I am not impressed with the Maori Party. For a party that made such a big deal of having to get back to their constituency on just about every little thing that they needed to make a decision on, it seems very odd that in this case what the people think that voted for them doesn't matter.
As I said in my Farewell post at Sir Humphreys:
The people that thought that the Maori party had principles are sadly going to be disillusioned after this whole sorry episode in NZ history.
The best thing National could do, after the bill is passed to give maximum impact, is to promise to repeal the bill when they get elected. Remind the people that it's only with MMP that minority parties have a chance of getting this sort of legislation through, and also promise to give New Zealanders a chance to have their say on MMP when they get elected - as was promised and reneged upon by our rulers.
As I said in my Farewell post at Sir Humphreys:
I’ve realized over the past two years that I’ve been blogging politically, that the fight for Western Civilisation is not an economic one. Socialism vs Capitalism hides the real battle - the social battle. Utopians have been working to change society over generations for a long time now. As each new generation of children is indoctrinated into the new social order through their teachers and the media, society shifts. The latest shift is the removal of parental authority via the Repeal of S59. Once parents no longer have authority, then more intensive indoctrination can pick up steam.But then again, for the Maori Party to be participating in this destruction of society makes a perverse kind of sense. Party members seems to long for the days of the past when Maori ruled NZ. Ruled NZ in a dog-eat-dog, tribe-eat-tribe kind of way, but where Maori could be Maori without being stopped by outsiders. When the outsiders came, Maori had the natural advantage for a while because of their numbers. The destruction of society could create the conditions for Maori to be on top of the heap again. Have they actually thought about this bill from that point of view? Who knows, but it is possible given that the Maori Party, over the last couple of weeks have called for the occupation of land that they considered theirs, and have accused the government of allowing too much white immigration in order to never let Maori get into a position of dominance again.
The people that thought that the Maori party had principles are sadly going to be disillusioned after this whole sorry episode in NZ history.
The best thing National could do, after the bill is passed to give maximum impact, is to promise to repeal the bill when they get elected. Remind the people that it's only with MMP that minority parties have a chance of getting this sort of legislation through, and also promise to give New Zealanders a chance to have their say on MMP when they get elected - as was promised and reneged upon by our rulers.