country. Ethnic/Race based representation on our Councils is NOT democratic. One person one vote irrespective of race/ethnicity. | Anne |
| There is no way that Maori can justify twisting the original treaty into the weapon they are endeavouring to create | George |
| Stop the sleepwalk into an apartheid state! | Warren |
| Yes, read their bio’s carefully. | Pamela |
| All citizens must be treated equally in every respect of life | George |
| Absolutely. It is essential that this is done. Everything to do with race should be deleted from legislation and everywhere else. Maori seats in Parliament should be abolished. We are rapidly heading towards apartheid if we don’t. | Helen |
| NO MORE race based politix | Mark |
| Have to find a candidate who will do this first, as they are very rare | Bruce |
| Damn right I would, we do not need a separate system for Maori or anyone else for that matter. | Sam |
| Segregation IS segregation. Few Maori to have over 40% maori ethnicity. The majority are 20% or less. | Margaret |
| I support the removal of all race based arrangements from council. I also support the removal of religious ideologies and dogmas such as animism and the demonisation of CO2. | Peter |
| As You have stated there is a terrorist organisation trying to take over NZ and WE must stand up against it. | Noel |
| One person one vote | Mark |
| Most important. | JUDITH |
| Maori Tribal Wars a possibility. | David |
| No government local or central should have race based seats or policies | Clive |
| Without question | Graeme |
| Not a difficult choice, as it is consistent with the original intention and plain meaning of the treaty of the Treaty. | Brian |
| Absolutely. I will write to my council and warn them that they will not get my support if they back race-based policies. | Ray |
| YES! Now we just have to find enough of those candidates. This will not be easy because they will be labelled ‘racist’. | Mark |
| Most certainly !!!!! Also I would get rid of any local or Governmental politician who continued to pursue this radical and racist ideal. NZ history is being warped and the Sir Apirana Treaty is being ignored in favour of the 1975 version promulgated by the treacherous Matiu (Matthew) Rata and our politicians of the time were either condoning this historic and false change or were too stupid to realise what was happening. We are now paying for it and it may need radical changes to get rid of the radical and entirely wrong Treaty system we are now being subjected to. The public do not help either when they use “Aotearoa” for NEW ZEALAND and debase our ENGLISH language using made up Maori words and using them all throughout our schools, businesses, newspapers etc etc. Just get back to using ENGLISH and to hell with the Maori and their agendas. Jacinda Adern started the “Aotearoa” bullshit and now we must get rid of it. Nobody knows what Aotearoa means nor do they know where the word came from despite what academics and others may say. It never applied to the South Island in any event so perhaps they could ignore any reference to it. Stand up New Zealanders and look what is happening to our Country and start to reject everything that we are now facing — if you don’t even more lies and, yes treasonous, implementations on us will be coming. | Alan |
| Absolutely crucial.Our nation is dying the death of a thousand cuts. | Bernie |
| Sure would Any sensible KIWI should | Ross |
| Absolutely. I’ve already started. Once upon a time I used to support St John. My donations will resume once the stupid Hatu Hone is gone……… It pains me not to donate to such a worthy cause, but I’m not giving them money to waste on woke rebranding. As for councils’ I won’t vote for any candidate that mentions Ti Tiriti or other mumbo jumbo. | Dave |
| Most definitely. | Ray |
| ABSO bloody LUTELY | Peter |
| It’s sickening . Go to a primary school and see what maori indication is about. | Derek |
| It’s a must! | Maddi |
| These race based policies of councils and central government are deliberate to create racial disharmony and tension between maori and europeans and others. I doubt if councillors will have enough power, unless there is a collective group. Councils and government are totally controlled by CEOs and bureaucrats and their agenda is create disharmony any wat they can! | peter |
| The treaty was between the Crown and Maori. There was no partnership or intent to provide anything but a single all embracing democratic society of one people – equal under one law. I doubt Victorias people thought for one moment they were setting up any form of equal partnership. | Rob |
| Co governance will destroy New Zealand .15% must never be allowed total control. The Coalition government must act on its election promises to put an end to this evil | Stephen |
| Absolutely | Errol |
| A basic understanding of real democracy is One persdon . one vote. Why would anyone on either side of the debate agree to anything different This also means that every New Zealand Resident receiving the benifit of all taxpayers support minority political persons lobying for more that one vote. If the National aprty does not support his they will nolonger receive my vote | Michael |
| Oh my goodness YES! Trouble is, how to convince enough people to vote against. We know how lethargic the people can be!! | Helen |
| absolutely ! | Mike |
| To right , they will get my vote as well as many others who feel this way. it is about time people started making a stand, after all the candidates are representing us . | ROB |
| Time to end Maorification of New Zealand | Sandy |
| Absolutely. I can’t stand listening to the radio now, I don’t watch nz television. The pointless demand to use the Maori language, when everybody speaks English, is just so stupid. Only a few thousand people speak Maori in the whole world. We are not a bilingual nation, there are more people from Asian backgrounds than Maori living in NZ! | LAURA |
| We should ALL be equal. | Louise |
| New Zealand | Wendy |
| The problem that I see us knowing who these councillors are, that will stand up against this movement of maori domination. The only voice up where I live, but he is the mayor of Kaipara is Craig Jepson, I can’t vote for him, I’m in poxy Auckland. We need lists of councillors who will stand against this crap. | Peter |
| I will first weed out all those who even mention the Treaty or use any maori language. | Graeme |
| ABSOLUTELY | COLIN |
| There should be NO race based ANYTHING in NZ. A point will come, soon, when you will no longer have any say in what happens in your country, it will be determined by IWI Chiefs and tribal corporations. We are already close to that! | ken |
| The TOW has no place in Councils responsibility As a X councillor I represented all ratepayers of the district not one ethnic group | Geoff |
| Yes local body candidates should commit to to remove all race based arrangements from their council | Frank |
| Definitely | Trevor |
| We are now one country! | AndyE |
| Palmerston North City Council was going to introduce maori wards so we forced a referendum which stopped them from doing so. That made us ratepayers ‘racist’. Comrade Jacinda removed the law requiring a referendum and BANG! palmerston North had maori wards. Our mayor immediately made one of the 2 maoris his deputy mayor. Now the maoris want the ratepayers to build a marae on land that was given to them by the council. A local lookout with historical significance to a lot of my generation who ‘grew up’ there. The initial figure for the marae (for the community to use) is $17 million, plus $3 million for roading AND they want $350k per annum to run it!!! I canot believe that our mayor is standing for re-election! | Gerard |
| The sooner the better | Dave |
| There is no place in this country for race-based privileges. If the Maori want to be on the council, nothing is stopping them from standing. Enough is enough; we are over this nonsense. | Gayle |
| Absolutely, as long as I now who they are. | Geoff |
| Need to do immediately | Robert |
| A no brainer! | Ian |
| Maoris appointed to a Council without being voted for in an election is a betrayal of democracy. I believe in one vote for each eligible voter. We have the disgraceful event in the recent months of Councils appointing College students with voting rights and being paid to attend council meetings. This is as bad as or worse than appointing Maoris to a ward. It is not the way a democracy works. | CHRIS |
| Yes is.my answer. What if there is a rederendum and the numbers are positive.for a race based positions. There is currently a Maori chap standing for parliament. What if he gets in and skews the “ratio” of brown to other in parliament? Seems to me that those of Maori extraction should not be permitted to stand for general seats. Same thing eh? | Neil |
| Absolutely. Councils have been held to ransom over these Maori Wards. Time to stop the gravy train. Equality for all. | Elaine |
| We have a big percentage of maori on our council anyway so they got there om merit which it how it should be | Mike |
| teach those……..about one people, one country. If they don’t like it let them go for a swim to an uoccupied island | Johan |
| one huge YES. One man one vote. | John |
| colour blind is the ONLY WAY FORWARD | Brian |
| I will be strongly checking who supports what at election | Paul |
| We need to define who is Maori and reflect on there cultural past when they were stone age cannibal’s teach the younger generation the TRUE history of the Maori. | Geoff |
| A very backward racist step | Michael |
| Ratepayers Nationwide have to draw a line in the sand on this issue. The forthcoming local Govt Election is our last chance to correct this issue. | Tony |
| Yes.Get rid of all race based laws here in New Zealand. | William Clive |
| If you are able to do credit to any position you may be elected if you sell yourself. The colour of your skin is not a qualification | Laurie |
| How would you remove a Councillor who supported race based narrative? Those people have no regard for telling lies about the means they use to get elected. | Rex |
| There is no other way to vote. | Owen |
| With the media showing such bias, I fear the horse has already bolted | Anthony |
| New Zealand = Aparthied in reverse | Donald |
| Definitely | Valda |
| yes definatly i would and so would my friends we are sick of maori harasment and intimidation | natalya |
| defiantly we need councillors to state and upheld the wiews of all the people and not be intimidated by maori they are all trying to intimidate and scare every one to stop oposition its our country stand up and be counted | adrian |
| Councils and Government departments have been hijacked by extremists, supported by labour and leftist idealists. Current government is too weak and divided to properly attend to this on a political level so nothing gets done to remove practices and policies implement by the last government. Local councils have the same problem where extremists have become entrenched in senior positions and sabotage efforts to alter the direction councils should be heading. The only resolution is to oust them from these institutions and replace them with people who actually care about the decisions made for the future of ALL New Zealanders. | Martin |
| God made the water, why do Iwi assert they have complete ownership?? | Jenny |
| 100% support for Local Body Candidates who are against enforced Apatheid. I wonder where all the Money comes from to support and activate this Racist Agenda !!!!!! | Geoff |
| one poeple one country | Eddie |
| Race based policies must be stopped NOW | Kate |
| Yes yes yes | Deb |
| 1 people 1 council for all | John |
| I say yes but unless its in writing and signed by them most of them lie because they are frightened of being anti maori, even winston has changed tack and luxon is worse since he stated he thinks adern was brilliant, shows that all he wants is a gong and “F” NEW ZEALAND, the only one that stands up to all this maori bullshit is David but I will definitely vote to get rid of our council maori ward and mayor but theres not one council member will say out loud they want to cancel every maori item that labour and the most hated woman that like a rat left nz and has caused this country to head towards civil war | Richard |
| Definitely | Ian |
| Most definately I would vote for getting rid of Maori wards. I have had a gustful of the billions of dollars that are going to the maorification of New Zealand. | Warren |
| MOST DEFINITELY | chris |
| absolutey!! | tony |
| 100% yes. A no brainer. | Andrew |
| I would very much Like to see a colour blind society in all things | Gail |
| Why has the government stalled in returning NZ to New Zealand citizens. They will go down in history as the party that promised and failed.. | Stewart |
| race based arrangements should never be entered into, and any that have should immediately be removed | ben |
| there is no place for races or tribalism in the governance of our country | Cam |
| I WANT ALL RACE BASED REPRESENTATION ABOLISHED. | Carol |
| Immediatley | arthur |
| Hard to understand why some people here in New Zealand want to divide New Zealand’s society into their staunch racial structures seemingly with the intent to govern this country – their way ! | Stuart1 |
| Maori have equal opportunities to stand for Councils without being picked out for special privileges. | Murray |
| if there are any left | Colin |
| Vital | Yvonne |
| Although not many in any council has the guts or fortitude to say so | Laurie |
| My only comment is: Good luck to that! Councillors and Politicians are too afraid to do much about it. This country sorely needs a “reboot” Time the coalition woke up and did what it promised prior to the election. | Chris |
| They would have to stay with their and not just use a ploy to get a foot in the door. Bring it on | Ken |
| A no brainer. All of these race based movements must Be stopped ! | Terry |
| Time to stop the Maori separatist agenda is now. The coalition government has been so far turning a blind eye to the actions of Maori activists. Luxon needs to take a firm leadership stand on this issue which is dividing our country, rather than sitting on the fence. Also, the Maori seats should be abolished. | Laurence |
| Absolutely! | ALASTAIR |
| I intend to ask every candidate and tell them I will only vote for those who agree to end racism. | Grant |
| We are supposed to be a democracy | John |
| Of course | Murray |
| Don’t stop there! – remove all reference to the Treaty and all race based rag, tag and bobtail from our Statute laws by Act of Parliament and acknowledge that we are all NZ Citizens, equal under the Law. Then put a stop to the Gramscian/Marxist Long March through the institutions of Government before it’s too late. | Scott |
| Definitely | Clive |
| Must happen, an essential step in avoiding catastrophe. | Logan |
| Unfortunately promises can be ‘broken’ by the elected Crs | RICHard |
| no special deals. equal rights for everyone. there are NO FULL Maoris left as well, why forget their white side? | Chris |
| Total ‘snow job’ from Chris Finlayson, who now represents many Maori claimants. | Chris |
| Absolutely – but who are they?? | DICK |
| WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. Get rid of the rest! | William |
| Unnecessary race-based bias on our community. | Chris |
| Most definitely | Trevor |
| Most definitely. We need more politicians to take a stance on this issue rather than fence sitters. | David |
| Racism or race has NO place in NZ Government or any local politics. | Wayne |
| Absolutely it needs to happen immediately | Greg |
| No to racism. No to separatism. No to maorification | Humphrey |
| Absolutely!! | Murray |
| It’s time every one was treated equally again | jan |
| Only those who make this commitment. Our current government made this commitment and failed in it’s mandate totally to date. | Rita |
| We are all New Zealanders, and I am part Maori and believe racial policies only divide the country. My personal belief is we should all be seen as equal and given equal opportunity. The policies with racially based agender only cause resentment. Also the fact that anyone of any race can be eligible as a candidate for a Maori seat and the fact that Maori can be candidates in a general role negates the need for separate representation. | Alan |
| Let us see if Democracy is something other than just a word ! | Richard |
| Totally we are one people only! | Dominique |
| read “Animal Farm” – All are equal; but some are more equal than others – a path to disaster! | Murray |
| We need to eliminate racism in NZ | Ihaia |
| Most New Zealanders have had an absolute guts full of IWI take over THERE ARE MORE INDIANS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY THAN MAUI. THEY DON’T HAVE THEIR OWN PARTY. IT’S TIME TO STOPPED ALL YOU BLOODY POLITICIANS SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR DAVID SEYMOUR’S BILL ONE LAW FOR ALL PEOPLE. THIS HAS TO STOP. THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE THE MOST WEALTHIEST IN THE WORLD. INSTEAD WE WASTE MONEY ON PAYING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN GOES INTO THE FAT CATS POCKETS. IT’S AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE AND EVERY SINGLE POLITICIAN THAT HAS ALLOWED THESE CLAIMS AND THIS MONEY TO BE JUST HANDED OVER WILLIE NELLY NEED TO STEP DOWN. | Lynda |
| Race bias has no place in New Zealand, hence in our local body elections. | Peter |
| Long overdue | Tim |
| Absolutely! | Brenda |
| Have we got enough people with the strength to stand up to this and get the job done. | Murray |
| Ni My own family I have members with 1/32 Maori ancestry that have registered as members of the local Iwi. Why? To gain the benefits of that exclusive club membership of course. Eg Easier University entrance to some courses, lower tax rates for trusts, better health care,, etc. It’s APARTHEID. | Geoffrey |
| Yes I would, it is not required. | Kelly |
| We stand at a cross roads as a Nation. Either there is one set of laws and all kiwis are equal under those laws or we will end up as a divided Nation with cultural wars within. The greatest enemy to democracy is the enemy within. All Western Democratic Nations are experiening this at the present time. No greater example is the United States of America. There can only be two parties that can be elected. The Democrats having lost the election have united together and doubled down, to strand by and want the most wicked values I have ever seen in my life time of 86 years, espoused by a major political party. It happend so quickly and it came from within. We have a Prime Minister who tries tio please all of the people all of the time, which you can’t do. Especially when you have been elected on a platform of one sovereignty for NZ. But you continue to placate the Maori Sovereignty movement. NZ it is time to stand against this joint sovereignty movement, which has even gone as hight as the Supreme Court. There Joe Williams ex Waitangi Tribumial head was appointed as judge, by Labour in 2019. Hem is influencing the other Judges to join the foundational laws of the land to Maori Religious Mythology. Corrupting ther law and giving Maori unbelieveable. The court then making law instead interpreting it. The Government is to make the law. Wake up NZ, wake up National party. Time to stand for the reason you were elected. The foundational values if this Nation are the most important. | Dene |
| National under Luxon has encouraged local councils to pursue co governance because they have not enforced public departments to withdraw reference to Maori headings, so the rote has already set in and with Santford caught out that just proved the direction under Luxon is going. You can see why N Z First under Winston has grown and will only grow more and ACT will gain as well come 2026. National has done nothing to solve N Z s problems and inflation is growing under their Watch | Ken |
| Absolutely. Same for government and any member association or charity that need other people’s money. We may be past the tipping point and Kiwi’s to Queensland will continue and hopefully QLD will secede from the Aus Commonwealth as Albo flushes them down the UNDRIP dunny | BrianDamage |
| The government must reinforce that NZ is a democracy and that all citizens are equal. No special handouts or treatment for Maori. We are all one people. | Steve |
| Its WAY OVER TIME NZ govt. follows the countries that have REMOVED tribal rights FROM ALL GOVERMENT policies & LAWS & POLICIES ARE FOR EVERYONE in NZ so EVERYONE EMAIL ALL COUNCILS & OPPOSE MAORIS RIGHTS OVER ORDINARY PEOPLE & ALL PARTIES IN GOVT> TO FOLLOW THOSE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE REMOVED RIGHT & POLICIES OFF THEIR BOOKS & NOW GOVERMENT ONLY IS FOR EVERYONE. | Cindy |
| 110%. ALL references to anything encompassing race must be eliminated | Gareth |
| Maorification has got to stop. | |
| not blindly-but a major factor. | ken |
| Yes because it is the removal of racism at Council level. | Philip |
| Too right I would. | David |
| There should be no place for this. | Tony |
| Unfortunately I think it is too late. The coalition government needs to pass the necessary legislative changes as they pledged to do prior to the elctions | Les |
| Enough of this we are all supposed to be equal | Jon |
| Councils need to manage without prejudice on behalf of ALL ratepayers. | Bruce |
| Absolutely. Aren’t we supposed to be one people ?? That means we are ALL equal. Most Kiwis will agree with this interpretation. | Chris |
| DEFINITELY | Ingrid |
| Most Maori demands are based on a fraudulent document , the Freeman edited copy of the true Treaty. Signed by the Maori chiefs and the Crown. Its all based on fictional history | John |
| New Zealand is on the way to becoming New Zimbabwe. Do you really want to be a part of that? Whatever your race or ethnic origin, you stand to gain nothing from tribal rule, unless you are among the maori “elite”. | TOBY |
| Absolutely and only if they take this position. | Lorraine |
| Of course | Geoffrey |
| Unless the tribal support is totally removed NZ will not progress, rather go backwards like Africa. | dane |
| But are there any? | Rochelle |
| Race based arrangements in councils MUST BE REMOVED! The future of NZ depends on this! | John |
| These councilors MUST be the ones elected | Robert |
| To me it is a “no brainer.” | Ian |
| Absolutely yes | Dianne |
| 100% | Eddie |
| Its the only way to ensure democracy | Jim |
| This is absolutely necessary | Maree |
| No Maori wards | Mike |
| There’s only one race and that’s the human race | Gavin |
| Maori wards and co-governance help correct longstanding underrepresentation and ensure Maori perspectives are heard. | John |
| title owned by all | murray |
| Race-based arrangements are racist, undemocratic and divisive. NZ has an election process in local & central government & there is no provision for the results of that process to be overridden by additional persons being given voting rites at the whim of other individuals | Maxine |
| ONE NEW ZEALAND | RAY |
| Essential for democracy to survive | Graham |
| Yes, absolutely! this separatism has gone far enough and need to be stopped in it’s tracks | Trevor |
| Absolutely. | Richard |
| Remove race-based arrangements everywhere. BTW you mention the infiltration of language – in context it is amazes me that both local body and government websites ‘blend’ maori and English language in such a way as to obscure the actual content. Best practice is to have a button on the home page where one can select the language of choice as ultimate aim of the website should be to deliver clear, concise and up-to-date information, and definitely not to bludgeon a stone age language down our throats. | Tony |
| Absolutely! The problem is that these Councils are now closed shop entities and any outsider would be ( if he or she makes it to become a council member) a target for all these who are supporting or in favour of these race based arrangements. Only radical changes from above ( ie the Govt) would sort this problem out. But – again- the rot has set in so deep that only reckless action would change anything. | Michael |
| Believe in one person one vote irrespective of race color or creed | Bruce |
| If this Maori rascism is allowed to continue Nw Zealand will be well & truly screwed. It is bad enough already, we cant allow it to get any worse. And what have Maori actually contributed to this country – absolutely nothing. If the ‘colonisers’ had not arrived the Maori would still be living in grass huts with dirt floors & fighting, killing, enslaving & eating one another. | david |
| Our so called council representative’s are there because of family, friends, cronies and people who can gain from them being there, while the majority of the voting populace amble on, brain in neutral, self absorbed, not interested because hey, it’s not another public holiday. Could there be another way, I don’t know. | Russell |
| We are all New Zealanders and should be treated equally. | Andrew |
| Sure will, it will be a start to ending the introduction of apartheid | Fiona |
| WE must treat everyone equally, having any progress vetoed by a tribe is costly & creates the division they want | Peter |
| We have no option now, as Muriel and co have explained. | Neil |
| Absolutely YES! | Caren |
| 100% race of any race should not be in any legislation! | Aj |
| WE need to pray for our country we are in a spiritual battle | anthony |
| 100% This Maorification BS needs to be stopped NOW | Chris |
| Failure top do so will see New Zealand down amongst the Marori Tribes fighting each other again. | Warren |
| yes yes yes | Lynn |
| It’s time to STOP the crap. | COLIN |
| yes most definitely | rodger |
| save our democrocy | Neville |
| Not democracy | Craig |
| the sooner NZ iz rid of “maori” stuff the better for all… Indians, Asians, Middle Eastern, Europeans ….. AND Maori. | Gill |
| Absolutely. In fact I am looking for a candidate who will do this. The TOW was between the Crown and Maori and not between Maori and Non-Maori. | Phil |
| It is absolutely essential to remove race-based arrangements from councils. | Ann |
| Vigourously | Tony |
| The insidious crawl to maori power is almost so entrenched in our society that firm action must be started ,and soon . Sadly I have lost total trust in most of the parties , ACT being the only light on the horizon, sadly polls don’t show a swing in that direction. I wish the maori greed based euro-maori dont put the same /any effort into stopping the relentless killing of maori infants .Sadly that doesnt have the same importance as lining the maori money grabbers . | Ray |
| Yes yes yes…….and more!!!! | Joe |
| Elected members only | Allen |
| I find lots of people are appallingly not interested in what is happening in NZ! Wake up people! Thanks Muriel for your great work! | Marianne |
| If any could be found. Not hopeful | Howard |
| Absolutely. There is no place for racebased legislation or maori preference of any kind. | gale |
| only way to go | Noel |
| On which race should we base the arrangement? | Geoff |
| Yes even if only for that. | steven |
| One people one flag one country | Lyn |
| An assertive YES is essential as we already have substantial executive power in Councils with high level appointments pushing hard on the speratist barrow. | Peter |
| For myself it is a no brainer,everything the maoris do is just for themselves with no regard for anyone but themselves,there will be no partnership, no sharing.Once they have control the infighting will start and the collapse of the country will be the end result.Once that happens ethnic cleansing will be the order of the day,I do hope that those,other than maoris wake up starting with local body elections and cast maorification out where it belongs. | Peter |
| Will they even be allowed to stand and get a chance to be voted for? | Brian |
| Absolutely. We need many good people who will stand up to Maori activists and promote democracy, to stand for councils in NZ. Erica Stanford’s embedding of The Treaty in her new education curriculum along with the the lack of action by National on the Maorification of everything, including the threat of a Maori takeover of our foreshore and seabed, is an insult to all the people who voted for National on the understanding that they would reverse this cultural takeover. | Mary |
| It has got to stop. The waste of money on consultation is enormous and the result is the Country is getting poorer. | Margaret |
| Yes, I would support local body candidates who commit to removing race-based arrangements from their council? | chris |
| All race based agenda policies communication needs to be stopped. Equality for all New Zealanders and no special privileges based on race. The acceptance that one race has entitlements above all others in New Zealand is crippling this country. Race based tax incentives special charities and absolute waste of monies on race based initiatives must stop. And calling people who want equality racist is racism in its purest form. | Grant |
| they must go local councils are were Moari are getting to takeover & that will effect us as a nation more than we realise | Nigel |
| Time for ALL of these treacherous LYING DEMONS, as well as LUXO, AND HIS INSIDE GANG…..TO PLEASE EXIT! still a long way off track… THE BIDDING FOR THE U.N/W.E.F/W.H.O must STOP…..your game is UP! YOU WILL BE TOAST AT THE NEXT ELECTION! | David |
| In Napier only one councillor spoke against maori wards and he was sidelined by the rest of the council, they are implimenting them this election cycle and say they will repeal in 2028 cycle(Tui ad anyone ?), if we the voters disagree,they only need look at the 2017 poll which was about72% against as I heard it called the other day we live in a “Totalitarian democracy”,another interesting point is NZ has more Racist laws than South Africa !! RIP NZ but its not going to be peaceful | Wayne |
| This is our last chance to reject maori wards etc. All NZ must mobilise and vote out maori seats. If we procrasinate maori tribes and maori radicals will take over local councils and then onto the NZ government. THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE… | Allan |
| Their is no place for race in politics, at any level | Peter |
| Definitely. No votes for those who support race- axed arrangements | Robyn |
| We must stop the maorification and hand over control of our lives and resources to maori elite. No good will come of it, just look at the maori history , the fighting, raping, enslaving and cannibalism. It is is supported by woke,weak and ill rducated stupid sheeple. | Leonard |
| most definitely | owen |
| We are one people | Raymond |
| I certainly would! I will NOT vote for anyone who agrees with race based agreements in the Taupo Council. The current Mayor, in particular, has already lost me. | Heather |
| No only support them – we have been actively looking for them. This election must be the turning point! | Roger |
| Most definately The English language is slowly disappearing fed up seeing and hearing this happen | Barbara |
| At the current rate, this country is heading full tilt toward a nasty outcome. A nasty, violent outcome. | Grahame |
| It is absolutely necessary to remove undemocratic players from legislative positions. | Robbie |
| I have only contempt for the part maori idiots | chris |
| Of course these candidates should get the support of all voters but they won’t. This tells us how successful the brainwashing and history bending indoctrination has been, particularly among younger people who have been subjected to the fully captured education system of the past 30 years, particularly the past 15 years. I will be casting my vote for those candidates who publicly push for the end to race based arrangements. Unfortunately, I live in Dunedin and I fear the track record here favours a council filled with woke apologists, well meaning do-gooders and blatant activists. I can only live in hope. | Mark |
| Basic Democracy. | Fred |
| Definitely. In my formative years I grew up in apartheid South Africa and in my declining years I appear to have returned to that same place! | David |
| The time for talk has long since passed, though. It’s time for corrective action if we are to save NZ from becoming the Zimbabwe of the South Pacific. | Fiona |
| Candidates should be forced to declare their intention in this area! The trouble is that we do not know their opinion on Racial /Cultural issues. | Jerry |
| Absolutely. Did last time. In PN each candidate gave a quick synopsis of there position on various issues, and Maori wards was one of them. Fantastic idea. | Steve |
| Totally agree with no race based systems | David |
| Apartheid has no place in NZ. It must be eliminated | Peter |
| Yes.The Maorification of this country is out of control. But in reality ,it looks like things have got beyond correction While your Poll is admirable for providing opportunity for responses ,talk is no longer effective,only radical perhaps extreme protests are now required.Maybe massive boycotts of all essential services.? | Don |
| Absolutely YES!!! Enough of this Maori Apartheid nonsense! | Greg |
| Time to stop this minority trying to implement racism in New Zealanders lives | Kevin |
| ACTIVISTS of any colour should not be allowed to stand at any local or central level that are representing parties in govt.Maori seats have to go, same with race based parties and laws same for T.O.W and W.T. NATIONAL and luxo have to be pressured! | David |
| Absolutely | Peter |
| For all the reasons covered in your post | Hugh |
| Absolutely yes but they need to be made of the right stuff. Expect thuggish, bullying intimidatory behaviour against those who oppose what many see has become the divine right of Maori | Geoff |
| This should never have been in doubt | Hylton |
| 100% | Peter |
| Absolutely | Bruce |
| but in a predominately Maori area and an extreme left/woke council, I doubt anything will change. | mike |
| Absolutely | Don |
| Encourage them to become Patriots for equal opportunities | Jo |
| Definitely | Chris |
| Full support | Yanna |
| absolutely – the same support was given to this government to do this…. | Giles |
| I support democracy – especially at local level. | Graeme |
| of course | DOUGLAS |
| 100% | Linda |
| No raced base policies. | Steph |
| Race based seats at both local and central Government level must be abolished. Easier said than done without the necessary votes supporting this initiative around the council table. | Chris |
| Most definitely I would and encouraging others to do the same. Enough is enough. | John |
| Local body voting should be made compulsory then we won’t end up with dodo mayors and councillors | Ian |
| Maori wards have no place in local government | Jon |
| Yes 100% – we must get rid of division by race! | Glenda |
| One country, we are becoming the New Zimbabwe with separatism, local councils lack the kahunas to stand up to Maori favouritism . | Kathryn |
| Tribalism has to be removed it is not compatible with democracy. There must be no special privileges based on race. | Bryan |
| All of the race based legislation is nothing ore then embedding corruption into law. The most amazing thing is the Supreme Court “justices” that encouraged it. I guess the question that arises is how good are the law schools. | Hugh |
| Apartheid has no place in New Zealand. | William |
| this approach is a massive overreach driven by self interest of Maori groups and an under reach by past governments to not reading the smoke signals. | Gavin |
| I wouldn’t support any candidate that did support race based policy/arrangements, how could they given all Kiwi’s are supposed to be treated equally, not to do so is racist & illegal! | John |
| Totally! Need to get ‘race-based’ anything removed asap. | Lee |
| yes yes yes. have already cancelled donations to other charities that have become Maorified | Erin |
| There is opportunity for all New Zealanders, regardless of ethnicity, to stand successfully in local body politics. Any special provisions based on race are abhorrent. | Rod |
| Racism and democracy CANNOT COEXIST! | Andy |
| I certainly would as should everyone as this nonsense has gone on for far to long and this government promised to to just that really have they forgotten that It%u2019s well passed time the government pulled finger and sorted the problem out fast how hard could it be just get it done | Peter |
| We don’t need separate development and co-governance. | john |
| As per your column | MEL |
| Maori’ ‘rights” have never been earned – they are using deception and shadowing changes with the undercurrent threat of ‘You are a racist’ a complete lie and unjustified in the NZ society. The well – known power grabbing ‘fear based’ doctrines of socialism via Carl Marx and others. Maori have had people studying it. | Maurice |
| The average maori never gets a cent while the Morgan’s, Tamaheres and Jackson’s become millionairs | Niall |
| now | John |
| Councils are spending too much on iwi. Waste of rates. | Dave |
| This takeover by a thousand swords must be halted. | Mike |
| Absolutely | Jane |
| This tribal takeover needs to be stopped, coucils are a place to start oposing it, then abolish maori seats in parliment, get rid of this he papa crap and stop the demolition of NZ society. | Andrew |
| Lets stop this rot NOW | Mike |
| now | Wiremu |
| Get rid of them | Peter |
| Absolutely. | Simon |
| Assuming they honour their word (fingers crossed) and do what their constitutes say. (unlink the SDC with its water entity). | Jason |
| NZ has turned into a very sick apatheid country. Thank the Labour party for where we are today. | Des |
| It stops the current apartheid push which will be unsustainable in a democratic country as non Maori suddenly realise their rights have diminshed status to Maori rights. All citizens should have equal rights. | John |
| No maori takeover of our country.our council signed up to an agreement without any consultation | Michelle |
| Yes, we are all equal. | Kate |
| With bells on. | Peter |
| A no vote is essentially a vote for civil war. | Mike |
| 110% | Neil |
| The only problem is that the coalition promised to take a number of actions on this problem but has largely done nothing since it came into power. | Terry |
| The only ones in Govt that will do it are act & NZ first | Colin |
| So long as their other intents and commitments were honest and well founded. | Malcolm |
| Apartheid cannot ever be supported | Nev |
| Absolutely!! The Maori tribal infiltration of New Zealand must be stopped. | Margaret |
| I will be voting no to Maori wards | Lynette |
| TaupoDC is not keeping the ratepayers informed. The Council is dominated by the woke Mayor and highly paid bureaucrats. | Liz |
| Definitely! Thats because it is the right thing if New Zealand is to prosper going forward. Activism gains traction when leadership is weak. Supporting strong and dedicated leaders is the solution. | Andrew |
| absolutely yes, the maori wagon has rolled too far | john |
| Extremely important issue, bearing on the long-term prosperity of NZ. | Shane |
| Candidates should have to state their position on seperate Maori wards on all election publicity. | John |
| This has gone far enough its now got to the stage where myself a whit NZ Born New Zealander feel like a second class citzen. | Carl |
| Of course | Evans |
| Bring back one nation one people | Mat |
| Yes – but how many candidatures have the courage to express a clear view on this issue? | mary |
| Like all Government Organizations they must be colour blind and remove ALL race based legislation. As an aside I visited MOTAT recently. Most signage was in Manglish (a combination of Maori and English) or Maori with NO English. I was disgusted. | COOKIE |
| I will never support political parties that want race based policy. Referendum for Maori ward should not even exist. If Maori wants to be part of the Council, they can become a candidate during election, just like anyone else. Same for central elections. I am very disappointed with this government. They were supposed to deal with these activist and bring back a NZ were everyone has the same privileges and obligations. | Luciane |
| No question | Anthony |
| But we need go know who will | nelson |
| We are all one | Chris |
| There is no justification for Race Based councilors. | Noel |
| Yes, and inversely, any candidate who supports apartheid in local government would never ever get my vote. They would be treasonous. | Colin |
| Absolutely! I’ll be looking for such candidates. The race based corruption must end. | Wendy |
| FNDC shoves the Maori language down our throats all the time and we are sick of it. Just how does the official advice from the Ministry of Maori Development, which recommends the use of dual languages with Maori prioritised stack up regarding the NZF-National agreement? Which says: Legislate to make English an official language of New Zealand. Ensure all public service departments have their primary name in English, except for those specifically related to Maori. Require the public service departments and Crown Entities to communicate primarily in English – except those entities specifically related to Maori. We need a Council that will reverse this nonsense. | Doug |
| No more Maori anything (raced based arrangements) at local and government levels. All to go, and good riddance to the maorification of New Zealand | Gordon |
| Needs to be | Willy |
| The problem is that here in Tauranga, thanks largely to that horrible racist, Mahuta, and her handpicked compliant, commissars, we don’t have a vote this time around and have to survive until 2028 to have a say! | Alan |
| 200% | David |
| Reversing the (apartheid) Cultural Takeover requires removing the apartheid 1975 TOW Act and apartheid Maori seats from statute. | neil |
| We absolutely need strong people to stand for council and I’m helping to ensure that’s the case! | David |
| Local government has become a real battleground. The sooner the Coalition passes their law to re-focus them on what really matters the better. But they must take steps in that legislation to reduce the power of iwi otherwise communities like ours will end up paying for tribal privilege! | Murray |
| Yes, get rid of Maori seats in local and central government and get rid of race from our laws altogether. | Paul |
| It is really important to encourage a number of good people committed to getting rid of cultural entitlements to stand for councils, so they have the numbers to bring about change. | Marie |
| It is often local body staff driving race-based preferences. These activists should be given their marching orders. | Simon |