King’s Counsel Gary Judd has been at the forefront of a battle to defend New Zealand from the actions of Maori tribal leaders attempting to force their cultural apartheid onto our country.
He’s defending the Rule of Law from attack by those pushing for ‘decolonisation’ by arguing that since ‘tikanga’ is an ‘amorphous spiritual culture’ and not law, it has no place in our Common Law. And he’s appealed to Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee to stop the compulsory teaching of ‘tikanga’ to new law students.
He’s also opposing a Court proposal to commence and end each sitting day with a ‘karakia’ claiming it would breach the 1990 New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. Since Court participants would have no option but to sit through a Maori prayer, the proposal would violate their section 13 “right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, including the right to adopt and hold opinions without interference”.
Since section 3 of the Act specifies that it applies to “the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of Government”, the karakia proposal would contravene the obligation of the judicial branch to uphold the section 13 rights of those attending the Court.
Gary Judd believes the rights protected in section 13 of the Bill of Rights are ‘foundational’: “A person’s thoughts, conscience, religion and beliefs are the very essence of individuality and identity… they protect us from the predations of people who enjoy positions of power granted to them by the government who would use those positions and that power to violate the sovereignty of the individual by seeking to impose their own opinions and convictions on their victims.”
And he points out, “This proclivity is found most frequently in those trying to force the population to conform to a Maori view of the world by compelling sectors of the population to embrace a culture which is not theirs.”
This problem of bodies with regulatory powers violating the Bill of Rights by forcing people “to engage with cultural norms which may place the compelled person in a position of conflict with their thoughts, conscience, religion or belief” is far wider than Courts introducing karakia or the New Zealand Council of Legal Education mandating tikanga for new lawyers.
Under the Ardern Labour Government, the Office of Maori Crown Relations worked in collaboration with tribal leaders to target all branches of government, raising concerns over whether all regulatory bodies that are enforcing Maori culture are in breach of section 13 of the Bill of Rights Act.
The Nursing Council is one such body. Last month they notified nurses that new cultural competency standards had been issued: “The Nursing Council has introduced changes to nurse scopes of practice and developed new standards of competence, to underpin and guide the way nurses practise.”
The new standards, which emphasise “a greater focus on Maori health and culturally safe care”, require nurses to engage in practice “that honours Maori” and “protect Maori rights while advocating for equitable health outcomes.”
Not only is such an edict, which requires nurses to demonstrate compliance with standards that honour Maori patients and advocate for special Maori rights as a condition of re-certification, extraordinary – it is racist.
As one critic said, “This divisive cultural agenda constantly shoved down our throats is putting many off from either entering the profession or remaining in it. No wonder everyone is heading offshore in droves!”
Even the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples condemns as racist any practice that advocates cultural superiority: “All doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust.”
What makes this whole situation even more insidious is that successive governments have encouraged this kind of racism because they have lacked the backbone to stand firm against it. Through bullying and intimidation New Zealanders, in all areas of life, from sports to charities to workplaces, are being forced into submission, to effectively bend the knee to a racist culture that glorifies Maori supremacy and an ethos of aggression and violence.
The point is that section 13 of the Bill of Rights Act should protect us from the actions of tribal supremacists attempting to forcing their poisonous agenda onto others: Every New Zealander has the right to their own culture – and no-one has the right to impose their culture onto others.
What about doctors – is Maori culture being forced onto them too?
A review of Medical Council archives shows that Maori cultural rights didn’t feature until 2019, when, under the Ardern Administration, the standards were updated, alleging systemic racism within the health system and requiring doctors to comply with cultural indoctrination – a move that drove some out of the profession.
Racial inequities within the health system cannot, however, be verified as numerous researchers have shown – including New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow Dr Bryce Wilkinson HERE, Social Policy Researcher Lindsay Mitchell HERE, and Medical Practitioner Dr Lawrie Knight HERE.
With Ministry of Health research showing only 20 percent of a patient’s health is determined by medical care, it’s clearly other factors in a person’s life that can cause inequity: around 40 percent of health outcomes are influenced by socio-economic factors such as education and income, 10 percent by the physical environment including housing, and 30 percent by lifestyle choices such as diet, exercise, drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes.
Furthermore, personal responsibility plays a huge part in health: turning up to scheduled doctor’s visits and specialist care, taking medication that’s been prescribed, and complying with on-going treatment instructions.
To understand where this cultural takeover is leading, we need look no further than what happened when Labour restructured health during the pandemic. After abolishing our 20 autonomous Health Boards, they gave tribal leaders the power to control the new centralised system through the Maori Health Authority. In no time at all apartheid had been introduced, prioritising health care on the basis of race instead of clinical need.
The fact that the Maori Health Authority was disestablished by the Coalition Government shortly after the 2023 election, hasn’t stopped activist plans for a race-based health system. They are now infiltrating professional health bodies with their cultural apartheid agenda, so they can corrupt the system from within.
Not only have the Nursing and Medical councils been ‘captured’, so too has the Pharmacy Council.
But, pharmacists have raised the alarm by speaking out against the insidious cultural requirements being forced on them: “This is racism on steroids, the woke, totally unnecessary, unwarranted imposition of irrelevant culture and beliefs on a professional group whose sole focus should be on the safe practice of pharmaceutical medicine… Pharmacists that I have spoken to feel the same. Many are contemplating moving to Australia because of this.”
They called on the Minister to act: “The Minister of Health needs to stamp down immediately on this repugnant, racist, woke over-reach by the Pharmacy Council and weed out the incompetent and radical members of the Pharmacy Council.”
Health Minister Simeon Brown responded: “As Minister of Health, my priority is to ensure that all Kiwis have access to timely, quality healthcare. Kiwis expect that professional bodies focus on safety and core competencies, not on imposing stringent cultural requirements on practitioners… I will be writing to the Pharmacy Council to outline my concerns with the imposition of these requirements, and the effects these could have on Kiwis receiving timely, quality healthcare.”
The Minister has now expanded his response by announcing a comprehensive review of health workforce legislation, stating that he wants to remove bureaucratic regulations including cultural requirements.
He explains that our regulations ‘make it harder to attract, train and retain healthcare workers’: “Whether it’s requiring nursing students to complete hundreds more clinical hours than those in Australia, complicated approval pathways for overseas qualified doctors to practice in NZ, or imposing rules that prioritise cultural requirements over clinical safety in scopes of practices, our healthcare system is being held back by outdated and unnecessary barriers.”
With changes expected through an amendment to the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act, it is vital that everyone concerned about the tribal takeover of health makes a submission by the end of the month – full details can be found HERE.
Speaking out against cultural indoctrination is crucial – it is the only way to instigate change.
Anyone in a similar situation outside of health, who is being compelled by government agencies to comply with separatist cultural requirements in breach of section 13 of the Bill of Rights, should contact the Minister responsible and demand change. And those concerned about repercussions should not forget the power of banding together or writing anonymously if necessary – as long as they find a way to expose what’s going on.
Because there are now signs that the Coalition is finally starting to listen.
Last month the Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters launched a New Zealand First Bill to remove the dangerous ideology of “diversity, equity and inclusion” from the public service. If properly enacted, such a law could signal the end of racism in public institutions.
Judith Collins, the new Public Service Minister, was singing from a similar song sheet last week when she told the House: “I expect the Public Service to get back to basics, sticking to its core functions, and delivering outcomes for the taxpayers that we all serve… While I do expect a great deal of change to drive improvement in Public Service performance, I also want to see core principles of the Public Service maintained, like political neutrality, like appointment on merits to all positions, and professional competence.”
It’s important to remember that when opponents stay silent, all it takes to spread racial poison throughout an institution is one radicalised activist.
That’s what’s happened in the judiciary, where the Rule of Law is being corrupted from within.
This week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator, former Judge and Law Lecturer Anthony Willy outlines the details:
“The Common Law is currently under threat from the separatists, their handmaidens the academics and an increasing number of judges at all levels of our jurisdictions. This sea change is of recent origin and dates back to the appointment of Justice Williams to the High Court and currently the Supreme Court. He has persuaded at least two other Supreme Court Justices that it is timely and necessary to incorporate Maori myths, legends and tribal practices into the Common Law, and he has met an enthusiastic response.
“This has culminated in a proposal by a recently appointed Court of Appeal Judge for a system of what he calls bijural law which apparently will result in a legal system by which all New Zealanders public and private have their legal affairs regulated and decided by reference to whether or not there was a traditional Maori tribal practice said to cover the issue. Should this bizarre notion gather currency, New Zealand will no longer have a legal system which is certain, knowable in advance, and applicable to all New Zealanders.”
Anthony Willy then asks whether we should surrender our democracy – or whether the majority should stand up and not only halt the separatists’ ambitions but reverse them: “This is not as difficult as it may first appear. All that it takes is common sense and political courage. Parliament should amend the Constitution Act and the various Courts’ legislation to provide that Tikanga and Maori spiritual values are not part of the common law of New Zealand. No more activist judicial legislation and no more bijural law experiments.”
Simple.
But does the Coalition have the courage to stop the rot and make the changes necessary to get New Zealand back on track?
While the signs are looking more positive, the demands by tribal leaders for New Zealanders to kowtow to their racist agenda have now spread throughout the country. It is socially destructive and cancerous. We must not let the bullies win.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should mandated cultural requirements be removed from all government agencies?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Those that believe Maori culture should be included and imposed on every New Zealander are seriously deluded. It is their culture. It does not belong to non Maori. All people groups should be on an equal footing. No group has the right to impose their culture on anyone. People should be treated with respect as being a fellow human being. Culture does not enter into the equation. | Dianne |
| As a retired nurse of 52 years service I am appalled at the standard of care at our local GP, the only one in town. A new GP practice for Maori and Pasifika only has poached most of the staff | Kaye |
| YES, Yes what a question ?? How were they allowed to get IN there , in the first place ?? | Pierre |
| It is ‘racial’ and not needed. | rod |
| The ongoing damage done by “woke” rules & regulation MUST be fixed without delay. National are letting their voters down by failing to act on this grossly destructive issue. | John |
| And sooner the better !! | Mark |
| Yes it is essential for the future of NZ. Luxon won’t do it, he is scared of Maori, we must vote for Act and NZ First | Carole |
| Not free choice Not my culture or that of m most New Zealanders | Cam |
| Cultural requirements should be removed from all government agencies. | Ronald |
| Merit is the key here. Just because culture might be in need of being recongnised does not give any party individual or otherwise a right to be considered above all others. | Lesley |
| I fear for New Zealand | Liz |
| YES, it’s way pass time to STOP this crap, ONE COUNRTY, ONE PEOPLE, ONE LAW. This government needs to start growing some balls and get the job done, after all that’s one of the reasons we voted them in. The minority should NOT be allowed to rule the rest of the country. | COLIN |
| It’s either that or we’ll all suffer an NZ ‘Apartheid’. | John |
| It no longer seems the evidence supports the response and we just economically afford the cost. Work towards protecting the earth with good practices but be careful of playing with nature with genetic that is dangerous to humans and nature alike | Malcolm |
| This must be stopped now before it gains a secure foothold. | Leigh |
| Should be removed from everything not having to do with Maori solely. | Sue |
| Bijural law will make NZ even more of a laughing stock than it is already. Can the Parliament take back control of the reins, ASAP please. | Margaret |
| NZ is a country full of sheep, dumb sheep. The pro activist poloticians are not that dumb though, just check their bank accounts and assets they have acquired since being in parliament. Grifters everywhere! | Alan |
| Absolutely! | richard |
| Racism. Trying to force the Maori Culture on everyone. Its against the NZ Bill of Rights and the UN wouldn’t approve of it either | Steve |
| Yes. We have enough disrupters and anchors holding New Zealand back from establishing an advanced democratic civilisation. Instead we have a scared PM who displays a fraudulent attitude in pretending to be a leader who is advancing the policies that the public expects from him. He is showing too much weakness and is not making New Zealand a country where we are all treated on an equal basis. This is what he was elected for, but he cannot deliver. He needs to go immediately without any title. | Garry. |
| Absolutely! | Margaret |
| Yes, most definitely!! | Karina |
| The creep of apartheid continues regardless of government which shows they have no control over the bureaucracy and ideological appointees to Boards and Councils. | June |
| Time to get back to our laws as previously conducted. | Graham |
| But how to do this in a way which would prevent the next Labour Government, having to cowtow to the maori party and greens, regurgitating it all when they next get their hands on the controls. | John |
| luxon will not do anything he,s too paley with his BILLIONAIR iwi pals.BUT WINSTON WILL EMAIL HIM 7 REMIND HIM HE APROVAL ROSE BECAUSE HE SPOKE UP 7 NOW N,ZEALAND VOTERS RELIGH ON HIM TO KEEP UP DOING SO.. Also N.Zealanders NEED a referendum as we were PROMISED about making us ALL equal | Cindy |
| Yes | Kylie |
| One nation, One people, One law. | David |
| Yes please this behaviour is driving people insane.Absolutely no benefit whatsoever only time consuming after all 90 plus of the People have succeeded without having to learn another language ! This is another level of ignorance that needs addressing! | Michael Andrew |
| Yes, immediately | Peter |
| Hello, are you all awake? Identify what this Maori culture, what good did it do for it’s own people, let alone what it did for other people? Not much I feel if we look at factual benefits, not dreamed up folklore. And we should follow this as the holy grail, pfff! | Leonard |
| We no longer need the antiquated irrelevant treaty of Waitangi | Andy |
| Focus on the job at hand that you’re employed to do. Don’t be distracted by having to consider cultural emphasis ahead of need | Gaye |
| The sooner this country gets leaders with a backbone the sooner the better, we have had enough of racism | Tom |
| We all have stand up and say no to this Maori take over of our country, Taking the east way out by moving off shore isn’t the answer. | Allan Taylor |
| Have heard that workers in MPI may lose rights to promotion if do not participate in morning karakia! | Helen |
| Want to see a template, where N.Z is headed, have a look and see what they did to S.A, and ZIMBABWE… the same people, at the U.N/NWO want the same for N.Z.organized by Sharples, Key and Clarke for the U,N/WHO, only A LOT WORSE! | David |
| Yes, there are more pressing issues at hand | Kate |
| All people of NZ are equal. There are no people greater or lesser than me. | Karen |
| Divisive mandates are creating seperatism. We are all kiwis with equal rights. | Gary |
| It rubbish | David |
| I can’t believe what is happening in this area. How did we ever let this aberration happen?. | Jerry |
| Absolutely yes! | Pamela |
| Just ask yourself about the real estate agent who was refused registration because she refused to follow the rules to learn about Maori culture/rules | Neville |
| Treaty od Waitangi states that the law was for al l under the crown and Maori ceded sovereignty so that they could enjoy that law under the crown. This takes precedent over any discussion that the activists have as there is no two sovereignties only one. So this rubbish these judges are trying to get through is treason and they should be taken to court on nthat basis. | Murray |
| It’s racist,against UN mandates on indigenous people’s,and the foundations of democracy that we are all equal.Back Winnie Peters bill | .morrie |
| Absolutely! I’ll hand in my notice as a nurse if it gets any more draconian | Caroline |
| Quick as possible! | IAN |
| During the last election campaign Luxon promised change, growth, equal opportunity for al;l etc. etc, and increased productivity through appropriate funding. Little of these promises have been kept and he doesn’t have the courage or leadership skills to put his promises to action. Meanwhile the Woke bureaucracy is gaining more power and influence. Who is governing the country, the elected parliamentarians, or the civil servants? Hey, I just used the term “Civil Servants”! | Adrian |
| Should never have been allowed to happen in the first place! Yet another part of the divisive agenda forced on all NZ’ers by that odious woman PM which has been allowed to fester for far too long. This, along with her other policies and directives, need to be flushed down the toilet of history without delay! | Scott. |
| Yes, all mandated cultural requirements should be removed from all governmemt agencies. The government needs to take a stand on this now and those public servants (judges included) who can’t see their way clear to taking direction from the government, shpuld be summarily dismissed from their positions. As it is, we are already the laughing stock of the western world over maori insistance on separatism | Trevor |
| Absolutely. It’s time for this divisive behaviour to be stopped. The Human Rights Act states that you can’t discriminate by race so how is this able to happen in NZ | Vivienne |
| Please return to one rule for all and no cultural interference within our laws. The Coalition Party could be pleasantly surprised if they stand strong and find that most of the New Zealand voting public will support them and keep them in power. Show some strength for goodness sake. | Noeline |
| WOFTAM WOF TIME AND MONEY | Duncan |
| YES! YES! YES! YES! You have 4 – YES’s. What more do you want? This is only just the start to a complete clean out. Get on with it. Why are you taking so long to take urgent action after all this talk, talk, talk? It’s called procrastination (lack of required back bone). Why are you all so useless? Get it done. Now; not tomorrow, as tomorrow never comes!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Geoff |
| Yes, we are all New Zealanders; “one people, one Nation”. | Jude |
| All people and cultures are of equal value. To segregate and separate the treatment of any specific culture is to deny equality within the human race. | Christine |
| All for one and one for all. | Brian |
| aspecially ALL the weitiko woke types,,,, wokeism has taken over, like the new covid 19 worse that the virus!! | David |
| Equal rules laws for every New Zealand citizen. All races same rules | Myrna |
| Yes yes a thousand times yes | Claire |
| Absolutely. There are almost 160 ethnic items inNZ. Are we going to give them all the same standing etc?? Use common sense, just stick to a basic formula that covers all cultures. Radical maoris are ruining this once great country. | Peter |
| do so without depay. | Gerard |
| they should never have been allowed in there in the 1st place | Rachel |
| abso bloody lutely | john |
| one country one voice. | Sven |
| Unwarranted, unnecessary most especially to all migrant peoples. Government agencies should “stick to their knitting”. | Don |
| If we do nothing now, we shall indeed become the Zimbabwe of the South Pacific | glyn |
| Please as soon as possible. | Tim |
| We are all NZER’S we do not have an indigenous ethnicity/race as we all came here. We are NOT Australia | Tony |
| Mandated cultural tribal song and dance being forced on everyone from local councils to visiting celebrities and royalty is racist. It does not represent the majority in NZ. | Diana |
| We don’t need any special heed accorded to any race in our country of New Zealanders | tony |
| It should never have been allowed to be instigated in the first place. | Bev |
| Why are we waiting…? | Rodney |
| Absolutely!!! A brilliant newsletter this week thank you! | Caroline |
| We do need to get back to basics – all NZ’ers treated the same. | Judith |
| Definitely we are one Nation. Same laws for everyone.. | Willam |
| Absolutely YES. Racist division. | James |
| Yes, yes, yes. All this cultural bs just has. to stop. I don’t need cultural apartheid in my life & It should NOT be forced on others either! | Trish |
| Immediately | Pam |
| The Maori Culture belongs to them, and should apply to them. Their culture is respected but it should not be imposed onto the the rest of the people in NZ . | Pierre |
| My family and I emigrated to New Zealand, and embraced New Zealand culture from many different ethnicities which does include aspects of Maori culture. Government agencies should embrace this multi-cultural view of our Country and not have mandated cultural requirements imposed on them. | Martin |
| Dont hold your breath for Luxon to do anything about it. | terry |
| 100% agree. It’s time to put a stop to this separation of us and them. keep up the good work NZCPR | Valda |
| Of course this is the top end of the problem from which stems Maori everywhere seeming to have adopted an attitude of entitlement. On recent travels in NZ I witnessed: blatant shoplifting, abuse of airport security protocols, and Maori folk actually just sitting wherever they liked on a plane and arguing the toss with the rightful seat occupants. This portends a collapse of wider social norms, to the extent it is not already well advanced! | Tony |
| Yes! Absolutely! This Is APARTHEID, no other name for it. Why is it that 83% of the population must bow to 17% if it’s not APARTHEID! This country is becoming a joke to the world, we’ve allowed money and power hungry radicals to control government and now all industries including health. Te Pati Maori don’t want the gravy-train to stop so they’ll do anything, call people liars, racists, when the truth is they are the liars and the racists! and the Treat breakers. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to read the Treaty. The original English version. Get Sir Apirana Ngata’s booklet from Muriel Newman and read the truth! | peter |
| More divisive rubbish from the Adern government. | Chris |
| Absolutely | Leon |
| Should never have got this far and should be stopped in its tracks. Sack all those judges who have flouted the rules of Parliament | Bruce |
| A huge YES. Judge Willy has all the common sense solutions to reverse the rot. All our current govt need to read his article and act accordingly. EASY. Thank You Judge Willy You are N.Z.s hero along with Muriel. | Kevan |
| It is obvious racism | Stanley |
| It would appear benefits apply to one particular Race only, at the expense of all others and at the cost of all others. Drop all references to Races and use one ;The Human Race | Glenn |
| Absolutely!! Immediately. | Bill |
| 100% yes. I would add the following for those who are being coerced by their employers into learning and speaking Te Reo Maori. It is illegal in New Zealand to change anyone’s contract of employment without the express approval of the employee. Employer coercion is illegal, including the threat of somehow removing their job and making them redundant should they not comply. These are your rights, enshrined in New Zealand Employment Law, USE THEM. | Phil |
| Yes. Tikanga encompasses a creation story, gods, a framework of socially acceptable behaviours, elements of superstition, prayer etc and so could accurately be described as a ‘religion’. It is instead being promoted as ‘cultural training’ or ‘first law’ when taught through the law schools. We are in grave danger of once again blurring the lines between Church and State and becoming subject to Tribal rule based on an intangible set of instructions interpreted by a few radicals with an insidious agenda. | Johanna |
| People are getting scared,,and like scared dogs they bite!Something bad will happen soon! | Gael |
| The over reach of the Maori must be halted and indeed turned back urgently | Clark |
| Absolutely and immediately. We have become a divisive racist country and it’s got to stop. We should all be treated the same. | Helen |
| Absolutely. The country is gradually becoming a basket case. Needs to stop ASAP. | Dave |
| Definitely | Robyn |
| Absolutely it’s already gone to far | Denise |
| Any requirement based on race or culture needs to be removed | Meg |
| Absolutely. Forcing a culture upon a population is a road to hell. History has proven that fact every time. Arrogance is beyond belief by those bullies who think they know better. | paul |
| The current govt under Luxon had better get on with it or there will just be a civil war here .we have had enough of this . The maoris are just straight out lairs . The lie about how they got here ,where they are from,who was here before them .They make themselves out to be completely stupid by thinking they are indigenous, when at best they are just maoripean.But ,by far the worst people in this country are the woke judges,academics, and politicians and that includes the traitor Luxon. Time is running out. | Sydney |
| There is a place for culture, but NOT in govt agencies | james and sue |
| A waste of time, it’s just indoctrination by woke pc bureaucrats | Laurie |
| Sooner the better. | Astrid |
| one country one people one law | Anthony |
| It has all gone too far. Should never have been allowed to go this far it is an abuse of Power over the population | Laurel |
| Just try RESPECT for everyone | Ruth |
| Tradition has it that they should all be politically neutral. Certainly not at the moment!!! | Ken |
| Thanks to Jacinderella who shall we say encouraged this ,,time to remove it from not only Government Agencies but every where it shows it”s ugly face | ROB |
| ..and those who instigated them should be fired. If not they will only try again. | ken |
| Should never have been inplemented in the first place!! | Lloyd |
| Skills should be the focus when filling vacancies. That’s what gets the job done properly – not cultural preferences. | Wietske |
| yes absolutely, immediately. Good honest hard working taxpayers are being conned by these thugs & thieves. | bruce |
| A total waste of time and money, and a big distraction from the actual work and services that should be the focus. | Andrew |
| Its time to rid the country from maorification | Theo |
| Cultural requirements are subject to abuse | Arthur |
| And as soon as possible. | Margaret |
| Tribalism is incompatible with democracy _ Prof Elizabeth Rata. All citizens should be treated equally with human rights laws and the Bill the Rights applicable to all. | Eileen |
| Yes, just get the job done. | Kim |
| The threat to our democracy is real. | Lois |
| Maoris have no right to take over our means of communication by forcing their language and customs into every nook and cranny. It is most noticeable that in the last 6 months it has become impossible to listen to National Radio for half an hour without having some Maori statement made which means nothing meaningful for over half the population, interrupts whatever programme we were following and is very distracting. The worst example of this is in the weather forecast where every sentence is half Maori making it difficult to pick out the actual forecast. | Chris |
| No more hocus pocus! The woke populace is being hoodwinked with this cultural takeover and it is time for the coalition to stop the nonsense. | George |
| This is essential to prevent a descent into race based anarchy. | TOBY |
| About time! | Errol |
| Absolutely. Public servants are supposed to be neutral and not show bias towards or against any particular group | allan |
| Stop it NOW | Chris |
| A.S.A.P we have had it with this BS | Patrick |
| Totally. Many are concerned at the way NZ is heading. I am too old to change now but if I was younger I would be out of this country. The bullshit that is being forced upon us and the lies being screamed at us is mind boggling. We have a incredibly weak weak Prime Minister. In the near future there could be violence not by the vocal minority but by the by the HUGE majority who have had a gutsful of the way we are capitulating in the face of distorted and false history. | Alan |
| Yes, most definitely | NOEL |
| it is hard to conceive in 2025 a so called democratic Government believes in Apartheid, endorsing it at every level of society knowing full well the majority of New Zealander’s do not agree with racial discrimination. National, ACT and NZ First clearly have no intentions of making the changes required to our laws to stop the indoctrination and intimidation and outright racism. They are in Power, they have the Power yet fail the people. They just don’t care. Thank you Anthony Willy and Muriel. | Sam |
| Defiantly YES. otherwise New Zealand could be lost to radical groups wanting autocracy – and I find it hard to understand why leader Luxon is sitting on the fence unable to lead New Zealand down a united One Flag,, One Country voted for path! | Syuart |
| gone too far | william |
| The cultural requirements are out of control and against the bill of rights which have been brushed aside by the Labour Government and in my opinion is having a negative effect on retaining staff. | Chris |
| All primitive ritual should be removed from all government processes and judicial procedures.. get rid of it all. | Clive |
| This has gone too far. | Dayal |
| YES, ASAP. And put all government departments back with an English label so everyone knows what it is. Com obsessed. Get rid of this racial bs. | Peter |
| Removed without question. | Colin |
| Definitely YES. All NZers must be treated equally with all government agencies appoint and advance their staff on merit and merit only. Race should not enter into their job. | Keith |
| Should have happened when the new coalition came to power. Why hasn’t it? | Paul |
| It is Racist | Rod |
| Long overdue. | Ray |
| It’s a combination of witchcraft and apartheid and has no place in any country including New Zealand | Peter |
| One people one nation. How long does it take for Maori to acknowledge they were NOT the first people in NZ and therefore have NO claim to anything. | Noel |
| As soon as possible please | Heather |
| We must keep at the forefront of any law or mandate that we are all New Zealanders, all equal, whatever our ethnicity. | Anne |
| Most definately | Barbara |
| TODAY IF POSSIBLE AND FOREVER! | Sylvia |
| No culture should need nor demand endorsement from law. No culture has a right to impose itself on anyone. | Murray |
| It is wrong to impose a culture that people do not want onto others. | Kent |
| Reverse racism is totally F…ING our once wonderful NEW ZEALAND. We are all KIWIS of equal standing – NOT divided by our race. STOP this crap NOW before it is too ingrained. | Brian |
| ALL Govt., private & public business and organisations including Incorporated clubs and community organisations etc. In fact mandate that this crap must stop everywhere – no ifs or buts. | john |
| Without delay. It’s a no-brainer if we want to receive decent respectful professional treatment from every one we deal with regardless of ethnicity or creed. | Marga |
| Stop this cancer spreading !! | Patrick |
| The sooner the better | Steve |
| Every possible kind of ideology, including religious and cultural, has absolutely no place in any government agency, from parliament down. Mandating cultural or even te reo requirements is totally evil and must be ended immediately. Come on Luxon, stop being a racist loving flake. | COLIN |
| This government must move quickly to remove all this ignorant racist culture of Maori supremacy, enforced by the radical Marxist leaders of Te Pati Maori, to save our democracy and way of life. How can we, the people give them the courage to stand up to these bullies, and show real leadership? | Mary |
| Maori are being used to destroy democracy in New Zealand. The majority of voters are either to ignorant or simply not informed enough to realise that National have the same Globalist / N.W.O aspirations as Labour. It was Key that approved the signing of U.N.D.R.I.P, and the joining of the Paris Acord. Luxon is simply following in his footsteps. So either continue voting National and continue down the slippery slope, or stop complaining. | A.G.R. |
| How many cultures do we have in NZ? And why do we only require Maori culture to be recognised: how about English or European culture? | Peter |
| YES…YES…YES NOW ! | Bruce |
| Lets make the Cocollition pass laws to stop Maori Radicals forcing New Newzealanders to practise Maori Culture | Ian |
| Absolutely 100%. | Neil |
| Without a doubt. However it has been noted, that with the abolishment of the Maori Health Authority a brand new health system, primarily for Maori, called “Think Hauora” is in the process of being rolled out across the country with local Iwi and regional PHO’s getting involved. We area advised that it is to give Maori better access to medical needs that is lacking at present. | Barry |
| What has taken National so long to do something about this subject? It’s starting to look like another slow – walking decision. | Rex |
| Definitely. It is just pandering to a small group. | Elle |
| In the increasing multi cultural society that New Zealand is it is now more important than ever to stress for the nation that merit is at the centre of all appointments for any position. | Wayne |
| It was not then and is not now. The years of my life tell me the modern-day radicals are making up stories to suit their radical means | Ken |
| Embedding tikanga (utu, cannibalism, slavery…) and apartheid or provision of services based on need, by competent neutral people? Simple choice in my opinion. | Henry |
| Totally support. | Anthony |
| but I doubt National/Luxon has the strength to do anything about it. Time to change my vote. | mike |
| This is of critical urgency. | Rosalie |
| Absolutely agree that Any Cultral requirements have no place in government agencies, As a New Zealand born citizen I resent being called a racist if you voice your opinion that we are all equal, Maori are no more Special and it’s sad that we are now being divided. It is Cultural Apartheid, what ever happened to mutually respecting each other, we’re better than that. | Colleen |
| unfortunately it’s also happening in our state schools | Heather |
| YES Absolutely!! | Irene |
| Without any doubt but who will actually see that it s done (Except Winsone’s clan) | John |
| Absolutely! the picture is for N.Z. to be such a racist country now.Democracy is gowing fast. | Ann |
| We are all New Zealanders, Together we are Strong / Devided we FALL !!! | Don & Jacque |
| Most definitely and the sooner the better. | Mike |
| Absolutely. Things have gone to hell in a basket in this Country! | Alan |
| This legislation should’ve been enacted many years ago. | Tony |
| Yes, yes. For goodness’s sake, YES! | Grahame |
| as Maori are only 17% of New Zealands ihabitants and arrived in New Zealand the same way as everyone else (As Migrants) why should they impose their Myths and Legends onto everyone else. It is in the most case bceause there is a monetary value to be gained from this that they adher to these crazy and nonsensical myths. | Elaine |
| ABSOLUTELY, however as long as Cluckson is in charge dont hold your breath. If the elected officials dont front up and stand up to this racist bullshit then we may end up with a full and final settlement at the end of gun. And nobody wants that. Also ditch the maori seats and get rid of the Te-horrie party. | Glyn J |
| Not necessary at all. | Lauree |
| most certainly | Colin |
| The Coalition Govt. is not addressing the ” tough” Legislation so I won’t hold my breath on this. Hobson’s Pledge March 31st 2025 is worth a read also. | colin |
| We need some action. Everything is painfully slow. We were promised reversal of much of Labours decisions. | Megan |
| And indeed ANY agency or employer | Peter |
| The law is above culture and therefore there should be no tolerance for adding cultural requirements. In our democracy parliament is the supreme and only lawmaker. Judges are meant to abide by the law, not invent “add-ons” to satisfy a small, yet very noisy, proportion of our population. If it’s not sorted soon, “Welcome to another South Africa”. | Laurence |
| We are all equal. There should be no exceptions or we are inviting real trouble. | Lynda |
| There must be more urgency from the government in removing all cultural requirements not only from government agencies but all workplaces and everyday life. We were a united country, until Ardern, Hipkins and their party, turned NZ into a very divided apartheid country. We need Winston Peters to lead NZ back . | Loretta |
| I am very disappointed it is taking so long for the Coalition Govt to take action on this. | Lucy |
| Immediately and forever | Carol |
| Race based ideoligy should be removed from Govt laws and departments. | Peter |
| And should be removed from educational assessments and curriculum. Hauora is of little use in the teaching of Physical education but has been forced upon teachers to assess pupils. Physical education should be based upon skill learning and health. | Andrew |
| Yes yes yes | Michael |
| It has gone too far and must stop | Murray |
| Should have already happened | Hylton |
| Absolutely. They have absolutely no place in a democracy.. | Trudy |
| Insidious racist propaganda!! | Dr. Alastair |
| YES! I for one, will NOT be forced into this utter rubbish. I speak English because that is where my roots lie, and where this country has pretty much always spoken English as it’s main / official language. I totally ignore anyone who addresses or acknowledges me in Maori. I do not intend to learn the language. English is the language of business throughout the world. English is used by ALL countries in the air transport business for addressing airport traffic towers. So if anyone WANTS to speak Maori, no one is stopping you. But, DO NOT FORCE ME to follow your diktats. I would suggest that is what most people will do if they don’t want this shoved down our collective throats. | Heather |
| Urgently required! | Trevor |
| It is well past time to get rid of all of this Maori cultural crap. The vast majority of New Zealanders are sick & tired of it. | David |
| It is lunacy for nurses to conduct their medical practices by being biased towards the Maori population – it doesn’t make any sense when the largest majority of the population (82%) are non Maori | Frank |
| It appears this is in breach of the current law so if so, the Government is in breach of its own laws. How bizarre can it get? | Grant |
| evil socialism in overdrive. | William |
| social engineering is a disease of the cult that is socialism. | Pattie & Paul |
| One race. New Zealand. One law. Equal treatment for all | kabe |
| Yes Please !!!! | Murray |
| without a shadow of doubt – everything, should be based on merit and culural requirements eliminated in all areas of govenment agencies | James |
| Yes, immediately. | Mark |
| Governments have a propensity to be driven by bullies. Why they cannot see this is mind boggling.. Common sense should be the driving factor to eradicate the removal of racist policies. | Dennis |
| I totally believe in one person one vote and equal opportunities for all regardless of race creed or colour, | Florence |
| Yes!! The sooner the better! | Neville |
| S/be removed permanently. How about introducing executive orders to NZ. They work well in the great USofA. | John |
| Maori culture should not be imposed on anyone. | noel |
| We no longer live in the Stone Age. What f other cultural practices that abhor superstition and embrace for example Chinese medicine. Are they to be swept aside in favour of maoritanga? | Jacki |
| Absolutely! These have nothing to do with people’s employment and output! They are made-up rules which give one culture power over another! | Sylvia |
| Absolutely yes – but, I have serious doubts that the leader of the major party in the Coalition has the belief, commitment or courage to resist the noisy opposition from activists, judiciary, academics and indoctrinated mainstream media. | davidf |
| Mandated cultural requirements are leading NZ into separateness that I believe is not only dangerous but overlooks the complete diversity of ethnicities that choose to live in this wonderful country! I am aware of a young student that has no option and is required to study Maori Culture for a full year, and has to pay full registration, despite it having no connection to the degree they are studying! Forcing compliance to study Maori Culture does not lead to “How to Win Friends and Influence People” | Catherine |
| We are sick of the blind folding of NZers by the Ardern mob and we need a strong push to get back to normality i.e. no more emphasis on Maori cultural indoctrination. | Murray |
| The division & Confusion being caused, benefits no one. | Denise |
| Absolutely. This only serves to bring further disunity among New Zealanders. | caren |
| YES and not only to all govt departments but to all councils as well, and the likes of air nz and a few other ngo companies. the sooner the better luxon goes the sooner it will happen but untill then the corruption of NEW ZEALAND will continue by the bunch of hori racist’s who frankly should with the likes of key, adern, finlieson and many others should be charged with treason | Richard |
| That must also include all Local Government Agencies including City Councils and Local Wards. | Tony |
| No more racism | Andrew |
| Yes immediately, it is fundamentally wrong. I left my Health sector job because of the maori claptrap that we were tasked to obey, yes…obey. | Neville |
| Just need to look at what is happening in South Africa to see where this is all going. Luxon needs to grow a pair… and stand up for the rights of the people that voted for him. Activist judges need to be removed from office. | David |
| I am tired of the relentless pursuit of a specific ethic group trying to impose their cultural and other beliefs on a Liberal Democracy which is made up of many different ethnic groups, I have seen personally the destruction Tribal rule has had in South Africa and Zimbabwe, if we continue to allow radicals there day we will descend into anarchy and civil unrest, let alone the demise of our economy and way of life. | John |
| Individuals may harbour racial or cultural preferences, that’s human. Govt departments though must be careful to avoid such failings. | Neil |
| people should be employed with their experience and suitability in the job not because of any diversity or colour. | DENNIS |
| Most definitely! The Government MUST STOP wasting money on these Maori demands and all other racial and cultural organisations. NZ needs to spend money on restoring our health system. | John |
| NZ isn%u2019t hamstrung ONLY with CULTURAL APARTHEID. It is entrenched in our parliament with the separate Maori seats. | Geoffrey |
| YES! But it is probably too late.I was born and bred in the King Country some considerable years ago. I worked in the city later and everyone I worked with of all nations were my equal and I theirs. Not so these days.The country is stuffed and the media has had a hand in making it that way. “God Defend New Zealand”. It is probably too late though. | Bruce |
| No more indoctrination please! | Rose |
| That was the promise before the last election | Greg |
| We have many cultures now in this country – they should ALL be treated the same | Gail |
| In my opinion, this should have been nipped in the bud a long time ago. Academics and the judicial system need a thorough overhaul, and reminded to stick to the letter of the law, not some mumbo jumbo opinions of a minority group of people. PATHETIC come to mind the way the academics etc are being led by the nose. | Merryl |
| To not do so is blatant racism. | Geoff |
| Apartheid not tolerated in NZ. Time to dump Maori Tribalism | Norman |
| Get rid of all this cultural reference and while we are at it sack all those heads of public services and readvertise their positions with no race-based motives and tell our prime minister to grow a backbone on put these M%u0101ori radicals and the elite on notice. | Ken |
| Absolutely. | Roseanne |
| We are all equal and should be treated as such | Steve |
| Yes definitely. I already feel discriminated against. Every way I turn I am subjected to a language I do not understand. | Brian |
| The creep is becoming a gallop. If we don’t stop now it will be too late. The horse will have bolted. | Steve |
| It’s racist!!! | Deb |
| Absolutely | Tony |
| now | Wiremu |
| Gone by lunch time. | Evan |
| Absolutely | Bruce |
| all need to be removed from everywhere , we have been driven into a backwards political system that we voted to be cast out, if the coalitition does not have the backbone to do it we the people will. | NIGEL |
| Urgently and immediately!!!! | Gavin |
| Yes of course. Persons of differing cultures and beliefs who practice them peacefully and in an orderly manner within our laws must not be bullied or coerced into living by an alternate culture or belief. Too many people have fought and died to now relinquish that freedom. | Gary |
| Absolutely should be removed. | Christina |
| Yes of course but will our politicians listen to the will of their constituents? From my observations, there are very few with any backbone to stand up against the bullies! | Rex |
| Race has no place. No culture or belief system should dominate. Whwn we removed Christianity form the public service, no one expected for it to be replaced by another group. | Tony |
| Cultural considerations should be afforded all people. No single cultural group should be singled out. Time to respect us all. | Peter K |
| Removed decisively and without delay. | Phil |
| Absolutely this only divides New Zealanders even more. | Russ |
| I was concerned about this 20 years ago when it or something similar was foisted on nurse trainees | Tracy |
| Definitely Stop all this culture crap because of the colour of your skin. We are all nzenders | John |
| Way overdue. The over tones within the judiciary, health education and other government agencies should be absolutely neutral as regards to race or ethnicity. The clock is ticking National. | chris |
| YES, in capitals, with no macrons | Murray |
| this racism is reflecting so badly on NZ and indeed the Maori who are not radicals. If only they would speak up too. Perhaps they are in fact quietly going along with the radicals after all. | anna |
| I am sick of it and what it has , is and will cost this country. I am not just talking about the dollar cost, either. | Gerard |
| Any form of racism It is overdue to be expunged from our whole country. | Peter |
| As soon as possible. | DICK |
| Get rid of all cultural apartheid. | Barry |
| Yes. It should be Law that cultural requirements are not permitted. We are all equal. | Tony |
| I am sick and tired of this racist propaganda being forced down my throat. Most of these supposed Maori activists have little Maori DNA themselves. | Allan |
| Unfortunately Civil war is a distinct possibility in this country if we do not come together to identify as one people New Zealanders. Out with the Ardern driven Maori first ideaology lets put out the fire before it becomes an inferno | ken |
| I believe the rot has well and truly taken hold in NZ and nothing can now be done to stop NZ becoming an irrelevant, 3rd world country at the bottom of the Pacific and torn apart by internal conflicts. | Gary |
| Yes as soon as possible. | Frank |
| We are one people | Sue |
| This is all getting really weird! Do Maori, the majority of whom do do not support this racist bullsh!t want to return to stone age? We need to stop this cultural crap. There are many races, cultures in NZ. Why should one be given priority? STAND UP NZ, or Zimbabwe here we come. | Andrew |
| I’m sick of all this rubbish going on if Luxon was a real leader he would just strike out those rules that Ardern made to get us into this bloody mess. | Vaughan |
| Most definitely | Fred |
| This is a real no brainer question. Had a guts full of it. A draining of the swamp is necessary because the bureaucratic appointees are just ignoring ministerial directions. The old centre finger to the ” racists”. | Neil |
| Offensive & total waste of time. Imposition on all non Maori to the point of it being a tactic of racial intimidation. | Marshal |
| Time to top the rot | Jenny |
| The Government must act Quickly with action to stop this Radical takeover get back on track | leo |
| Absolutely | John |
| absolutely agree | John |
| And from all bodies such as REA, Nurses, Pharmacy | Neil |
| Immediately!! | Ian |
| When is this coalition government going to stand up and end this racist tripe. | Colleen |
| mandated cultural requirements should never have been included in any government agencies, How on earth did they get there in the first place? adherents to cultural requirements have to practice the legal requirements of government as that is the governing body. Any cultural beliefs can be practised in their own home environment. Government is a business and it provides rules of practice. End of. There is no place for cultural requirements in government and that means everyone. You need to take your cultural requirements behind closed doors to practice them at home. It would be impossible for a strong business organisation like government to provide religious and cultural beliefs when “feel good ” unsubstantiated beliefs and “truths” are impossible to define, prove or justify. They don’t stand up to scrutiny in any business case. Government in all its forms is an audited business governed by laws according to the westminster system. Cultural beliefs and practices are personal to the individual’s psyche and can not be dealt with in a governmental business which is controlled by laws enacted that determine that black means black and white means white and two numbers always add up to the same answer. That is inalienable truth. That can’t change. Cultural requirements can not meet the inalienable truths that control government. | terrence |
| This is racism doctrine. We should all be equal. | Julie |
| They must go Totally racist | Kevin |
| Resounded YES! | Marianne |
| NOW. Just get it done. | Noel |
| I am frankly filled with foreboding at the introduction of mandated Maori cultural requirements in government agencies. NZ is becoming a creepy, controlled society where I am being forced to adopt the cultural practices of a Maori society which is quite alien to me. As a retired lawyer, I am shocked at the new reality of karakia being forced upon everybody before business can even begin. If I were still practising law, I would voice my objection every time it happened. The hocus pocus that is ‘tikanga’ has no place in government agencies, which should surely be a bastion of reason and clarity for all citizens, who should remain free to think their own thoughts. | Fiona |
| 100% ALL cultural requirements of any culture in our comminities should be removed so that government works for all the people without prejudice/preference on any culture in our society. NZ is a multi cultural country where laws and rights must be equal for all. | Rita |
| I hope that it’s not too late. | Murray |
| It should be mandated that any person wishing to stand for parliament should be required to undergo a govt approved course on the history of NZ post 1800. | John |
| Absolutely, ALL references to anything with a racial bias must be deleted, everywhere | Gareth |
| 1 People, 1 Nation | mike |
| And jurists like Williams should be sacked. | Peter |
| one mans cultural belief is not neccessarily the same as another – time to get rid of the ROT that is being forced on us | les |
| Absolutely – should never have happened in the first place – one people, one country, one law for all and one vote each. | Jan |
| The last Liebour Govt instigated racial disharmony into all sectors of NZ Government departments and now has infiltrated into local councils as well. Time all this Maori tribal rubbish was eliminated from New Zealand’s way of life forever. | Wayne |
| Of course they should – asap! | Lee |
| Should never have got there in the first place. New Zealanders as a whole should be given the chance to VOTE on all such things so as to let the Govt know what the country really feels. | Greg |
| “All equal New Zealanders – – – – – ??” | Mike |
| Most definitely. It is not my religion and deeply resent being forced into it. | Bernadette |
| As a member of tangata whenua I find these edicts to be reprehensible.to force a Te Ao view on others is just wrong | Greg |
| Absolutely they should ne removed. Should never have been included in first instance. Merit based employment should be only basis for employment. | Chris |
| Divide and defeat. That’s communism. | Bruce |
| Too bloody right they should be removed, thrown in the trash from whence they came and turned to ash forever more. Yesterday being not soon enough. Come on GOVERNMENT… DO YOUR JOBS! | Graham |
| NZ citizens are being bullied by a cutlural system. All religions belong in their places of worship or reverence, not in any government which governs a country. | Sharron |
| There is no room for racism in the law. | Sheila |
| A waste of time and bullying. | Steph |
| These types of questions are being asked every other week particularly by this foundation. Surely it would be better if the coalition government was targeted unmercifully to keep their pre-election promises in regard to Treaty clauses and general maorification. | Peter |
| Racism is abhorent in todays world. | mark |
| Fix this without further delay! | John |
| Now! No delays. | Peter & Christina |
| Because it is racist and divisive and destroying democracy | Gavin |
| I’m NZ born n bred but strongly support MY culture.. and wouldn’t dream of enforcing my culture and religious beliefs on ANYONE … I DO NOT expect being forced into a language I find ugly and barbaric, and the same applies to their ‘beliefs’… | Lorraine |
| Absolutely. I am the pharmacist of 50 years experience who spoke out against the Pharmacy Council’s enforcing of “cultural safety” requirements for all pharmacists. These requirements have nothing to do with the safe dispensing of medicines. | Doug |
| My sister retired early from her nursing job to get away from cultural requirements. My nursing niece is actively considering going to Australia | Michael |
| absolutely YES!!! colour blind is the only way forward | Brian |
| should never have started | chris |
| No one race should have any supremacy over other cultures in New Zealand and all Government agencies should be strictly multicultural. | June |
| Absolutely no question about it. There’s too much Maorisation in New Zealand. All of it is just myth and whatever we think it is. Get back to the basic requirements of the various departments as they used to be. The Maori are fundamentally greedy and bullies. They have received $8 Billion in compensation but that is still no enough for them. Stop it all now. | Laura |
| WE MUST NOW STAND UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN | NATALYA |
| Absolutely – and immediately. A very destructive strategy aimed at dismantling NZ;s democracy. But very hard to do given the capture of NZ institutions by CRT. | MARY |
| SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE | ADRIAN |
| ethnocracy not a democracy any more | Bryan |
| Without question. NZ for all NZers. Stop the rot before kits too late! | Martin |
| Asap | D |
| And the sooner the better! | John |
| Why has it taken the coalition so long to act on the mandate given via the democratic process? Or is this just too hard? Get the job done or move on!! | Mike |
| There is no place for it anywhere in our country | Owen |
| Please can we be one people in NZ. | Coral |
| Retired nurse. Compulsory annual attendance at Maori cultural awareness talks over many years on an annual basis had me dreading attending these mandatory events. As part of retaining my annual practice certification, attendance at these events, without exception felt like listening to 2 hours of Colonial bashing. I certainly didn’t feel educated or enlightened at the end, dread and resentment at having to sit an listen to the format of people like the embarrassing representative’s of Maori we currently see in Parliament was more representative of what we had to listen to for two hours, on our own time too. My take on Cultural sensitivity in healthcare is, that we should respect all nationalities. Like culture and wealth, bad health is indiscriminate when it affects people, what Colonial bashing has to do with cultural sensitivity in health has always been beyond me. I know that what we have seen happen under the Ardern government and continuing to happen and escalate, is becoming ridiculous. Respect for everyone’s culture should be recognised, at the moment in every sector of society, we are having Maori culture and language forced on us everywhere we look. The bias we see on tv, news, government agencies, signage etc is becoming overwhelming. I can’t even be bothered listening to the woke news stations because it feels like brainwashed. I certainly hope those in curr Power managed to effect change in regard to what we are currently seeing happening here in NZ . Choice for all has to be maintained, currently it is not. | Karin |
| And traditional protocols of State(hood) should be recognised and observed by all citizens when being paid by tax/rate payers to be a representative of the people at all levels of government; including all civil “servants”. and government funded institutions like Schools, universities, hospitals etc. | Francis |
| Racist doctrine | Gary |
| The inability of this coalition govt to interpret and apply existing law(NZ Bill of Rights)is appalling. The constant continuing procrastination by senior members of this govt is the prime reason why they struggle in the polls . In blunt terms “stop bloody yaking and apply common sense otherwise you’ll go down in history as being as bad as the last lot” | Simon |
| I am disappointed in our PM, maybe he should show some backbone and endorse the changes have HAVE to be made so that all NZ,ers are again ONE people | William |
| Indeed. NZers are being abused by radical Maori [expert abusers] and cannot yet recognise it as abuse. | Gill |
| how can you mandate for multiple cultural requiremnts? We have a multitude of cultures in New Zealand | Russel |
| Yes, definitely, there is no place for this. | Leon |
| I am fine in learning about maori culture at my own pace but vociferously reject the mandating of it and the creation of a racist apartheid cullture | Russel |
| Remember South Africa and all its racial acts, NZ is following suit as easy as Jacinda made it. | Warren |
| Yes and needs to be done quickly – the longer this insidious practice left to flourish as it is now the more difficult and more disruptive it will become to remove it | Joe |
| The invasion of cultural practices needs to be stopped | Ernest |
| i have relatives in the nursing profession enduring this indoctrination and it would be fair to say they would not feel they could speak out for fear of losing their job. This is an unbelievable state of affairs in New Zealand. | Heather |
| The same democratic government that since 1975 have quietly legislated through Acts and Statutes this cultural apartheid into New Zealand will not all of a sudden become our white knight coming to save us. This is a deliberate corporate apartheid agenda, period. This democratic government now plans to shut down criticism (Free Speech) of their agenda under the guise of, National Action Plan Against Racism. Nothing will change until we the people rise up and make it so. | neil |
| We are all equal, no person is better than another person because of race | Peter |
| I thought National ran for this prior to the election, but seems Luxton now he has the vote on his promises he is backing off to the detriment of the majority | laurie |
| They should be removed immediately! | Janette |
| Yes. Absolutely. | Robyn |
| Yes ! -and immediately. The whole idea of prescribed thought is just abhorrent in a civilized society. The fact that we have come this far is a matter of great shame. | Roger |
| Absolutely, but this is only part of what is necessary to restore the balance. Countering cultural oppression from Maori requires a continuing political will and good public communication which has been sorely lacking. | Geoff |
| Yes – not part of the public service core deliverables | Peter |
| End this racist power grab by Maori activists and their European running dogs NOW. | Sandy |
| Absolutely!!! The sooner the better. | Robyn |
| Just “Trump it” with an executive order today …. | Chris |
| Equal rights to all New Zealanders regardless of their race | Brenda |
| It is a form of apartheid | Ben |
| I’m so over ANY race based ideology. Our country needs to grow a set and grow up. | Grant |
| This should never have been allowed to creep in. I hope our PM listens to what the majority of the country is saying and has the courage to put a stop to all this bs. | Chrissy |
| For sure | Douglas |
| The country is going backward. Just look at the Racist HR activities going on at the Tauranga hospital. As a result standards are falling because the best are not always being employed. | John |
| Thats a very BIG YES. | Ian |
| Dame Jacinda has created a monstrous situation in all our institutions including our Universities. I doubt that Christopher Luxon has the courage to counter this trend. | ALAN |
| Enforcement of cultural beliefs is abhorrent and removes freedom of thought. | Graham |
| The greedy clack bunts need to be put in there place alongside every one else. We are supposed to be equal | Graeme |
| This (almost) entire country is sick to the eyeballs and beyond by this cancerous invasion that has, is and will continue to impose racial separation on this country. For the sake of ALL NEW ZEALANDERS this coalition must stand up and legislate to kill off this tribal disease. | Martyn |
| Absolutely they should – and VERY URGENTLY !! | Hugh |
| A bout time | Noel |
| The sooner the better | Dominic |
| What’s going on at the moment is dystopian madness – people need to wake up before its too late! | Roy |
| Absolutely … should never be there in the first place. Bloody Jacinda | Robbie |
| All reference to race should be removed from all govt statutes | Symon |
| 100% | Teresa |
| Absolutely no reason for it. | Steve |
| The sooner the better | Terry |
| We want competencies, not other criteria. | Raymond |
| Aparteid pure and simple. It amazes me that not one politician would state section 13 of the bill of rights and what the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples say(I personally don’t like the UN,but as it is thrown in our faces almost daily), goes to show that they are all onboard with NZ’s demise, it is all cultures here in NZ that are being sidelined for the grifters and marxists | Wayne |
| This government needs to grow a pair and quickly remove all such insidious appeasement legislative provisions that are pervading our lives. | Mike |
| Of course, absolutely. | Mike |
| Definitely as that is why we are losing so many people to Australia. | Daphne |
| And from all statutes. | David |
| The sooner the better!!!!!! | Michael |
| I am deeply saddened that such a question has to asked in this country. I blame Key and Finlayson for starting something that the communist Ardern was able to use to destroy this country. | Hugh |
| Government agencies exist to serve all NZ citizens equally. Additionally the divided race subject should be put in front of New Zealanders in referendum form. Our economy and nation will sustain ongoing damage until stability from activism is maintained. | Andrew |
| Definitely since all areas of government should treat everyone with respect and equally before the law of New Zealand. No special treatment for one person or group over another person or group should be made into a law or regulation. | Ray |
| Racist apartheid is the ultimate destruction of a country. Stamp it out. Before it engulfs our democracy | Laurine |
| Absolutely. | Simon |
| Tikanga has no place in our Common Law | Warwick |
| One people in NZ not Maori and ‘other’ | Howard |
| But I suspect Luxon and National would rather not tackle this issue and are only doing so reluctantly because of their coalition agreements. What we need is a strong message from ALL 3 Coalition leaders opposing this cultural propaganda but Luxon just isn’t up to it. | Derek |
| Needs to be done quickly and decisively to get NZ back on a democratic footing that does not discriminate by race. | Rod |
| Then all the Banks should do the same | RICHard |
| And it should be made impossible for it to ever be introduced again and anyone resisting it’s removal or refusing should face charges! | Brenda |
| Definitely | Stephen |
| Stop this open aggresive Apatheid NOW or the alternative is eventually Civil unrest on a scale none of us have seen before which is just simmering below the surface, Many Folk I know are absolutely feed up to the back Teeth with this open dystopian bullying by a few delusional Rich Maori. Makes a Person wonder just who’s actually driving this Globalist Type Agenda !! | Geoff |
| This is 2025- not 1825! | Don |
| Bringing in cultural requirements in, is ruining this country very fast and should be knocked on the head | Colin |
| of course | Giles |
| We are all New Zealanders, regardless of where we have come from or beliefs. All to be treated equal. | Paula |
| We are all New Zealanders and shouldn’t be forced to be bullied into all this Maori Stuff | Jillian |
| Yes, its gota go asap | John |
| We are all Kiwi’s, that should be the only cultural requirement. | John |
| Absolutely | David |
| Yes they should because they are mythical and they are changed to suit the narrative as they are required. It needs to be stopped. It is rotting this country. | Brenda |
| It should never been alowed in the first place there are to many bureaucrats sitting idle and not doing there job get rid of them | Peter |
| Absolutely Yes | Brian |
| Yes of course. | Chris |
| This deliberately divisive doctrine is leading to apartheid and the destruction of democracy. It is trying to replace democracy with tribalism that has total control. Standup for one person one vote and stop this radical movement completely now before it’s too late. | Graham |
| I will never submit to racist Maori activist beliefs, ever. As New Zealanders, this is their hill that all of us must choose to die on if necessary. | John |
| Since all remaining maori are part european and are no longer the decent people I was brought up with they have no claims that are valid | chris |
| We need to act now. | Marlene |
| Absolutely. “Culture” is something that naturally and passively exists among people, usually within a nation. If it’s something that needs to be “taught” or have ‘requirements’ of within government institutions, it’s not culture, it propaganda and indoctrination. | Pavel |
| This must happen very soon, it has all gone too far with this nonsense, one law for everyone | Roy |
| Absolutely. | Richard |
| Yers . All race based indoctrination should be cancelled immediately. | Rod |
| With urgency | John |
| Absolutely!! It is divisive and racist and ruining our country. No wonder our citizens are leaving for overseas. | Margaret |
| So yesterday……. | Andrew |
| No time to lose, | Paul |
| Absolutely essential. | Yvonne |
| We are all nzers and should be treated equally in all respects by legislation . There is no place for racist policies in this country. | Bill |
| Most definitely. | Lee |
| They ought never have been there in the first place. | John |
| I can see a civil war happening in the near future. Even some Maori that I have spoken to have mentioned the possibility | Phil |
| Fundamental to any democracy is the separation of “Church” and State. | John |
| Many disciplines including law, medicine, technology etc are already multicultural so to try and make Maori a specific feature of these by imposing allegiance to the Treaty of Waitangi is gross stupidity. | John |
| Immediately | Barry |
| Absolutily | Richard |
| We need to all identify as NZ citizens. Full stop. | David |
| There is no place for Maori myths, tikanga whatever that is- different for every tribe I gather, karakia, prayers or any other Maori imposition. If Maori wish to do those they do it in their time in their home or marae. NOT impose it on everyone else. The prosperity of New Zealand will not improve until all this is completely removed . | Gail |
| If its not then civil war will follow | Derek |
| Winston has been the best of the coalition so far. Luxon has proved he is a hard worker especially in the trade sector but unfortunately he is at the moment looking like a loser with his indiscreet “sorted” remark. A lot of voters will cane him for that. There is a mountain of work to go to get rid of the Maori separatist racist agenda. In the meantime NZ is bleeding NZ born citizens who can see nothing but trouble on the horizon. We will not recover from this in a hurry. | Terry |
| Absolutely yes!! | Irene |
| My beliefs have been developed and forged over a life time. They define whom I am. I will never accept any person or group trying to impose their contrary views of the world upon me. Get stuffed. | Rodger |
| Absolutely. Government, like Justice, should be blind to creed or race. | Andrew |
| YES IMMEDIATELY….. Maori activists have infiltrated every govt dept, judges, schools and now attacking private business as well. This coruption must STOP. All the lies and made up history is unbelievable nonsense to further their takeover of N.Z. Our current govt needs to remove this trash…. | Allan |
| Yes these racist rules and mandates are way passed time to be stopped, all of these must be removed, from govt depts, and agencies, at once!! | David |
| It is appauling that we have become so embroiled in Maori mythology and beliefs that are really tribal and extremely racist to the other 85% of New Zealanders. We are crying out for strong and commonsensical leadership at this time and yet it seems our PM just doesn’t seem to see it that way – or is he just afraid? It would seem that the previous Labour Government did us all an injustice behind our backs in helping to impose these racist issues apon us all. My fear is many Kiwis will forget what they did come the next election and if they form our next Government God help us. We are in a frightening situation , this country is in trouble , ordinary Kiwis must wake up. How to awaken them with a truly one eyed media. Thank goodness we have the NZ centre for political research but it is only a small voice. This country must awaken to what is going on here. | Paul |
| If Luxon is not prepared or equipped to do what is necessary then he should move aside NOW! | Linda |
| Yes, remove mandated cultural requirements. Slotting maori culture into traditional and customary situations is just like popping maori words and phrases into English speech. It debases both languages. Maori culture is debased by shoehorning it into non maori culture. Witness the haka now commonplace in trivial situations and laughably performed in parliament. Maori language and culture belong in maoridom where they can be nurtured and treasured. That would ensure non-maori language and culture are not barstardised. | Peter |
| Long overdue | Gordon |
| Mandated “cultural requirements” should never have been allowed to creep into government agencies, compulsion of this sort is an appalling abuse of power and there should be punishment for even attempting it on anyone that does so. | Doug |
| Absolutely! What’s going on is cultural oppression on steroids. It should never have been allowed to get to this stage. | David |
| I will believe that National will fix this when I see it. I don’t think the PM has the courage to make these sorts of changes. | Murray |
| Bowing to Maori supremacy is sickening. Yet that’s what our workplace has forced us to do. It is appalling yet everyone is too scared to speak out for fear of losing our jobs. | Pauline |
| Yes, yes, yes! Cultural apartheid says it all! | Hugh |
| It is excellent to read the solutions that Judge Willy has proposed. Let’s hope the Coalition is listening. | Brian |