In a Herald interview, back in 2006, Auckland University’s Professor Elizabeth Rata warned, “The bicultural, Maori-Pakeha movement in New Zealand has been a mistake – it is subverting democracy, erecting ethnic boundaries between Maori and non-Maori and promoting a cultural elite within Maoridom.”
She explained, “Many New Zealanders originally supported Maori retribalism because they saw it as a means to much greater social justice. In fact, the opposite has happened – that group of poor marginalised Maori is in the same position now.”
The move towards greater social justice for native peoples originated in the 1960s in key universities around the world. Influential academics argued that the best way to improve lives was to bring ethnic group leaders into government institutions, to change the system from within.
According to Professor Rata, those changes, which were backed by a small political and academic elite, were extremely ‘subversive’: “Biculturalism is threatening democracy. You get inside a system and subvert it. Destroy from within.”
In those early days, radical Maori Sovereignty activists, heavily influenced by resistance movements from around the world, adopted revolutionary strategies for New Zealand. Their goal, ‘to take back the country’, was outlined in a series of inflammatory articles published in the feminist magazine “Broadsheet” in 1982:
“Maori sovereignty is the Maori ability to determine our own destiny… In essence, Maori sovereignty seeks nothing less than the acknowledgement that New Zealand is Maori land, and further seeks the return of that land… The aim of Maori sovereignty is… to redesign this country’s institutions from a Maori point of view… This country belongs to Maori…
“At its most conservative it could be interpreted as the desire for a bicultural society… biculturalism meant acknowledgement of Maori sovereignty, of Maoritanga, of our land and language… an all up return of all our land and the setting up of institutions to ensure Maoritanga as the culture of this country and the Maori language as the official language… A new identity based on Maoritanga must be forged.”
By the early 1980s, moves were already underway within our state sector to introduce biculturalism and define New Zealanders by ethnicity. Biculturalism became a lever to force Maori language and culture onto the country and create institutions that prioritised Maori.
In his 1985 book Shadows Over New Zealand, former communist Geoff McDonald revealed how Maori Sovereignty propagandists were using Marxist strategies to influence politicians and the public:
“Marxists understand that the key to destabilising New Zealand is to show how badly the Maori is treated by the whites. The big lie must be built up, until enough people believe it to enable the damage to be done. There is no Maori oppression at all. But that would not stop them from going ahead with their propaganda. Facts or truth have no relevance to Marxism. Anything can be said to help create the conditions amenable to the collapse of society. However absurd or grotesque the charges being made against white New Zealanders, if they are not answered then they will be believed.”
And that’s exactly what happened.
The bicultural movement in New Zealand has created a dangerous state of separatism. It dominates New Zealand politics and deeply divides our society. The mantle of tribal totalitarianism is oppressive – it drags us back to a re-invented past, instead of enabling our multicultural society to go forward and flourish as one.
And while the blame for this dangerous situation rests squarely on the shoulders of the self-obsessed separatists striving for tribal control, it is the appeasement policies of successive governments that have allowed it to happen.
New Zealand’s key institutions have been ‘captured’ – to serve Maori above all others. That includes the public service and wider state sector, local government, the media, even the justice system, which is now elevating ‘tikanga’ or Maori custom above the common law.
Organisations like the New Zealand Geographic Board are systematically changing our country’s English placenames to Maori without any regard to community opposition.
The education system is indoctrinating young minds, denigrating our pioneering history by feeding children a diet of false narratives about colonial oppression and Maori victimhood.
The Waitangi Tribunal has been radicalised to promote Maori supremacy and condemn every attempt by our democratically elected Government to implement a policy agenda mandated by voters.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator Dr John Robinson, a research historian and analyst, believes New Zealand is now at a dangerous juncture:
“Across the world, over many millennia, people have learned how best to live together, in a decent society where all share a common feeling of belonging to one larger community – in sovereign countries, unified and living together as equal citizens.
“Such ideals, basic to a decent society, do not apply in New Zealand, where there is inequality and racism in law… That separation by race, with the resultant considerable privileges, is written into law… New Zealand history has been rewritten with never any fault committed by Maori…
“The priority claimed for the Treaty of Waitangi has become a key weapon in the fight for power. It has been rewritten and then proclaimed a sacred text, immutable, to be followed religiously and not to be challenged. The only valid text is held to be that in Maori and the only arbiters to determine the meaning of the text are those Maori activists; none other have any authority. That trickery, and this revolution – a process aiming for the overthrow of government – must be recognised and negated with a firm and determined counter-revolution.”
Dr Robinson has set out a prescription to restore democracy and enable New Zealand to become a ‘decent society’: “All reference to Maori in law must go. There should be no Maori seats and wards; all should vote together on a common roll. The completely compromised Treaty of Waitangi must be removed from all legislation, and the Waitangi Tribunal closed down immediately by government, which has that power – and that responsibility.”
The reality is that, until now, successive New Zealand Governments have lacked the courage to stand up to the aggressive threats and bullying demands of tribal leaders.
In the 1980’s they persuaded Labour to fund Maori immersion education – early childhood Kohanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa State schools. We can now see the effects as their graduates gain influence.
The new Maori Queen is a product of that system – as journalist Richard Harman explains: “The new Kingitanga monarch, Kuini Nga Wai hono i te Po Paki, aged 27 and educated at a Te Reo immersion Kura in Huntly and then the University of Waikato, where she got an MA in Tikanga Maori… will be someone the so-called Kohanga Reo generation of young Maori will be able to quickly identify with.
“In an interview with TVNZ’s ‘Re News,’ while she was visiting Britain in 2022, she made it clear she felt the scars of colonialism. ‘My heart was heavy when I arrived here because I saw how vast and abundant the land is here. So why did they have to come to Aotearoa to steal our land, to murder our ancestors and grandchildren, to confiscate our resources, and for what reason?’ She said all the stories and historical accounts continued to leave her feeling hurt inside. ‘To be honest, my greatest desire is for all Maori land to be returned to Maori’.”
In 1985, tribal leaders persuaded Labour to extend the jurisdiction of the Waitangi Tribunal – set up a decade earlier to investigate contemporary breaches of the Treaty by the Crown – to cover historic claims that had already been settled, resulting in the creation of a $4 billion Treaty gravy train that’s still growing.
In 1993, they persuaded National to re-introduce Maori Seats, even though the Royal Commission on the Electoral System had expressly recommended their removal if MMP was introduced. They warned if they were retained, they would create a serious over-representation of Maori in Parliament.
They were right – Maori now hold a disproportionate 27 percent of the Parliamentary seats, in spite of making up only 13.7 percent of the voting-age population.
In 2005, they persuaded Labour to change the law so tribal business corporations could register as charities and avoid paying tax – even though the benefits flow to relatives instead of the wider community, which should have ruled them out.
A TDB Advisory report on the 2023 iwi rich list shows Ngai Tahu and Tainui are now valued at $2.2 billion each, Auckland’s Ngati Whatua is worth $1.6 billion, Ngati Toa $795 million, Tuhoe $406 million, Ngati Porou $298 million, Ruakawa $238 million, Ngati Awa $180 million, Ngati Pahauwera $101 million, and Ngapuhi, which is still to negotiate a treaty settlement, $88 million.
In 2011 tribal leaders persuaded National to replace Crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed with a law to enable Maori claims. As a result of the judiciary mis-interpreting the law to enable claimants to gain control of New Zealand’s entire coastline, the Coalition has announced they will restore the law to what Parliament intended. Until that occurs, doubts about the future will remain.
In 2020 they persuaded Labour to adopt their blueprint for the tribal control of New Zealand by 2040, and as a result, He Puapua policies for Treaty partnerships and co-governance have been embedded into the nation’s legislative and regulatory framework.
Driving this tribal rule agenda was Labour’s Te Arawhiti – the Office of Maori Crown Relations that was set up to work in partnership with iwi leaders. By the time of the 2023 general election, they had systematically established a controlling influence for Maori within the state sector.
This is what the Coalition is now battling.
While their latest move of issuing a Cabinet Office Circular directing public services to be delivered according to need not race – and scrapping Labour’s racist procurement policy requiring eight percent of Government contracts to go to Maori providers – is a step in the right direction, to ensure these policies cannot be reversed by future governments, all references to race and ethnicity must be removed from our Statute books.
What is incomprehensible is that the Coalition has left in place key public service directives issued by Labour to entrench He Puapua. These include a Cabinet Office Circular dated 22 October 2019 setting out guidelines to empower Maori as Treaty ‘partners’ in government decision-making, and a range of indoctrination programmes that are still being delivered by Te Arawhiti.
These should surely be suspended as a priority.
The radicalism and division of State funded biculturalism has become a handbrake that’s not only holding back our country and constraining our future but is threatening the unity that binds together our diverse society.
Every attempt by the Coalition to remove racial privilege is being strongly resisted by hostile tribal leaders, who are using their wealth and influence to preserve their gravy train.
Meanwhile extremists have stormed the parapets and entered the House of Parliament, radicalising the Maori seats at the heart of our democracy.
The only way to prevent a tribal takeover is to give New Zealanders their long-overdue say on the future of Parliament’s Maori seats. Given the seats are now seriously distorting democratic representation in this country, its time voters decided whether they serve a beneficial purpose or should be scrapped – as recommended decades ago by the Royal Commission.
Since councils are holding binding referenda on local government Maori seats in October next year, why not hold a referendum on Parliament’s Maori seats at the same time.
Will the Coalition pick up on this challenge?
Biculturalism has been a colossal mistake. A policy introduced to help disadvantaged Maori has fuelled an ambitious takeover attempt by mega-rich tribal corporations aggressively seeking to dominate the Government and control the country.
The Coalition is attempting to rein them in, but they will not succeed unless the framework for tribal rule that’s been created is dismantled. That means removing race and the Treaty from legislation, disestablishing the Waitangi Tribunal, and abolishing the Maori seats.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should a referendum now be held on the future of Parliament’s Maori seats?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Yes. AS soon as possible | Marty |
| should have been when mmp came in but key and luxon are just as bad by not doing it so allowed that traitor adern and her arse licking mates bent over for the maori eleat to bleed this country dry and ignore the ordinary maori, you can bet your last dollar that if labour gets in next election adern will be straight back to NZ to get her large backhanders fron certain tribes to top up her bank balance | Richard |
| Yes,No exceptions,along with the Waitangi tribunal and all other racebased legislation. | galem |
| The Maori seats should have been scrapped way back in 1993 when MMP replaced ‘first past the post’ | Rose |
| One major problem with this is that New Zealand is not a democracy. It is a hypocrisy, run by two parties which think it is a democracy. After their tanks are empty, some of our leaders leave with knighthoods! It seems that they are now giving knighthoods away with packets of chewing gum! Another problem is that a small number of individuals who think that they were here first (they weren’t) call me racist, because I believe that we are all one people! What effrontery! | Kevan |
| Should have been held years ago | Sid |
| Long, long overdue! | Barend |
| Most Definitely | Olwyn |
| Yes. However it would seem that the general public as yet do not understand that their democracy is under attack, to be replaced by a crude tribalistic system. It is up to the general public to reject or to accept rule by tribalism or to embrace and protect our hard won democracy. Do we care? Whoever wins the minds of the people will win the day. While the fraudsters are now in a panic that the public will soon be asked the question as to what type of future we prefer then lets hope that we at least get to have a democratic vote if it comes down to that. If we are denied to have our democratic voice heard at this time then racism will certainly become prominent and the plight of us ordinary citizens will fall into a third world situation. Mr Luxon needs to educate himself as to the true history of this country and to repair the dreadful damage done in recent times by National’s past and current capitulations to straight out untrue fraudulent claims. | Garry. |
| They are long past their use by date and should have done with the introduction of MMP. | John |
| The sooner the better !! | David |
| Definitely | Sue |
| Definitely needs to be addressed and dealt with | Rob |
| Terrifyiing that pubpic awareness is so low about local Government tribal extortion and takeover | K |
| Nz should be ONE Kiwi community ruled by themselves, and not dominated and controled by Maori. | Pierre |
| We genuinely need to move past the 1800s race based positions in parliament, government bodies, and any other public and private industry. Race nepotism leads to nothing good as time and again showed throughout history. | Pavel |
| Absolutely we need to do it now. We are all one people . | Denise |
| Long overdue because of weakness in successive governments | Laurie |
| As a 6th generation New Zealander I now feel unwelcome in my own country. How can that happen? | Alan |
| Definitely | Ian |
| Can’t happen soon enough. | Frank |
| WE should all have equal rights | Corinna |
| ASAP | Geoffrey |
| Hast to happen, or we are screwed! | RICHARD |
| Way overdue! | John |
| gone by lunchtime | Evan |
| I find it difficult, understanding how the Maori mind processes normal thinking. Several ‘Maori words’ have just been added to the English Oxford dictionary? On one hand, they want Maori separatism, the other hand wants to leech off pakeha culture?? I think thats’ thats a bit rich….I just wish they would make up their mind…. | David |
| I think the coalition government should be stronger in dealing with the Maori issues. | Theo |
| Better late than never……. | robin |
| It is time to stop bi-culturalism | Mark |
| Absolutely crucial for the preservation of our fast declining democracy. | Bernie |
| Having Maori seats is apartheid so need to be abolished | Ian |
| Sorely Parliament can observe the damage done by failing to abolish these seats when MMP was introduced. However if Parliament requires a direct mandate then yes let there be a referendum of all Registered Citizens. And the referendum should include the Abolishion of the waitangi Tribunal and all non electected race based appointments seats in whatever secotor of administration. | Richard |
| This is long overdue and should have been revoked decades ago. | Christopher |
| They are undemocratic and should have gone years ago. | Colin |
| Sooner the better. Also separate seats on local government should be removed. | Shaun |
| Why can they not just be permanently abolished by Government legislating in Parliament? I don’t recall a Referendum being held to establish them in the first place . That would be preferable and much quicker ! If this can’t be done, then definitely an URGENT referendum. | Hugh |
| Multiculturism and equality in, biculturalism and racially defined privilege out! | Dennis |
| Good luck on that ever happening! Luxon is too afraid of maori and has back tracked on many of his claims before National got back into power. My concern would be that the truth was put before the country and not the extremists views. | Chris |
| Yes. Well overdue. This is what the majority of NZ people want. | Rob |
| Yes definitely. Well overdue. Maori aren’t even the original people of NZ. When Polynesian/Melanesian Maori arrived they committed genocide of the existing people of NZ by murdering them and taking over their land. Maori are settlers just like the British. | KB |
| Should have happened when MMP was introduced. | Ian |
| I believe that there is an expectation among those who voted for ACT, NZ first and National, that between them they would get remove anything that hinted of any equality in our lives. If I am correct, maybe the best thing that any of us can do is continually remind the party leaders of this expectation. | Allen |
| It’s vital for the survival of our democracy | Graeme |
| It is time for them to go, and we all become one nation. | Robert |
| I thought Winston said they were doing it, like getting Maori language out of Govt | Robin |
| Yes they have to go. besides there is not one constructive bone in the body of a Maori Iwi eletist, only hatred and internal destruction of NEW ZEALAND | LB |
| Quicker the better. | Chris |
| The Treaty states we are one people. | Denis |
| Yes, yes, yes | Pam |
| The corruption that is rampant throughout government signals that the while system needs rethi king | Neil |
| Soon as possible | Andrew |
| YES NOW. Sorry fellow Kiwis Im off to Ossie along with the other 65,000 Kiwis. I have had a gutsfull of all this maori radical crap. Good luck to those of you who stay or are unable to leave. ( pensioners ) | Kelvin |
| Should have happened in the year Maori were enfranchised. | Lionel |
| It should be held during this governments term, not slow walked. | Rex |
| The Maori seats should be abolished and all reference regarding Maori in Government departments plus the Treaty Tribunal be dismantled now before it is too late. The new Maori Queen will start to demand Maori Sovereignty, Watch this space. | ken |
| Let’s get back to the original meaning of the treaty | Mary |
| As well as removing the Maori seats the Waitangi tribunal should be abolished immediately as it has far exceeded its original goals. While we are at it a change to MMP would see the List MP system cancelled and changed to list votes. This would mean that only MPs democratically elected by their constituents are in parliament.Each party then gets list votes added in proportion to its total party vote. This would mean that the total number of MPs at the trough would reduce and the incentive for sitting members to perform for their voters would increase dramatically. I acknowledge that dreams are free. | Ian |
| The maori seats are causing race division now. | Bruce |
| Basically, I agree with the idea of a referendum but let us get through the Seymour TOW bill and we will win (See the Aussie Voice referendum). What is needed is the truth exposed (see Stop-co-Governance) | Cookie |
| Maori are capable of ‘making it on their own’ into Local and Central Government. To give them special opportunities is nothing short of racist. | Maureen |
| YES! Sooner the better before it is to late | Barry |
| Come on Luxon. This should be a priority of this government because that’s what the public wants | Roy |
| Biculturism is in conflict with democracy | Gerhard |
| They should be long gone | Robbie |
| We were all created equal only some now think they are more equal than others. Under God we are all the same so it’s time to recognise this. | Heather |
| Yes, this is a priority. | Mark |
| Why can Luxon not see that ? | Wendy |
| Oh yeah, but if the powers of today are allowed, to we will see our country divided physically, morally and spiritually so as to cause great damage to many. | Ray |
| Long overdue. If we do not act now then NZ is doomed. | BrUcE |
| Maorification is abhorrent, primitive and retrograde. It must be unmasked and totally removed from legislation, otherwise we will head towards a brutal, tribalist dictatorship. | susan |
| They should have been disbanded in 1993 | Mark |
| These seats should have been removed when MMP came in. They are a cornerstone of racism and do nothing for ordinary Maori. | Ian |
| Indeed,the sooner the better | Paul |
| Full democracy is paramount – nothing less.Necessary to stop the iwi gravy train which taxpayers are funding. | Peter |
| We are one people .im so tired of the Maori propaganda being forced upon the people of NZ – I agree with everything Muriel Newman has written. NZ will end up a third world broken country if this Maorification continues! | Jacqui |
| Yes, people should have a say whether these special seats should remain. | Donald |
| Equality for all New Zealanders! | Andrew |
| Get rid of the Waitangi tribunal and Maori wards, along with the illegal mp’s . The govt needs to act upon the mandates they were elected on. NOW. No compromise | Dianne |
| Let’s get on with pulling us back to the democracy we thought we were part of! | Robin |
| This is supposed to be a democratic country… It is rapidly becoming the opposite. We need to stop the progression of tribal influence over everything and get back to being one country | Jo |
| If we want to have a prosperous and United future we must have everyone treated the same | Carole |
| Maori are no longer under represented in power, in every respect. If we are One Nation, then we just need one voting system. | Laurine |
| when mmp was brought in they were supposed to be abolished, they are not needed Maori are 17% pf the population but less than 4% voted on the maori roll at the last election. All references to the treaty in all government departments need to be removed & all Departments be made colour blind, departments that wont do that needs to be cleaned out. All Maori corperations IWI & Hapu need to be on the same taxation rules as everyone else, Waitangi Tribunal to finish up remaining claims as per previous rules & be wound up. This will be an ugly time for us all but it needs to be done so our nation can be one. | NIGEL |
| Absolutely – a New Zealander is a New Zealander and no differentiation between races should exist – all equal unto the law. | Ian |
| Essential | Nicholas |
| Absolutely!!! | Derek |
| It is high time that this nonsense was brought to an end | Harvey |
| Absolutely-it is vital to achieve Democracy once again in NZ. | gary |
| On the whole issue, ALL separatist issues including Maori Wards. | Bryan |
| The sooner the better | Ian |
| Race should be a factor one vote per person merit not race | Jennie |
| We are supposed to be one people here in NZ. | William Clive |
| They should be gone asap. Why do we promote apartheid? | Laurie |
| should have been done years ago what do we have to do to get a government that has the balls to fulfil the wishes of the majority.i have voted national all my adult life until the last election.last year i happily voted for act and will continue to do so going forward. | Warren david |
| Its way past time for this to happen! | Murray |
| While Luxon is in charge this, sadly, won’t happen. He is actively encouraging the division. | Elizabeth |
| ABSOLUTELY, LIKE TOMORROW WOULD STILL BE LATE. GET IT DONE. | JOHN |
| Maoris will return to tribalism and NZ CITIZENS WILL BE THE LOSERS REGARDLESS OF RACE. Only the Maori elite will benefit in each tribe. | Garry |
| These vile racist seats have been past their use by date for almost a hundred years. Now they are a weapon to help destroy the country for the benefit of a corrupt few. | John |
| OBVIOULY!!! | Bruce |
| Immediately | Andrew |
| Colour blind is the only way forward for our threatened democracy | Brian |
| And the sooner the better. Unfortunately National will be the road block as they are still influenced by the self interest politics of the Key era | David |
| “Maori seats” MUST be removed… folks of all races (including maori) have been able to take part in the governance of New Zealand for many years. | Peter |
| Yes of course. Anyone of any ethnic Maori, Indian, Pacific Islander, Asian can get elected to any party or local elections on their own merits. Defiantly not by race. | Wayne |
| One NZ not two | Mike |
| Timing not great, come back when Luxon has built political capital and is back at 45% poll rating. | Ian |
| Maori have been sucked in by the left. They don’t even know who is pulling the strings. The radicals have been bought off by the Commie outsiders. | Dennis |
| The Waitangi Tribunal is no longer worth the paper it is written on as it has been abused and rewritten to work in favour of the mega-rich tribal corporations. It needs to go. Maori Party needs to be ousted as of no need if we are going to move forward as one. | Anne |
| It should be run in junction with the Maori Ward referendum next year | Robert |
| Parliament is being made a CIRCUS and a place of HATE creation APARTHEID | mike |
| We can either have western democracy or government by race. All references to race must be removed from all parts of the government. | Hugh |
| Jacinda hasn’t helped here. | Janet |
| Referendums have a notorious habit of getting the wrong result. Not because vote wrong but because not enough eligible people actually vate. | Raymond |
| Descendants of maori do not require separate anything as in a democracy all should be the same. | Colleen |
| I think NZ has gone too far along the path to apartheid to change direction without major civil unrest. The Maori elite will never give up the power, privilege and money they’ve acquired. The rest of us, including the Maori non-elite, can either accept life as second-class citizens or emigrate to more equal, democratic countries. I know what I will choose. | Gary |
| Race based seats have no place in a liberal democracy | Grant |
| Absolutely! Bring back one nation one people. | Mat |
| If we do not maori radicals and their huge corporations will continue to take over NZ. These lot are visious, nasty and violent to anyone opposed. And now we have a maori queen wanting all their land back. Watch this space. Schools are releasing falsely taught history pupils extending the radical push. Has anyone done a survey why all our educated Kiwis are leaving in droves? I gurrantee partly due to maori radicals taking over. | Allan |
| Maori activists need to be stopped as they are destroying NZ. We are now out of touch with the true maori people who the government have always looked after. | Judith |
| Most definitely | Warren |
| Maori are more than proportionately represented in parliament I am totally against biculturalism and firmly believe in equality and each according to their needs | Bruce |
| We are all New Zealanders and that is how we should see ourselves in the future. To hang on to victimhood only weakens you and keeps you trapped. there is no going back. | lone |
| Have a vote and put this all to bed | John |
| All apartheid policies need to be revoked. | Richard |
| The vast majority of New Zealanders (including Maori New Zealanders) don’t want to be divided by race. Granting special privileges to a very small radical. sector of society will have disastrous consequences. From any perspective, it is incredibly difficult to comprehend how anyone could believe dividing a racially and culturally diverse nation into two identity groups only (ie. Maori 15% and The Rest 85%) and demanding that the majority group abandon and denounce their diverse cultures & heritage and forcibly assume the culture, language, history and absolute authority of the minority group can possibly end well. At best, a simmering and uneasy form of apartheid will result (which should attract the condemnation of the free world). At worst, I shudder to imagine but it will be a dreadful outcome. Sadly it is the minority group that will ultimately pay the price even if only by way of the backlash that will result against anything and everything Maori. | Kevin |
| Should have been done when MMP was accepted. | Dennis |
| It must be a binding referendum – no opportunity for the Maori to say it does not count if they don’t like the result. | Paloma |
| tHE tIME IS NOW TO LEGSILATE TO HAVE REFERENDUM ON THE FUTURE OF MAORI SEATS IT IS CAUSING A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITHIN NEW ZEALAND | LEO |
| Long past their usefulness. As Winston Peters recently said. “Maori do not need tokenism” There are enough “Maori” being legitimately elected . | Alf |
| It is time to put an end to the racism that is destroying New Zealand | Michael |
| There should be no racial distinctions in legislation. | DAVID |
| Why not have a Conscience Vote for this? A referendum I am told, will not be binding or even likely to be upheld in the first instance. | Sharron |
| However the under 40s are so brainwashed I truly fear they can over rule sanity where uniting NZ again is concwrned. | Christina |
| There should have been a referendum on all the radical and racial changes made by the Maori elite and politicians | Tony |
| all ref.to the treaty removed, waitangi Tribunal scrapped. all maori wards scrapped..no free seats for maori on local councils. | Peter |
| Maori are considerably over-represented in parliament. Maori seats were introduced when Maori had no representation, but that time is long past. | Jennifer |
| They should’ve gone when mmp began | Greg |
| I am 5th generation Top of the South ancestry. I salute my gutsy ancestors who toiled hard in tough times for a better New Zealand and served their country in world war 1 and 2. They are turning in their graves thanks to greed and self entitlement at the hands of inept self serving ‘politicians’. | Judy |
| Yes, get rid of them as they are dividing society by race. If Maori feel they need a party, let the Maori Party stand as a separate party in all general seats. | Keith |
| Long overdue | Maurice |
| Its time to remove all reference to race in our country. If this is not done soon we are sliding into a racially divided nation that can never fulfill its true promise. | stewart |
| Abolish them | Phil |
| Maori must have no-more representation than the rest of us | Cedric |
| They should have been removed when the land-owning requirement for voters was changed in 1879. Also Maori are very well represented. | Michael |
| NZ belongs to all NZers not maori | graeme |
| Most definitely | Mike |
| They should have gone pre 1900 but certainly 1990s when Royal Commission recommended | Colin |
| The sooner the better. Get rid of them once and for ALL ! | Alan |
| Your article that biculturalism has been a colossal mistake is exceptional. The reality is that this racism by ‘oppressed minorities’ is part of a wider Marxist agenda of social destabilization that is sweeping western civilization to oblivion. The irony is that the incompetent socialist clowns pushing this destruction think they can “‘build back better”. | Peter |
| Well overdue | Greg |
| Long overdue | Michael |
| When MMP was introduced the Royal Commission recommended that Maori seats be abolished since, under the new election system, they wouldn’t be necessary. However no government since has had the balls to eadopt that recommendation | Kerry |
| What has the party of silly hats done for New Zealand? Get rid of them! And while we’re at it, get rid of the Greens as well. They are all sucking money from tax payers to what advantage for the country? | Peter |
| Definitely. | john |
| wishful thinking that a minority group can takeover a diversified majority ..we are a sovereign country. | ben |
| Should have been done a long time ago. Labour and National have allowed this situation to go unchecked and this is the result | Noel |
| Long overdue | John |
| Long overdue | Frank |
| Time to regain true democracy – we each have a vote and decide how our nation is to be in future – casting aside racial divides and with holding any future chances of reverting to our current sad state | tony |
| Most certainly, this should have been done when first recommended. Why wasn’t it? | Gary |
| For the sake of N.Z.’s future. | Faye |
| Undoubtedly so. The purpose on why they were established has long been surpassed. Unfortunately they are now being used to assist the more radical arm of Maori to benefit an element of control. | chris |
| Can’t happen too soon. | Alan |
| It’s only about thirty years overdue | Terry |
| Must be binding | Mike |
| Get rid now. | Iain |
| we are one people | jan |
| It,s WAY OVER TIME but luxon is VERY WEAK & will do nothing to upset his maori friends who will protest so MURIEL PLEASE EMAIL THIS NEWSLETTER TO ALL MP,s FROM ACTNZ FIRST,NATIONAL MP,s | Cindy |
| The sooner the better race should not be a factor New Zealand one people | Sidwell |
| I am so saddened by what is happening to our beautiful country. The future feels bleak. Brilliant reporting by Muriel. | Maureen |
| should have been done years ago | Noel |
| Of course | Murray |
| The term ” colonialism” has become so negative and drought with so called oppression. Maori are not oppressed. Quite the opposite as privileges are abundant. Maori are also colonials. They colonised here and not only cohabitated here with other peoples but warred and enslaved too. The his victim attitude is what holds them back moving forward into a very chaotic fast paced 21 century and is vitally necessary for Maori tribes not to be divisive amongst kiwis but also each other. Tribalism is their downfall- they will never see themselves as one. They have a history too that nothing to be proud of and this constant bickering is tiresome. | Angela |
| The sooner the better. This biculturalism is just so much bulls*** and should be gone forever – like now. | Don |
| Our country has gone form on people one rule to one of Raceisit Rule where one culture gets the greatist half over the other…. | Carl |
| – – but wasn’t this already voted on (non binding) as an adjunct to a General Election fairly recently? | Mike |
| Absolutely. There is no excuse for Maori seats to be retained not for any other special privileges for Maori. Over representation of Maori in government and the public service at every level is enabling corrupt Maori agendas to progress, the deliberate perversion of our democracy, and enabling Maori elite to run roughshod over every other NZ citizen. Unless the government grows some courage in another decade NZ will look like Russia and be run by a corrupt Maori tribal council in the same way Russia is run by corrupt oligarchs and its population repressed into voiceless minions that have no value to the state. | Steve |
| The treaty was signed – now the country is ruled by Democracy. The treaty did its job, its NOT a living document it is just a historical stepping stone to Democracy. Unfortunately in New Zealand the maori activists dont want to accept this Truth. The activists are the two headed monster of arrogance and wilfull ignorance, we need to meet that with the two edged sword of a double referendum on maori wards and maori seats. Dont worry about the cost its cheap as chips compared to continual treaty claims and payouts and while were at it Defund the mainstream media criminals , such as TVNZ , MAORI MEDIA ETC. Why should we pay for them to help destroy our country. also totally over funding based on GREED not NEED. Bring on the counter revolution. | Glyn J |
| In haste | Jan |
| There is no place for this sort of overreaching ideology in our country. All, repeat, all should be equal. | Martyn |
| Yes, try again, hopefully also a politician with the intestinal fortitude to act on the result. | Giles |
| bring back democracy to NZ | Peter |
| If it is not actioned then the divided state of NZ will only grow and that is the last thing we should be wanting. | Ian |
| This is long overdue | Les |
| Yes yes yes!!!! | Joe |
| Lies, lies and still more lies policies of previous Govt’s and media policies designed to divide and conquer. | Norman |
| Maori seats need to be removed to restore democracy to one man, one vote. All references to race must be removed from legislation. | Mark |
| Maybe after a referendum the Government will listen to the people. Lets face it there are more than just Maori in this country. Luxon may then consider why he was voted in. | Allan |
| No referendum, just ban them | Peter |
| It will not happen…now, LUXLESS ..LUXON is a simpering NWO, PUPPET, like his predessor ARDERN.. will follow his orders from the DEATH CULT at the WEF/FAO/UN /WHO. | David |
| New Zealanders are totally sick & tired of all of this racial (as in biased to Maori) crap that is still going on. The Iwi are holding the country to ransom & do not give a damn about anything other than their own agenda of fleecing as much money as they can from the rest of the population. ALL reference to Maori needs to be removed immediately. | david |
| ASAP | Alec |
| Let’s STOP this Racism now. We are all One People in one Country or should be. Expose these perpetrators of seperatism for who they really are, Racists . | Geoff |
| Rererendums are a waste of time and money if they are not binding | stephen |
| Long overdue! | Gary |
| NZ is lost to tribalism unless this happens. Ordinary kiwis regardless of ethnicity do not want this. | Allan |
| The Maori seats have become a dangerous, divisive anachronism. | John |
| the maori party is not proffering anything to parliament or new zealand | Craig |
| 100%, We the people do not want separatism, we must get back to where we were 40 years ago, no one cared about the colour of your skin, we were one people. | Dave |
| It is a no brainer. We should definitely have a referendum | Gail |
| And the so-called 13% of Maori in New Zealand should be reviewed, along the lines used by other democracies with more than one race involved in elections. Minimum of 25% Maori makeup in a person shpul;d be the minimum. | Paul |
| Let the people speak and their wishes come true whatever they are. | Michael |
| Equal representation for all | Lindsay |
| Maori seats are now outdated and serve no purpose in our parliament. | Gillan |
| YES. A Binding referendum should be held. | Simon |
| Absolutely they are not required | Phil |
| Definitely | Doug |
| It always should be non racist and a channce for any person to stand for Govt.Not based on race | Russ |
| The Coalition government is gutless | John |
| Sooner than later!! Face the kick back now and awaken the slumbering majorityNOW1 | Ray |
| I voted for NZ first against my better instincts, as Winston promised to have a referendum on getting rid of the Maori seats.And although he is trying to repair the damage that his decision did, him going with Labour was a betrayal of biblical proportions, and our first ever unelected government, I can never forgive him for that treachery | Luke |
| One person, one vote | Clem |
| The current system gives every person a free vote for any candidate, which is what democracy is about.Any deviation from that principal contaminates the purity of the system.Maori have the right as do all NZ citizen to vote, special rights e.g.Moari seat should be unlawful in this day and age | Paul |
| Actually, the government should go further and just pass legislation to cancel the Maori Wards as each of the parties involved have supported at different times. | Mike |
| Time for the coalition to get serious | Dianne |
| They are no longer needed and perpetuate division. | Tony |
| absolutely, a stop to threats 7 intimitation may then stop. | Chris |
| Elite Maori, bad news for all Maori and unity amongst all kiwis Harden up is what our coalition is needed now | Clint |
| Yes without reserve. | galem |
| No question. Well past their use by date | Dave |
| Not just a referendum but a binding referendum. | Mike |
| They need to be abolished | Pete |
| Get rid of Maori seats, the Waitangi Tribunal and the Maori party which is totally racist. All the above is deviding our country and taking civilization back 180 years. | Des |
| We must move forward as one country, one people. We should all be treated the same, no one race is better than any other | Jan |
| if you want to represent your province in parliament get voted in by a majority not by color or creed | Keith |
| Definitely they have more than there share of seats in parliament now | Peter |
| Yes if only we could get this mess sorted. | Jane |
| Yes, however have no faith that luxon has the nuts to support this 🙁 | John |
| Definitily, ASAP! Also scrap Maori wards, Maori parlimentary seats and Waitangi tribunal and the bastardised treaty, before NZ descends into apartheit and civil war. | Andrew |
| A very healthy debate to have | Gavin |
| We are on the cusp and if there is not more awareness then the Maori elites will entrench their positions just as the CCP has and there is no turning back | John |
| we will only get one chance to fix this. The coalition is too weak | Philip |
| yes for sure. the many intelligent and articulate maori people can be elected on their own merit without race based legislation | john |
| Too much maori influence in NZ | John |
| Merit before color | Jimmy |
| The earlier the better. And sack Willie Jackson ( who is more brittisch than maori) Scrap the Charity status of the tribes and NZ will be more than half out of the red. | Peter |
| There needs to be action before it is too late. | Lynne |
| Lets face it – Maori elites won’t want them abolished; major parties lack the fortitude to remove them. Time to ask the nation what they want – true democracy. | Peter K |
| No question | Hylton |
| Yes – ASAP | mary |
| 100% NZ is a multicultural nation. It’s sad that our multicultural Maori don’t acknowledge the rest of their own heritage! | rita |
| Labour and TePatti will continue to “outdo” each other with gifts to Maori – to win those precious seats in an MMP democracy. | Mark |
| YES! no need for seperate Maori seats when there is an abundance of them already properly voted in on all parties. | Laurie |
| This was the intention when MMP was instigated but through weak parliamentarian’s it didn’t happen. The same is true now with Luxon. My prediction is that David Seymour and Winston Peters will force an early General Election by walking from the coalition and who can blame them, Bring it on I say. | Paul |
| No need for these racial seats now. Maori are well able to succeed on their own merit, not because of their race. They should be ashamed to be treated as second class citizens,needing extra help. | Anna |
| We are one Nation and need to start acting like one.. | Laurel |
| If only to put some steel into the coalition. Otherwise they will take the easy way out and allow our country to be destroyed. | ken |
| Yes they should have been removed in 1993. | Rex |
| Many decades overdue to be abolished. Why has this country clung onto apartheid? | Colin |
| Most definitely | Mick |
| They are passed their use by date | Beverley |
| As I have written before, but no one takes any notice. I asked the this Government to call co-governance it’s real name. Separate Maori sovereignty Treaty is a partnership therefore they get 50% of the tax take to fund their Nation. | Dene |
| The Maori separatist movement starts on TV1 and has massive momentum in schools and all education institutions and Government departments Maori elite have conned our woke society to believing they are gaining elevation of their morals by backing and promoting all things Maori Ordinary Kiwis especially those 60 are publicly put down by speaking out about the promotion of Maori advantages..they are deemed racist however the racists are the Maori promoting all things Maori. The white peoples of NZ are add to feel guilty | Murray |
| There needs to be clarification. | Paul |
| Oh, yes! There must be a Referendum. NZ is in dire straits. Maori seats must be demolished and all else that divides this country! | Valerie |
| No section of New Zealanders should have preferential seats due to race. | Graham |
| Absolutely – why are politicians so terrified of letting the people actually have their say? Sinc 1893 the Maori seats have been completely unecessary. | Roger |
| Yes. | Pam |
| This is a definitely MUST BE DONE from me, and as soon as possible. There are over 100 races in this country, and probably most just consider themselves to be lucky to live in a beautiful country. So, why can’t we ALL just pull together to fix up the serious errors in judgement that have been caused by Labour, Greens and TPM? | Heather |
| It is an important decision that should be made by the electorate to avoid any accusations of racism by small extremist part of a minority group, looking to hijack our democratic system. | Martin |
| Separatism is increasing at an alarming rate – as it does so the inevitable result will be violence – this has happened in many places worldwide It is human nature and we in NZ ignore this at our peril | Julian |
| Fully agree. I understand the division between people here will get worse until race is no longer used to attain any political position or advantage | Terry |
| They should have been abolished when MMP was introduced | Terry |
| Yes ,and it should be held alongside those referendums regarding maori wards in local councils. If we don’t get this right, now, this country is stuffed forever | Trevor |
| We do not need a referendum – though of course it would be nice. Passing Seymour’s bill will be sufficient., Great article, Muriel Newman – New Zealand is indeed at a dangerous cross-road in her political history. Sending you another donation! | Andy |
| We must be a democratic society or we eventually implode | Allan |
| Simple really. “YES” is the answer, and soon as. | M |
| Long overdue! | Jane |
| yes, better sooner than later.The main problem is ignorant white people rather than activist Maori. | Bruce |
| I’ve never understood the rational for allowing them to continue once MMP was introduced. | Peter |
| If tribalism was to happen it will destroy the country. The tribes DO NOT get on with each other and they have proven it time and time again. They wanted England to protect them from themselves | jackie |
| It is long overdue | Ian |
| White people are becoming just a ‘load of nothing’ in this Country where I was born 77 years ago and my ancestors would be very saddened how its just a Maorified basket case. All my kids have left years ago ..Why would you stay if you have time on your hands.??? | Chris |
| Most definitely | Terry |
| they have no relevance in today’s society.. Let them be elected from the general role just like every other citizen | Lynette |
| And at same time get rid of Waitangi Tribunal | Richard |
| The whole situation is as grave as it is ridiculous | Christopher |
| There has to be an end to this splitting apart of Kiwis! We would be one if an invader approached our shores. Why cant we be one if the invader is from within??!! | Glenda |
| This is essential for the democratic process. | Charles |
| ASAP | Mark |
| Overdue. | Roger |
| What an abuse of power by Maori elitists. Bloody minded and arrogant. Everyone deserves to be treated equal!!! | Dianne |
| Although there’d have to be good public info about it, because there are a lot of people who believe that Maori deserve to have everything. | Hilary |
| We are all kiwi and should be all treated as one. | Tom |
| Needed | Hugh |
| What Maori forget that early European settlers are now some six or more generations in NewZealand; where else would they call home? The Maori provided no infrastructure for this country; had no written language and largely just fought with other tribes and never advancing their society. Why should we want to be taken over by tribal rule and go back 200 years??? | Laura |
| One people one country is what a democracy is all about | Noel |
| One country, one people, we are all New Zealanders. Once was proud and now just sad, can we all join together and go forward. | Colleen |
| They were only supposed to be a temporary thing until Maori could participate on their own merit. This they are doing quite well. Time for them to go. | Murray |
| The sooner the better | Mark |
| The Maori seats in Parliament should have been abolished when MMP was instigated, but a referendum now can remedy the situation. Better late than never. | Rod |
| The sooner the better. We’re all human beings with equal opportunities. | Warren |
| Absolutely | Robert |
| I emigrated from England to New Zealand in 1988. In 2024, I regret that move almost entirely considering the simmering and recently violent rhetoric, threats and demands by Maori tribal leaders. My daughter returned to the UK with her family some time ago and my son and his family are heading to Australia soon. They, like me, have been concerned about their children being forced to learn Te Reo Maori language in school, and enticed into Maori culture. They are not being allowed to express or celebrate their own English culture and heritage in the classroom. As the situation worsens and threats from Maori become more violent we fear for NZ as a democracy, our rights as legal NZ citizens and the established right of one man, one vote. Maori leaders, especially those who rule the half dozen most historically aggressive tribes have seen an opportunity to re-imagine the Treaty of Waitangi, deny that their ancestors ceded sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain and Queen Victoria, and appear to be threatening violence if their He Puapua demands are not met. Individual Maori are exhibiting hard-line anti-White racism and I am concerned that Maori/ Labour politicos have taken control of our Local Council, Community Board and Residents and Ratepayers Association. I fear that this National/ ACT/ NZ First Coalition is pussyfooting around doing its best to rein in crazy Ardern Government spending and the billions of taxpayer dollars secretly thrown at Maori via almost every Government Department. Instead, the Coalition should be fixing the mounting social and racial disharmony that will soon turn into violence if a strong pushback is not mounted against 18th century Maori bullying aggression. I hope it happens soon, but I suspect that I will be on a plane out of here before it does. | Phil |
| This will only be worth doing if it is to be legally binding, with all possible loopholes covered. Otherwise, it will just be “Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose”! | TOBY |
| ONE NATION FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS | William |
| This needs to happen as soonas possible. I dont think the government should be waiting for referendum. It should just act on it like Labour did with so many sneaky policies with no mandate. | Peter |
| iTS OVERDUE | tHOMAS |
| nz belongs to all nzers | graeme |
| Long overdue | David |
| My local council held a vote on Maori wards last year. Of the close to 500 votes that overwhelmingly said NO to a 3rd Maori ward, the council chose to refer to 8 students votes as the future voting base! I still hold much disgust towards The council at this subversion of the Democratic process. | Caroline |
| These seats were never intended to be permanent. Everybody now has the opportunity to become a Member of Parliament on their own abilities, and plenty of Maori people have done so. . | Roseanne |
| Maori seats were set up to ensure that Maori were represented in government. Now they are more than adequately represented in government, therefore there is not a need. For Maori seats anymore. | Barbara |
| Separatism based on race is a bad idea. | Wayne |
| Queen Victoria created the Royal Charter of the British Colony of NZ 3 months after the Treaty of Waitangi was sent as a request for her to rule NZ. That is the document that Started NZ. It was also the document that put her conditions of acceptance on the agreement to exchange sovereignty from the chiefs to her. Maoridom was tribal. They had chiefs that were sovereigns. They ruled the tribe. Not the tribe ruling the tribe. If that was so then why have a chief? They would not be necessary. And yet today Maoridom retain their chiefs as the figurehead of the tribe. But no sovereignty over the country. Read sir apirana ngata’s treaty of waitangi book on this site. In 100 years most of us today will be dead. Don’t make your life more miserable than you need to. Those of you who are down in the mud with me. Will never reap the fruits those above us cherish. Because they are standing on our heads to make sure only they can reach them. Cheers Bob | Bob |
| All reference to Maori in law must go. There should be NO Maori seats and wards. All NEW ZEALANDERS should vote together on a common roll. All references to the Treaty of Waitangi MUST be removed from all legislation, and the Waitangi Tribunal closed down IMMEDIATELY. This Coalition government has the power, and the responsibility to the voting public. | John |
| Yes and sooner the better. | Ray |
| With MMP any appointed positions or special seats in parliament gives superior rights to those citizens so represented. That is not democratic. | Stephen |
| Totally need a referendum! Maori seats need to go. Maori don’t need special treatment to get into parliament, that has been shown by the numbers already. | peter |
| This diversity is no longer required! | Alastair |
| Demacracy in all areas of NZ must be returned | Jenna |
| A true democracy does not include racial bias and pfivilege | Peter |
| Absolutely. The time has come has to get democracy back on track. | Jenny |
| Urgent | John |
| This action is long overdue and if the Maori seats are removed Parliament will run in a more orderly fashion. | Jerry |
| And repeal the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 which covtravenes the treaty itself. | Trevor |
| It really is so important to get this situation righted now. MPs of Parliament to be chosen not by race, but by the ability.. Everyone has an equal opportunity to seek election, rather than to have it handed to them on a plate. | Carol |
| We will never move forward as a united country until all race-based privileges are stopped. We can’t keep looking back and sort out the sins of our forebears. We have paid for our sins with government treaty settlements. It’s time to move on together. | anita |
| Most certainly! | David |
| As an 80 year old half and half in the names of both of my parents in their memories I totally agree | Karen |
| Sooner rather than later. | JUDITH |
| If not we will be shafted | Arthur |
| Let’s hear the arguments for and against so we can make a binding decision | Mike |
| The advice of the MMP authorities should be enough – We have MMP the seats should go. | Maurice |
| But I very much that this will happen | Rochelle |
| Lets hope the current Goverment has the wisdom to do it. | Peter |
| If not, then just remove them | RICHard |
| A referendum on this issue is well overdue. The maori seats should have been abolished in 1893 at the introduction of the universal voting franchise. A second lost opportunity was in 1986 ahead of the introduction of MMP. Three National Party leaders vowed to scrap those seats – Brash, Key and English. Brash was not in a position to do so, but the other two reneged on the pledge. The three parties in the current coalition have all, at one stage, promised a referendum on the matter. Peters promised a vote on the matter in 2017 and broke his word. The opportunity is there now. The extremists in the maori seats are bringing Parliament into disrespect and Speaker Gerry Brownlee lacks the courage to quash those members’ behaviour. The racist seats are well past their use-by date and need to be abolished urgently. | Gavin |
| Yes, it is imperative for the sake of New Zealands future | Willam |
| the sooner – the better…… | John |
| Include in the referendum a question on whether or not the Treaty should be relegated to history and removed from our lives. After all, it was just a peace treaty and achieved what it set out to do. | Gerard |
| One country one people one vote. End of story | Wayne |
| NZ is doomed to failure if it continues on this path of APARTHEID. Having spent the first 30 years of my life under APARTHEID in South Africa, I am alarmed at the parallels in this country. Sadly, I now regret emigrating to NZ to face it all again where I am effectively now a 2nd class citizen again. | Geoffrey |
| No more free rides. One nation for all. | Hugh |
| Long, long overdue…..many many decades overdue. These seats were never envisioned to be permeant. | Alan |
| decades overdue | Collin |
| STOP using Maori so called language on our NEWS TVZ AND RNX. These media channels are for all NZers not just Maori. National need to work harder this is what they were voted in to change. | Heather |
| The seats are past their use by date | Graeme |
| Equal rights for everyone | Brenda |
| Yes. Can we exclude those under 25 years from the referendum? Our younger generation have been easily manipulated and will be the cause of so much harm to our society / civilization in years to come. Can you tell me the ages of your members? I bet most are older. The one’s destroying our civilization and easily manipulated by WHO, UN, dems, labor, greens and the media are our young ones – especially those who’ve been indoctrinated at uni…. | Simon |
| Absolutely and immediately a referendum should be held on the future of Parliaments Maori seats. The Coalition nneds to stand firm. Sadly I fear that Christopher Luxon and the National Party don’t have the courage to do this. Many in New Zealand have been brainwashed and our universities are willfully continuing the indoctrination. | Jane |
| No need for an expensive referendum, the adoption of MMP meant the separate seats (race-based) were no longer relevant. | Bazza |
| Separate Maori seats are patronising to me as a Maori. | Philip |
| Parliament, many years ago, stated that if MMP were adopted, Maori seats had to be abolished. I believe it was Helen Clark who stated that. | Bruce |
| New Zealanders are sick of the constant bleating by Maori wanting more wright’s than anyone else its costing the country billions. | Pete |
| Otherwise there will be civil war | Derek |
| This needs to be addressed and sorted out immediately for our future to be clear going forward. | Annie |
| Certainly. I am of Maori descent, and see absolutely no reason for them. I would not support Scottish or Polish seats either. We are one people. | Anthony |
| We are all equal under the sun. I would like a one NZ where we are all equal. This is what democracy is. | Coral |
| the racism must be expunged from New Zealand, we must revert to one land, one people. | francis |
| A Binding Referendum…!!! | Vic |
| Absolutely. Every singke Parliamentary seat should be obtained only through the true democratic process, not by quota or allocation. | Wendy |
| This is long overdue. | John |
| Absolutely .. an outdated anachronism that should be gone! | Rob |
| There should be no special treatment for Maori. There are enough Maori to vote in elections the same as every other New Zealander. If they all got out and voted , there would not be a problem. | Dianne |
| The Maori seats were only a temporary measure and were to be disbanded after the Country settled into a stable democratic state. (About 5 years so it’s abolition is about 180 years overdue) | Alan |
| YES. And we have to get this right, otherwise there will be major trouble in this country, | Grahame |
| They should have been gone in 1986 as recommended or each time Winston said he would get rid if then,or bill English or John key or Don brash. When will someone actually do it. | Peter |
| Yes and the treaty and the maori council seats…and the waitangi tribunal….it is urgent and imperative | Owen |
| There is no need for them these days as percentage wise there are more maori in parliament than pakeha and they got in on their merit | Colin |
| Get rid of them. | Bruce |
| Long, long, long, long overdue. | Jim |
| Common sense. Separating people by race will never progress any country. This got to stop before it reached civil war. | Pavithra |
| We need to get rid of all racial references and policies | Chris |
| One person one vote. We’re all human. Why pursue separatism | Grant |
| hell yes !hard to believe how this has been allowed to happen!act and nz first good,but national needs to listen to voters,and find some backbone! | norman |
| A BIG YES | Jude |
| Absolutely. Maori seats must be abolished by this Government,, any race based privileges and references to the Treaty removed from legislation, and the Waitangi Tribunal disestablished. – (To reiterate Muriel’s words!) | Mary |
| A referendum is a waste of time and money. They should simply be abolished by Parliament, preferably as part of an omnibus bill which also abolishes the Waitangi Tribunal and affirms that the treaty of Waitangi was a simple cession of sovereignty, did not create any form of partnership, and has no continuing applicability to New Zealand law. | Edward |
| Absolutely before it is too late. | Hohepa |
| We are one people in New Zealand. These seats create division. | David |
| As soon as possible | Rob |
| Yes we do, but we don’t hold out too much hope. We hear of a mass exodus of good Kiwis leaving the country and what’s not being publicised is the shocking state of race relations. I really don’t think Maori care as long as their gravy train continues | lawrie |
| Should be gone | Mike |
| The chances of it are almost nil, however it’s great to wish for it. | Andrew |
| Yes, everyone should get a say. | Kim |
| ASAP | colin |
| Maori seats MUST be removed | Colin |
| Now is the appropriate time. | Andrew |
| They are an acronism that should have been dismantled years ago | Peter |
| All New Zealanders need to be treated the same, why is this is taking so long! | Pauline |
| Since we can all vote now there is no need for separate Maori seats. | Darag |
| Democracy must be restore we are one nation one people and should not be divided by racism, religion, class or radical ideology | Cecilia |
| The referendum must be held at the 2026 election. Question is how do we ensure this happens? We can see the difficulty Act is facing just having a referendum on approving principles that should be defined in the treaty. There should be no treaty. It was overridden by the 1852 patents issued by Queen Victoria. The Chief Justice Prendergast confirmed this in an 1878 Judgement when he deemed the Treaty a nullity. End of story.. Why dont our MP’s read some early NZ history? | Chris |
| absolute rubbish. Should have gone out with MMP along with a reduction in the number of pigs in the trough..only need 50-60 to run our tiny country | ian |
| As soon as possible. They are an affront to democracy | Jim |
| Yes. In my view “co governance” is simply apartheid. | Margaret |
| YES> Otherwise, New Zealand becomes a divisive tribal backwater with internal bickering with the compliments of weak yet well rewarded politicians! | Stuart |
| Absolutely they are racist as well | Greg |
| One people, one nation, one type of parliamentary seat. | Robert |
| I really do not understand how The PM when he says that the majority of people do not agree with the “Treaty Principles Bill”. He really is not reading the room – What is wrong with politicians – what are they afraid of. I want us to be one family, if you have property then it is yours, nobody owns the Foreshore And Seabed, or the water be it from the heavens or rivers or anywhere else that natural things come from. Please let there be someone out there who wants to get involved with politics to grab this Country that I love by the scruff of the neck and shack some sanity into its Governance. | Steve |
| Drain the swamp of the lot of them.Unless democratically elected. | Justin |
| God help us if they don’t. | David |
| Should have been abolished under MMP. | Rod |
| seats in parliament according to race must go. | steph harrison |
| Finally – what I have always known has been made public. | mike |
| Yes, but it is a two-edged sword! The Maori seat votes if redistributed are likely to be heavily left | Peter |
| If held at the 2026 election, and passed, removal would still only happen at the 2029 election. | Gordon |
| Not necessary – being elected is a privilege not a right. Therefore: Any part-maori should follow the democratic process and be elected on merit | sandra |
| It is time we all realised for the benefit of all, we are one people and all work together. | Fraser |
| We are all human beings and should be treated equally. RACE should not be a preference to the detriment of the rest of the population. | Jean |
| The destruction of NZ is well underway. Maori are not benefiting only Maori elite. In the meantime, democracy of one person one vote is being abused and those who have made an industry of ticking boxes and receiving money. it is corrupt. everything by | Margaret |
| This has gone far enough…I want to take a stand but honestly don’t know how to go about it! | Cath |
| We should be one nation, not divided in our parliament by race. We are an amalgamation of races so one can’t be given preference over another | Sharon |
| YES ! Absolutely! Keep lNew Zealand for ALL New Zealanders, Not Aotearoa!!! | Rayner |
| one country one people | brian |
| if such a referendum can be used to show how this process needs to be reversed, and we will have just one society across the country. | Hugh |
| We must try to get everyone to see that equality is there, but not by race | Peter |
| They need to go. There are no full maoris in NZ, only mixed with other ethnicities. | Ann |
| A referendum on just the future of Maori seats does not go nearly far enough. Despite the fact the Maori seats were only introduced as a temporary measure only, they have infact increased in number. Luxon and the coalition Govt really need to grow a spine and properly deal to the disgusting Maori lies and their grab for power. | Greg |
| Hell yes. This type of question and answer for nearly every poll from NZCPR is disarmingly the same, to get rid of apartheid race based policy. Here’s one of 3 updates from the coalition’s Treaty’s Principle Bill,”Rights of Hapu and Iwi Maori: The Crown recognises the rights that hapu and iwi had when they signed the Treaty. The Crown will respect and protect those rights. Those rights differ from the rights everyone has a reasonable expectation to enjoy only when they are specified in legislation, Treaty settlements, or other agreement with the Crown”. Looks like the present government are entrenching apartheid into NZ law | lary |
| It was a recommendation made in relation to the introduction of MMP. It needs to be done NOW! | Roger |
| Like yesterday | Roy |
| As soon as possible. This divisive system must Stop! | Sylvia |
| No argument! | John |
| The time has well passed as to talking about this..action is definitely needed NOW otherwise we as a country with the diverse population we now make up, is desperately in need of action to stop the tribal rot. Waiting for things to change will not suffice. This needs to be addressed NOW! | Robyn |
| 100% all references to Maori in legislation MUST be deleted | Gareth |
| A binding referendum will tidy up disagreement caused by interpretation clarifying of the T.O.W. it is the biggest cause of disruption between colonials and saveges. of modern Occupierers today. If left worse will come. Their greed raineth. | mike |
| These race-based seats put New Zealand in breach of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 2 and 25 in particular. | Trevor |
| they are well past their use by date | Les W |
| The longer we have Apatite, the longer we will have racial problems. | Ross |
| The damage to race relations in New Zealand caused by the Ardern Government will take years to repair and any attempt to repair it will be resisted strongly by those on the gravy train. | John |
| Any further delay in facing the crises will make the task nigh impossible. | Roger |
| Cabinet has a percentage of people claiming Maori descent that is above the percentage of such people in the population. The crutch of the Maori seats is not justified or required. They should go. | Peter |
| Absolutely, There is no place for apartheid and racism of any kind in New Zealand. | Richard |
| Separation based on race has no place in a multicultural society. | Tony |
| Yes – and the sooner the better – this is long overdue! | Scott. |
| But there must be uncensored discussion of how Marxism has influenced NZ politics New Zealanders need to be educated on what it means to be a free human being before the Referendum takes place. | Anne |
| Urgently | Norm |
| Asap | Michael |
| There is no time to waste, New Zealand is fast approaching becoming a failed state. Why should a majority lose their country to a racist minority? The people must be allowed to speak. | Geoff |
| Absolutely no need for these separate seats in parliament. Absolute racism to the extreme. | PETER |
| Bin the TOW | Boris |
| These seats should have been abolished back when the referendums were being held on MMP. | Wayne |
| The present distortion created by separate Maori seats must be eliminated. | John |
| Definitely. HOWEVER who is going to decide the wording. Maori have a place in New Zealand. and they should not be swallowed up in the morass of Politics | Frank |
| Absolutely | Murray |
| Not needed for maori representation | Gary |
| The least the political weasels should do for the nation of New Zealand but it won’t happen like the removal of the rave and religion references. It’s despicable, how those weak white stupid people let this all happen. Wondering why the educated and skilled people are leaving but luckily we replace them with a different culture needing our housong and social services. | Leonard |
| Should have been had decades ago. | Gary |
| If we are a true democracy | Veronica |
| They are a relic which is abused | Bruce |
| If we dont they will. | Garth |
| No just cancel / abolish them . A referendum is a last resort weak way out just to preserve face for Government. We are about equality of citizenship as clearly MANDATED in the ToW and unity – and unity will not happen without the equality of citizenship regime being insisted on and enforced as the without which NOT mandate the ancestral Maori Chiefs signed up to .. FULL STOP . | Hugh |
| Long Overdue!! Should’ve been eliminated many years ago | Tony |
| Absolutely. | Jane |
| Time to end race based politics and move forward as New Zealanders | Steve |
| Who controls the cheque book controls the narrative, who controls the narrative controls the country. | Sven |
| Absolutely | Jim |
| of course. | Leon |
| Why, when the comments I read in this newsletter reflect exactly what I have independently concluded is happening, do the majority of non-Maori NZs not see what I see. Why have ‘our’ people betrayed us? I feel we are lambs going to the slaughter. Hypocrisy of the week : RNZ Headline “Rangatahi Maori launch musical assault on the plague of colonization” vs the touchy feely reports and photos of Black Ferns hugging King Charles – the absolute symbol of colonization. Were they not the same team that staged those provocative and confrontational hakas ? Come on NZrs… open your eyes. : | Heather |
| Absolutely. They should never have been expanded. It has done nothing for unity in this country. | Mark |
| soon | John |
| but who will listen? | wally |
| Let’s become a “one country” with all people as a “one” nation. | gerard |
| it is essential. The Coalition should just go for it and get it all done | Andrew |
| The Maori seats are well past their use-by-date. We must restore democracy and racial unity to New Zealand. | Grant |
| definitely, the sooner the better. | Henk |
| Please, before we self destruct as a multi racial country. | Janette |
| An unbalanced waka will not survive a storm. | Henk |
| We are one people not a Maori Apartheid State!!! | David |
| It is time that All NEWZEALANDERS remain EQUALS before the Law of the land. No special favours should be given to any race!!! | Dominique Greenslade |
| A binding Referendum is the only way for Democracy to seriously survive in NEW ZEALAND .One nation one people.Success for all !!! | Michael Andrew |
| Well overdue, along with abolishing the Waitangi Tribual | Daphne |
| always should have. | evans |
| Absolutely. And the Treaty and any references to it should be burnt. We are all immigrants. Maori immigrated. European immigrated. As did all our new citizens. Maori are lucky to be alive. Just ask the Tasmanian Aboriginals. | TC |
| Long overdue. | Steve |
| We are departing so far from democracy that we need to worry about becoming a failed state as witnessed in tribal Africa. | Cluve |
| Prefer they were just removed but I realise that wont happen. | Antoni |
| Racial policies are dividing this country. The Treaty clearly states that we are all one and equal under the law. Maori ceded sovereignty and agreed that they would be ruled by govt. | Carol |
| ASAP | Chris |
| Hell Yes!! Lets sort it out now! | Ron |
| If not too late | Howard |
| They are passed thier use by date, there is more maori representation in mp than thier percentage of the population, even without the maori seats | Alec |
| A referendum I could get behind (unlike ACT’s proposal) and would parallel the referenda local authorities are required to hold if they wish to maintain Maori wards | Michael |
| The world has lurched far to the left. Facts no longer matter. Everything is feelings based. Added complications are that young folk deem it necessary to fight for other groups of people to which they don’t belong arrogantly assuming they need to rescue them to achieve some kind of social justice. The left have used this to grab more power than ever before. Moderate centrist politicians run scared of having emotive labels attached to themselves and therefor become basically useless. Ironically the group that will feel the eventual impact of all this the worst are the ones fighting for it. I’m sure they will regret it. Meantime, I appreciate people such as yourself fighting this but I worry it’s all for nothing. | George |
| The same rights and duties for every one | Gavin |
| Of course | Matt |
| Had a gutsful of the mongrels and pakeha pretenders. All my Maori friends are great people and do not need this. Sick and tired of jibber jabber being pushed down our throats along with hakas. | chris |
| There is no longer any need for Maori seats in Parliament. Every person of voting age has equal voting rights no matter what race they are. This is Democracy, where race, gender and social status make no difference. | Gifford |
| It will create the debate and whether they create value or not to our overall wellbeing as a nation | John |
| Long overdue. | Darren |
| Kiwis need to stand united – as one nation – for one nation – no preferential treatment. Dont let the government divide us. We have our own unique culture. We.are.all.Kiwis. | Chrysta |
| One person one vote, not representation by race or culture. | Merv |
| Definitely the sooner the better | Donald |
| Could do with a referendum on whether New Zealanders want a democratic, colour blind government with all racial policies removed. About time we all had a say on the future direction of our country. | Lee |
| Totally agree, however in today’s climate of maori everything, it would never get off the ground. Both major parties are shit scared of Maori. | Peter |
| Now | Wiremu |
| Absolutely yes! Hold a referendum on the future of Maori Seats. So many Maori in parliament in addition to the Maori Seats proves that our democracy is working and that there is no need to compensate Maori. | Robyn |
| The sooner the better. Get rid of it!!!! | Michael |
| They cannot be done away with fast enough, Maori have proven if you give them one inch They will take a mile. Our weak, corrupt and foolish politicians will never do this, l believe this country is gone. | Paul |
| A society such as NZ, with vast ethnic representation, needs to see a clear playing field where all are treated the same and with fairness. The pushy Maori elite have been able to shove their way into the top spots by either influencing naive politicians, or by stand-over tactics like bully boys from the bodgey era, where councils who were signalling their intenion to vote out the Maori wards were surrounded by aggressive Maori at the voting table. Such matters are not the way proper democractic proness should be worked in this country. John Key started the mischief by allowing Tariana Turia and Peter Sharples to travel to the United Nations to have their indigenous status ratified. The trouble with that is Morioio were the indigenous race in this country well before Maori arrived. It is also objectionable to see Maori students with lower achievment levels in exams getting graded upwards to insure they obtain the required leverage into academic institutions. (Medical students for instance from non-Maori backgrounds are disadvantaged by this unfortunate ‘assist’ and leg-up to Maori). There is no fairness whereby a non Maori gains 81% and rightful entry to medical shool, whereby a Maori with perhaps a 76% test score, later gets that mark upgraded to 82%. The upswelling of that students test score made easy under current legislation inserted by Maori to make sure they are also included in the numbers gaining academic entitlements, sees a number of elligble non-Maori students lose out despite scoring the required grades. This divisive policy must be stopped. If these matters are allowed to carry on unchecked in NZ, we may fall back in the eyes of the developed world, perhaps to a status held by Zimbabwe under the rule of law pushed across that country by the late Robert Mugabe. Might we enter a point in 2040 where Maori start taking back land that they perceive as their own. This would create a very nasty situation and it’s not an unlikely outcome, especially given the new Maori Queen’s views on matters of stolen Maori land. They want that land back — and by hook or by crook I fear they intend to do just that. | John |
| New Zealand is in serious trouble. Thank you Muriel and John Robertson and the many others who are keeping these issues highlighted. Why is the coalition failing democracy and the people of NZ? | Sam |
| The Maori ward seats had become redundant when the franchise was granted to all citizens in the late 19th century. It was political cowardice that they were not abolished with the electoral commission advice with the introduction of mmp. A referendum is truely needed. | Willy |
| They should have been gone long ago. They now give Maori disproportionate advantage, they are an anachronism but loved by the greed of Maori who consider themselves ‘special’ and need ‘special treatment | Carolyn |
| Bit late for that to happen now….it won’t, LUXON just BACKED DOWN,,,,,,AGAIN !The MAORI COMMUNIST SYSTEM is NOT DEMOCRATIC it’s TOTALITARIAN. | David |
| They are a 19th century anachronism. | Alister |
| My long term misgivings about bi-culturalism have come to pass. I have lived in China, where might equals right, and many social grievances result, making for a disenchanted and fractured society. I regard it as a certainty that if tribal rule is again permitted in this country, social turbulence will escalate due to behaviour based on might equals right rather than egalitarian justice based on democracy and the rule of law. Tribal trends must be stopped !! | peter |
| Yes, a referendum needs to be held and from the result, Maori seats must be abolisged, | Frank |
| I think too late. The genie is out of the bottle. Australia beckons. We should have a referendum on the payment of reparations to Maori on actions 150 years ago which of course nobody in the country was party to. Those are essentially your taxes that are commandeered undemocratically. The Waitangi tribunal is also undemocratic. They think they are the final word on any payment and have been challenging and deliberately misconstuing Government intention. Their existence should be also voted on under referendum. | Terry |
| Of course it should but will Luxon have the fortitude and commonsense to actually do what his forebears in Parliament’s big chair should have done ages ago when MMP came in? | Doug |
| I would say no, meaning the referendum was last election. Get rid of them. | Andrew |
| The completely compromised Treaty of Waitangi Acts and Statutes must be removed from ALL legislation, and the APARTHEID Waitangi Tribunal closed down immediately by government, which has that power and that responsibility, PERIOD. | neil |
| Yes and do it now – it’s long overdue. | Wendy |
| Absolutely! A referendum is long overdue. The radicalisation of the Maori seats is bringing the whole of Parliament into disrespect. They are past their use-by date and should be abolished. | David |
| Didn’t Winston Peters promise a referendum on the Maori seats in 2017 and then renege? This is his chance to put things right! | Murray |
| All three parties of the coalition have promised referenda on the Maori seats at one time or another. Now is their chance to do it. And if they introduce it in October next year, if voters want them abolished, they will be gone at the next election. | Pauline |
| Yes, yes, yes! Bring it on! | Hugh |
| The Maori seats should have been abolished when NZ adopted the universal voting franchise in 1893. There is no rationale for keeping them except for those wanting a taxpayer funded base for their radicalism and attempts to over-throw the government! | Fred |