National has a problem. They don’t seem to know why they were elected. It is bizarre.
After six years in charge, Labour had stuffed up the country. Their incompetence was universal.
When they were kicked out of office in October 2023, inflation was raging out of control, the economy was tanking, crime was rampant, health and education were failing, and racial division was on the rise.
The Labour Party today is no better than it was back then. The failed ministers are still there, with their destructive ideas on full display.
In light of all that, it is astounding that Labour rates at all in the opinion polls. Yet they do – they are polling on a par with National.
Surely, that must send a message to National’s hierarchy that their first 18 months in office is not delivering what voters had expected.
In fairness, they are making good progress on some issues. But the problem is, they are making almost no progress on many of those other concerns that motivated New Zealanders to vote for change.
To see what National is failing to address, we need to look back at Labour’s record in government – and understand that powerful cabals drive the party.
In a frank interview with the Investigate Magazine, then Cabinet Minister John Tamihere revealed that in 2005, those factions were ‘women, gays, and self-serving unionists’.
He described Helen Clark’s Labour Party as “all ‘rosy’ on the outside, not the inside”.
Of the unions he said, “I can’t stand them… It’s always about threats and intimidation… They don’t deserve that level of influence. These people think in timeframes of ten to 15 years.”
Many of the country’s most powerful unions, including E tū – which also represents media, the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the Public Service Association, are still affiliated to Labour, paying them levies, writing policy, and assisting them to undermine the Coalition’s reforms.
When asked about the “machine” that existed on the ninth floor of the Beehive, John Tamihere described it as “formidable”: “It’s got activists in everything from the PPTA all the way through. Its intelligence-gathering capabilities are second to none.”
Asked, “What is the most powerful network in the Labour executive?”, he was unequivocal: “The Labour Party Wimmins Division. It’s about an anti-men agenda… Men’s problems are traditionally dealt with by the criminal justice system. Women, on the other hand, get millions of dollars… Men get nothing… My job is to talk to kiwi males who are feeling out in the cold and also to stand up against some of the PC bulls**t.”
When questioned why “social engineering” policies were so popular on the ninth floor, he responded, “Because Helen has been brutalized by people who have called her lesbian, no children and all the rest of it. Her key advisor Heather Simpson is butch, and she’s very comfortable in that world – that’s why it’s got strong legs.”
He then explained that this network had been embedded throughout the public service: “When you go through the Beehive it is infiltrated with it, in key policy and decision-making processes and the upper echelons of the ministries, and it skews things. It is an unhealthy weighting, because even if you give a policy directive they’ll skew the policy underneath you.”
Putting aside the irony that these were the words of John Tamihere, his comments made some 20 years ago still resonate today – although over those years Labour’s Maori caucus has become far more influential and radical.
The factions driving Labour were revitalised during the Ardern era. Under the guise of identity politics – a Marxist agenda which centres the struggle for social justice on the so-called ‘oppressed’ groups in society – race, gender, and sexuality were embedded throughout the public service.
Through special ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) clauses in the 2020 Public Services Act recruiting was re-directed to prioritise identity rather than merit. As a result, state institutions have been stacked with Labour activists pushing their ideological agendas – and largely ignoring Coalition directives.
In fact, a large proportion of the 19,000 additional Public Service staff recruited during the Ardern years are DEI hires.
The emergence of Labour’s He Puapua agenda to introduce tribal governance, resulted in a rapid escalation in the number of highly paid Maori managers. For example the number employed by Statistics New Zealand – an agency that signed a co-governance deal with iwi leaders to help ‘massage’ census data – rose from zero in 2017 to 26 percent in 2023, and in the Ministry of Culture and Heritage the numbers increased from zero to 29 percent.
As a result of the explosion of DEI initiatives and the embedding of the fabricated Treaty “partnership” culture throughout the state sector, the public became engulfed in a tsunami of “woke”.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Conservation, as this week’s NZCPR Guest Commentator David Round, a committed conservationist and former Law Lecturer at Canterbury University, explains:
“It is hard to believe, now, that the conservation movement was once a power in New Zealand. From the enormous popular agitation to save Lake Manapouri, all through the battles of the 1980s to protect native forests, conservation was a major political issue. The public filled large halls for pre-election meetings asking ‘Which party will save the forests?’
“Where is that public now?
“Alas, the wokesters are now in charge.”
Accusing conservation groups of “woke lobbying for Maori supremacy”, David condemns their support for the handing over of the conservation estate to tribal interests:
“Maori do not have a gene for conservation. The environmental record is clear, for example, that before the arrival of Europeans, Maori were responsible for the destruction by fire of between a third and a half of New Zealand’s original forest cover. Maori were responsible for the extermination of far more species of birds before European arrival than European settlers have eliminated since… To assume that any Maori input anywhere will be conservation-oriented is wilful blind stupidity.”
He believes conservation organisations have now become “the enemies of conservation.”
Many of the “woke” influences that emerged during Labour’s time in office – like the proliferation of DEI in the public service – were initiated by new legislation. The 2020 Education and Training Act was the vehicle used to indoctrinate children. From pre-school to tertiary level, the focus of education was transformed from academic excellence and achievement, to Maori rights and the Treaty.
With tribal leaders pressing for control of the country, Labour’s enforcement of Maori privilege didn’t stop at state agencies. All organisations that received taxpayer funding, like the media through the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund, were targeted – as were organisations that relied on the government for registration like Real Estate Agents, and charities like St John… now called “Hato Hone St John”.
To the dismay of voters, the 2023 election and change in Government has not stopped the separatists’ attempt to transform New Zealand into “Aotearoa”.
The private sector is now being attacked by activists – especially the 24,000 incorporated societies that are required to re-register with a new constitution by April 2026 as a result of Labour’s 2022 changes to the Incorporated Societies Act.
Tens of thousands of groups throughout the country are being pressured into adopting new constitutions based on the Treaty – even though Treaty obligations are the sole responsibility of the Crown not the private sector.
As a result, organisations like the New Zealand Audiological Society now has a Treaty-based constitution, which requires the indoctrination of members through anti-racism training, while the Pharmacy Council, now requires pharmacists to prioritise Maori.
InternetNZ has also been captured, not only prostrating itself before the alter of woke by declaring itself to be systemically racist, but it is seeking redemption through a proposed new constitution that will embrace co-governance with Maori activists.
Such madness could, of course, be stopped if members of these organisations simply stood together and objected as a group, but as we’ve seen with the Real Estate Institute, the majority prefer the safety of silence instead of risking their livelihoods by voicing their concerns.
The long-term impact of DEI hiring – no longer employing the best person for a job but filling identity quotas instead – is not only lowering New Zealand’s productivity performance, but it also risks tragedies when employees without the right skill set are given crucial responsibilities beyond their capability.
Furthermore, by discriminating against people on the basis of race, gender and sexuality, “woke” programmes dangerously undermine New Zealanders’ right to colourblind equality before the law.
But instead of stepping up and dealing with these growing concerns, the PM continues to turn a blind eye. And this is where National has a serious problem.
When the country tossed out Labour they did not vote for a weak Labour-lite leader. They voted for real change to remove the cancerous policies of the Ardern years.
And unfortunately for Christopher Luxon, US President Donald Trump has provided New Zealanders with a model of the sort of decisive action that can be taken to turn this situation around.
On his first day in office, the President issued an Executive Order to rescind ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’ programmes from all federal agencies, and private sector groups that contract with the government.
The President not only wanted to terminate DEI in the federal government, but the private sector as well. He wants to restore hiring on merit in the US so that Americans once again have the opportunity to go as far as their hard work, individual initiative, and competence can take them.
As a result of the President’s measures, it is now illegal in the US to hire employees based on race, gender, sexuality, or other diversity quotas.
And while National is still nowhere to be seen in this debate, last week hope did appear on the horizon in the form of Winston Peters with a Bill to remove “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” regulations from the public service.
Through the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, New Zealand First wants to ensure employment decisions are based on merit not DEI targets:
“This bill would put an end to woke left-wing social engineering and diversity targets in the public sector. New Zealand is a country founded on meritocracy, not on some mind-numbingly stupid ideology. The public service exists to serve New Zealanders – not to be a breeding ground for identity politics. Removing woke ‘DEI’ requirements will give the public confidence that the right person is in the right job based on their skills, not their identity.”
However, since the proposed legislation is a Private Member’s Bill, whether or not it is drawn from the Parliamentary ballot, will be a matter of chance.
But this issue is far too important to leave to chance.
The point is this: an extremist agenda that was put in place by Jacinda Ardern is now being rolled out across the country, ‘capturing’ private sector organisations and forcing them to become agents of radical indoctrination – pushing the race-based lies that Maori did not cede sovereignty, that New Zealanders are racist, and that tribal leaders are in partnership with the Crown.
Yet the Coalition, which we elected to protect us from this madness and rid the country of such dangerous propaganda is standing by and doing nothing.
Is it any wonder Kiwis are feeling disillusioned.
What National needs to do now is adapt the New Zealand Fist Bill as Government legislation to end the tsunami of woke and finally get New Zealand back on track.
Furthermore, by once again making it against the law to discriminate on the basis of race, gender or sexuality, this legislation would progress one of the Coalition’s most Important objectives: “reverse measures taken in recent years which have eroded the principle of equal citizenship.”
National needs to take stock of why Labour failed, if it is to avoid the same fate. And they need to do this quickly – before their credibility is sucked into a vortex from which Christopher Luxon will find it difficult to recover.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Should New Zealand First’s Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill be adopted and prioritised as a Government Bill?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| Why should idiots who can’t figure out what sex they are, think they’re special because “maori” or female have priority? If they’re up to the job, fair enough if not – adios | Mike |
| Simply YES – asap | Carolyn |
| Whether I am going to a cafe or restaurant I am doing this on merit. Everyone needs to be treated fairly but this is different from the DEI ideology. I hope that our taxpayer dollars are used to hire people based on merit, and that everyone gets a fair go. | Kent |
| Yes! Yes! Yes! We also need an Elon Musk to drain the Wellington swamp! | David |
| DEI is a dangerous precedent and weakens the management of companies | Grant |
| Luxon has to be replaced | Ronnie |
| It’s a close thing between wanting to be nice and compassionate, i.e. as is the DEI sickness, as against being seen to having to go along with decisions that we all know are the correct ones. DEI is so wrong that surely society will relegate this glaring mistake to being a folly of past history as clumsy Marxist infiltration. Trying to take advantage of a population’s compassion for those who do not choose to follow tried and tested ways of making things happen as per normal and civil expectations. | Garry |
| Winston Peters seems to talk the talk but not walk the talk; why did he not introduce this as a Government Bill himself? Don’t forget he gave us the hideous, woke communist Mrs Gayford (nee Ardern). | Monica |
| simply employ the best person for the job. | Malcolm |
| ASAP | Noel |
| it should be against the law to have DIR in public and private organisations | luciane |
| The sooner the better | Steve |
| Definitely. That is what people voted for | Frank |
| Failure to address this is the reason National and Luxton are pluming in the polls despite chippe and Labour being so incredibly bland | stephrn |
| Of course it should be passed, the sooner the better | Roy |
| Do it now, the bullshit has to stop. | paul |
| Woke must go. We need a news paper like the old THE TRUTH so all NZrs are made aware whats happening in NZ in secret. Main stream media in general is a waste of space. Labour, green and maori newspapers. Hopefully the new owner starts with unbiased news and enlighten the public. | Kevin |
| It’s incomprehensible, that ‘LUXO’ can say there is nothing he likes, about the T.O.W amendment bill. a P.M. without an opinion, or ‘point of view’ on anything? or is he totally HOLLOW on everything? no opinion and reckons different people, have different rights? that says LOTS! | David |
| LUXON… needs to up his game! He seems to have lost control of his National Party.He needs to do his job.. he needs to assume Leadership, of the Coalition. Come on Luxon,step up, and be a leader. | David |
| We don’t need woke. Fullstop | Willam |
| We voted for change but Luxon isn’t had the balls to clamp down on the woke polices that have continued from the reds. | Kerry |
| As soon as possible | Iain |
| It will show whether Luxon is serious as a PM. | Bill |
| Absolutely – DEI must be cleaned out otherwise we will forever be stuck in the mud with the Left | Allan |
| It should have been the first thing the coalition did on getting into power | Lindsay |
| without delay | Gordon |
| Time for luxless LUXON ,to exit stage right…..time is up… HOLLOW MAN needs a proper job, and position, step up and get some credibility. | David |
| This Bill is proposed by a Coalition Leader, all such Bills should be automatically prioritised, since these leaders were elected by the majority of NZers. Therefore, of course it is a Government Bill, and is obviously what the majority of electors wanted, policies were quite clear before the election. To not deliver would be failing the people who voted for a change from Labour. | Ronald |
| Yes, with urgency. The public service should be audited from top to bottom, D E I removed from public service contracts of employment, the list goes on. Ken. | Ken |
| Now is the time to remove all Maorification from Government Departments, laws and the education system. | Colin |
| I have said it many times that New Zealand is heading for Civil War. We will all be caught up in the fighting. Our younger generation will suffer and New Zealand will no longer be a nice place to live. It requires everyone to speak out. Stop being apathetic. | Martin |
| It’s urgent | Mary |
| Absolutely. I whole heartedly agree with your synopsis of the feelings of those of us who voted Labour out. I certainly hope Luxflake gets the message. | John |
| Totally agree. Should of been done long ago. | Chris |
| Yes, Luxflakes & his cronies are definitely in ‘dire straits’ if they don’t correct many maorification issues before October 2026. Along with withdrawing from the Paris Accord & Stopping the Gene Technology Industry from taking hold in NZ & Treaty Principles Bill support, we are watching Luxflakes very closely as the Nats are down the ‘gurgler’ if they don’t “Read the Room” properly before the next elections. Unfortunately, at the last election, those “Leftards” who couldn’t bring themselves to vote ‘Centre Right’ moved sideways & voted ‘Green Party’, hence the “Greenies” popularity in 2023 Elections, definitely NOT on MERIT….! SO, what is urgently needed in NZ is HUGE ‘pushback’ against the outstanding issues that this Coalition Govt needs to have sorted out or well on the way to sorting out before October 2026….we need another Protest in the Parliament Grounds to wake, not only the Govt up(can you imagine Gerry Brownlee coping with that?), but also the public, because all these urgent issues must be dealt with otherwise we are rapidly heading towards a “Third World” country, if we aren’t already….! SO, do we need a ‘Revolution’ to WAKE UP eveyone asleep, including our politicians….! It’s very frustrating not to be able to do anything effective to get our country back on track when sitting most days at my keyboard….feeling anxious about our country called New Zealand…despite numerous “Submissions” & “Petitions” & Letters to Editors & Politicians with lame replies, especially from Simon Watts, MP for Climate Change, I swear he has had his ears & brain removed while still breathing….! | Bruce |
| Luxon’s only achievement is to let voters forget how Labour trashed New Zealand. | Alan |
| Of course not. Never did and never will. Wake up National and supporters! | Chris |
| YES and effective immediately. Stop the thumb twiddling and get on with it pronto It’s a nasty way to conduct any business | Carolyn |
| Absolutely the they “Didn’t Earn It” requirement bill should be in the bin with the rest of the woke rubbish where it belongs. | Barry |
| Urgently | Pam |
| The only way forwaerd is to have the best people in the right positions regardles of any other woke criteria | Mike |
| Absolutely yes , this world has been hijacked by the left and signs are showing of a reset and The United Nations are culpable on many fronts | Peter |
| For God’s sake National… WAKE UP!!! | Ray |
| The Coalition is running out of time to get rid of the of the last administration’s gross errors! | Dave |
| Of course it should. | Sue |
| “It’s WOKE, stupid!” | John |
| of coarse is needs to be a priority, it should have been the first thing the coalition did when they took office, it is beyond comprehension that it wasn’t. If something is not done about fixing the nation by the government then it will be up to the people to do it by force if necessary we don’t want this we voted for change | NIGEL |
| Democracy as we know will soon vanish from NZ unless this 1st step is actioned | graham |
| Yes, but here is the problem, simplified. Hundreds of thousands of motivated New Zealanders have left to work overseas, unfortunately, many have done that permanently. Many of their replacements are woke immigrants who like the Clarke/Ardern “system” and will only work to enhance it into permanency. Luxon is a lame duck and needs to go and quickly. New Zealanders need to be encouraged to think for the longer term and vote for not just what suits their personal agendas, but for the long term good of this once great country. | Peter |
| Repeal of DEI should be a top priority- not left to chance. Come on Luxon – Do what we voted you in to do! | Susan |
| And before it is too late | Graeme |
| NZ is in serious trouble. It will take years to mend the damage done by the ADERN govt and the damage continually being done by Maori Activists.National needs to stop giving money to Maori.The farmers ,as taxpayers are being farmed by Maori. | Bruce |
| Get it done pronto,the sooner the better. Maybe then we could have commonsense prevail once again. | Peter |
| This country does NOT need or require ANYTHING WOKE! It causes nothing but division. That and D.E.I… dump it all. | Heather |
| It’s disappointing that National is dragging the chain on getting rid of wokeness | Josie |
| Time is running out to save New Zealand from the Adern legacy. The Coalition needs to act now! | Lucy |
| Do not leave this bill to chance to be selected by ballot | Ross |
| Well done Winston – would you mind being PM? | tony |
| Hire by merit, not by identity quotas! | Martin |
| Non action by Luxon will lose him the election. Seymour deserves PM to sort it all out. | Clive |
| This should have been a priority of the Coalition Government last year and is long over due | Wayne |
| Immediately!! If we leave this festering problem undealt with , we will suffer the consequences. This crap is already eating it’s way into the very fabric of every layer of society. And they stary with our children. This is intolerable. | Michael |
| Urgently | Roger |
| Immediately. Meritocracy is the yard stick to measure from… | Mark |
| It is time Luxon “WOKE” up or else he will be out of a job real soon! | Bill |
| We need this to happen immediately. All the woke employed are just ignoring govt requests and carrying on with their own adenda. They must be removed for not following govt request, orders. Luxon needs to stop fence sitting and carry out the will of his voters. ASAP | Allan |
| National seem bereft of any sense of direction and purpose; Chris Luxon unfortunately does not seem likely to demonstrate real fortitude for reform | John |
| Immediately please | Heather |
| This is the change the majority voted for in 2023. Christopher Luxon is either ignorant or choses to ignore this aspect of the change vote. | T |
| Totally and urgently passed NOW! | Ian |
| I am so frustrated with the Nats in general and Luxon in particular. I hope they are on your mailing list Muriel. I am also quite fearful of what will happen to NZ if National won’t pull their socks up! | Pamela |
| It is illogical unscientific self destruction | Tony |
| Plse God. | Martin |
| should be made high prioprity | N |
| DEI worse than sucks! | richard |
| Until we get a real rightwing nationalist party into the Bee Hive, New Zealand will carry on down the same road, we will end up been the Arse hole of the South Pacific! | Sven |
| This has been building for almost half a century by governments led by both major parties. It needs to be stopped immediately. | Gavin |
| You are right. National needs to get onboard with this if they hope to stay in power. I cannot imagine the damage to this country if Labour gets back in power and of course with Labour you will get Te Pati Maori madness | Warren |
| I Meant to vote Yes. sorry | Bruce |
| D – division E – exclusion I – intolerance | Barry |
| Merit not origin is the most important issue that has to be faced and acted upon. | Karen |
| Minority groups are gaining far to much clout and decision making inclusion at the expense of the majority who are expected to bow and grovel to minnow groups. | Hugh |
| This is URGENTLY required. | Bruce |
| Yes. NZ First and ACT need to apply more pressure to National even if it means an early election. National and Luxon are incapable of reading the public’s anger or maybe they just dont care. | Sam |
| I’m sick of luxon, hipkins the whole lot are just self-serving idiots. we need someone with a spine, capable of saying just how it is, forget the press they are half of the problems. Sack the lot of them. They wouldn’t know what the truth was even if it jumped up and bit them. A good clean-out in parliament is desperately needed. from the top floor down. | Merryl |
| Most definitely | John & Wilma |
| Yes !!!! Get rid of all DEI crap as USA are doing. See what’s happening in UK and Europe with the EU’s requirement of “Inclusiveness”:. Poland seems to be the only sensible country in Europe | Alan |
| An absolute must… NOW. | Peter |
| Definitely NZ voted for change and National will go if they continue to allow DEI and woke ideology | Gaye |
| Definitely! It should have been done 18 months ago! Unfortunately Luxon and National are too weak (or themselves too woke) to make the changes so desperately needed. A pity because the window of opportunity is closing! | Martin |
| Asap | Anthony |
| It is simple hire on Merit and the person best suited to the job is paramount to turning our country around economically and on a productive mode if does not happen and the DEI amendment Bill is not acted on urgently as a prioirty members bill NZ will continue to slide towards oblivion. | John |
| Long Overdue!! | Tony |
| National needs to remember why they were voted in. It was to repeal allLabours woke and racist nonsense | Mike |
| If Winston’s bill isn’t passed New Zealand is doomed to a third world country. DEI = DIE New Zealand. Make it a Government Bill and pass it NOW under URGENCY. The sticking point is Luxon is a DEI and Iwi supporter – he has to go to save New Zealand. | Brenda |
| Luxon has done nothing to reverse all the woke and maorification of New Zealand. This bill must be passed! | Gillian |
| Yes PLEASE get rid of all this woke stuff. Our son in U K where woks is very strong has constantly been by passed for promotion which he is qualified for | Michael |
| The sooner the better. | Don |
| A significant number of voters are beginning to wonder why they voted for National. Where will their votes go at the next election. To waste or just not bother. | Gary |
| Luxon did the same thing at AirNZ. He turned it into a woke silly brown biased top heavy inefficient mess. This is not a bug in his leadership, it’s a feature. The ONLY option is to get rid of him root and branch. Even if he comes into line he will secretly be running this agenda behind the scenes because it’s in his bones. | Matt |
| Certainly | Bruce |
| Absolutely! The most qualified people should be considered | Terry |
| The sooner the better. Probably our last chance to stop this woke nonsense. | Lenice |
| Should have never been allowed to be installed in the 1st place. To select on any other basis that “best for the job” is beyond comprehension and just starts a race to the bottom. | Steve |
| colour blind is the only way forward | Brian |
| Luxon’s advisors must inform him of the huge concerns the voting public have about him. DEI is only a small part of the concerns but needs to go. | Elizabeth |
| It’s a poison and divisive and in plain view still everyday | paul |
| This bill cannot stand if we are all to be equal. | John |
| Of course it should. NZ politics along with our Public Service has to get back to basics. And Soon! Right person for the position is the only baseline. Appropriate performance thereon. DEI had no place. | Andrew |
| Absolutely | Harry |
| Now or never!!! | Peter |
| Hiring on any criteria other than merit is anti- democratic and unacceptable and ultimately futile because you end up employing 2nd ragers and muppets | Brian |
| Of course!! | Alastair |
| Absolutely. Every bad bill that Ardern & Labour put in place – which is most of them, should have been undone, immediately. But we always knew Luxon was Labour lite. He proved it when he giggled alongside Jacinda during covid. The only reason National got in – was to oust Labour. Now they need to oust Luxon. | Christine |
| This Bill will not become an Act of Parliament because Luxon is no Donald Trump; he is more reminiscent of a John Key 2.0 clone as he buckles in the face of rampant Maori/ Left wing intimidation. Luxon is blind and deaf to the misery being inflicted on the majority of New Zealanders who do not support aggressive Maori tribalism coupled with Leninist communism. Instead Luxon openly derides his Coalition Partners and has done NOTHING that centre-right voters actually voted him in to do. He appears unmoved by the fact the Ardern Government’s policies and her He Puapua blueprint is embedded throughout the public sector, the News media and the tertiary education establishments. Moreover he is unconcerned about the growing threat to New Zealand’s Parliamentary democracy, and the several million immigrants who swore allegiance to it. | Phil |
| The fact that DEI was entrenched in legislation just demonstrates how captured government is. The public Service is completely rogue and out of control. | Kenneth |
| Govt need to show strong leadership and dismiss all wokeness. | David |
| Of course! Hire on merit only. Difficult to do if too many career bureaucrats are already DEI hires however. | Mark |
| When is this Coalition government going to wake up? | Jan |
| They’re doing this in the US now so let’s follow their sensible lead. | Chris |
| YES definitely it is a no brainer Luxton has to go, we need a leader with a pair. You will all regret this when the reds get back in and lick the woke green gays | rod |
| National is a failure and Luxon is a spineless jellyfish who couldn’t lead a dog to a bone. Only NZF and ACT have any spine. NZ as usual leads from the rear due to weak leadership and the infestation by socialist cockroaches. | John |
| Immediately! | Carol |
| An excellent article which highlights clearly that National are failing the people of New Zealand. They are not listening and need to take into account why people have become disillusioned as can be seen in the polls. | Cheryl |
| That DEI garbage should have been wiped on day ONE Prime Minister.President Trump has done it,so now you can to. | malcolm |
| Luxon is a waste of space along with many other politicians. What politicians must remember is this; The Taxpayer pays their salaries and other benefits and whoever pays your wages/salary etc is your boss. We live in a democracy not a serfdom. The taxpayer is regarded as a serf and not as the person they were elected to serve. NZ seems to have gone back to the Middles ages when there were Lords and serfs and democracy is irrelevant. Time to get rid of this bunch of drones in the beehive. | Kevin |
| Pronto | Ian |
| absolutely without question or delay | Brian |
| Let down by National | Wayne |
| As a long standing financial supporter of St John, never again will they receive a cent from me unless they revoke the foreign nomenclature that, apparently willingly, they have accepted. | David |
| National are losing voters by the hour as they continue to do almost nothing IN RESPECT OF DEI if labour wrestles back the treasury benches next year this country is finished We deserve better than Luxon and we need a change now | Greg |
| Urgently | Kevin |
| It is time for a REAL NZ Party to rise out of the ashes of NZ failure and act with the interest of ALL NZ at its core. A Trump like figure. A real man is needed. Not someone neutered like Luxon or Key before him. | T |
| Most definitely! A real handbrake for this poor wee country! | caroline |
| Definitely yes. Should have been done by our Coalition Government last year. | Lee |
| Of course it should! What happened to one person; one vote? & that we are all equal??? I’m sick of the agenda that says we are all equal .. until we’re not. & that my vote is worth less than someone else’s. Equality in their eyes is only if you are the same as them. I don’t mind diversity, but just because I’m not different doesn’t mean I’m less | FloJo |
| DEI is holding NZ back – whoever is best for the job should get it and not someone who is ashamed of their gender | David |
| Luxon needs to grow some bigger balls and stop pussy footing around. We need decisive answers yes or no otherwise we are going to be looking at a new government next election. | Ross |
| Definitely | Steve |
| ASAP! Luxon and co, get on with it! You were elected to lead change, but, sadly, little action. | Laurence |
| Yes Yes Yes!!! | Judith |
| ASAP!! | Bruce |
| agree 100% but should go further | Philip |
| before it’s all too late and the country collapses in disarray. | Alastair |
| This is deliberately destroying NZ and it’s economy. We’re puppets of the Oligarchy ruling the world. But we can make a stand if we had leaders with balls. Woke Luxon hasn’t any. We need someone similar to Trump and we’ve had them in the past. Seymore would be firmer. Surely there’s some in the ranks who would be firmer. Of course MMP has destroyed our chances of getting firm, strong, decisive leaders. Just like having large committees are useless. | Simon |
| Absolutely and with urgency! | Greg |
| But its in the private members barrel so the PM needs to take the initiative to get it out and prioritise it. If he doesn’t then he has really revealed his hand and he should be voted out | Terrence |
| I hope nz first can be successful for the sake of all NZ. Labour and Green are out of control with all this woke stuff when they are in power. My biggest fear is if enough foolish people vote them back in next election. So many people who don’t realize what may happen if we end up with Tribal rule. These fools need awakening but how? I have been worried about the situation in this country for some years now. | Paul |
| ASAP | Anthony |
| We voted for this | Bryan |
| hire the best person for the job | Peter |
| Yes remove the insanity | Leon |
| About time | Dennis |
| Be like America and cleanse the layers of previous appointed socialist class employees. | Neville |
| Definitely YES. Please get rid of thre woke DCI aspects in ALL legislation. Employ and promote on the basis of ability – not sex or race. Please do it pronto. | Keith |
| I want NZ to go back to being a democracy where everyone is equal under the law regardless of race. | Lynn |
| Immediately | Greg |
| Too much “woke”, too much pushing a rascist barrow, too much forgetting that NZ( NOT Aotearoa) is a polycultural and not bicultural, too much pusxhing the Maori barrow, too much rewriting of NZ’S history. Time to reclaim our democracy!!!!! | Sandra |
| The sooner the better | Les |
| As soon as possible. The woke agenda has proven to be destructive and responsible for many, many significant failures. | David |
| The person with the best qualifications for the job should be the one that gets the job. All people appointed to write DEI into government legislation should be dismissed. This would save the tax payer huge amounts of money and help see meritocracy wins the day. | Carol |
| Absolutely essential national needs to support it | Helen |
| So very, very important! | Janet |
| A propriety! Absolutely essential!, | Dianne |
| Get rid of Woke | Shary |
| absolutely | mike |
| We must return to a merit based system | Bruce |
| Needed urgently. | Mark |
| With utmost urgency. DEI part of Wokism is a disaster wanting to happen. It is all part of this same WEF Globalist Agenda !! | Geoff |
| Overdue, and must happen this year or Labour will be back next election to shaft us all. | Greg |
| should not even need saying | murray |
| Get rid of all this WOKE crap and get rid of Luxon even though his recent investment was a success and we need to increase productivity but with the current race issue this will not encourage overseas investors due to much uncertainty | Ken |
| And in a hurry. Luxon said thr coalition would de-maorify the public service,yeah nah. Too hard and might upset the Maoris.There are no Maori left they have bred with every race which has come to New Zealand so much,their blod is no longer Maori but diluted to a bitter. | Peter |
| Employment opportunities must be based on ability & nothing else. | David |
| Very swiftly and with unshakeable resolution | Tony |
| Absolutely, I have for months been writing to my National MP complaining about Luxons woke performance. I am absolutely gutted that NZ has not turned the corner that Adern and her malicious policies created. Surely there are enough NZers alive and awake that oppose this woke activist rubbish and create /restore the fabulous NZ we admire. Not forgetting also that the tribal antics of grunting, chanting and baring ones backside to NZ officials is making us the laughing stock of global societies. This must be terminated forthwith. | Neville |
| We should all stand together and get this cointryback on track support support the coalition please | Janet |
| With no loophole that can be exploited by Maori | Alastair |
| Definitely, NOW! This DEI and racisit crap will otherwise drive NZ to Zimbabwe society type levels or, if enough people of moral principles left (unless having fled) civil war. Luxton needs to grow a pair, or replace him. | Andrew |
| Sooner the better. DEI was a woke premise which only ensured failure. | Graham |
| Absolutely I is a dangerous movement which will see N Z b come like South Africa in less than 10 years | Beth |
| Simply, yes., and as fast as is possible | graham |
| Absolutely. It is tragic that it should need a new law to enshrine the principle of color/race-blind merit as the only lawful measure when appointing government employees. | Johan |
| Of course it should be repealed. This country is going down the drain fast. I don’t understand why people haven’t worked out why Luxon has done noting about wokism. He is a plant, put into National to continue Labours wokism including he puapua co-governance rubbish, in case Labour was ousted in the last election then Luxon could carry on Labours agenda. Which thankfully it was ousted, but of course it’s made no difference, Labour’s agenda is still in power. Luxon dances to the same tune Labour does, which is to destroy this country, by collapsing the economy and destroying race relations. You think it’s bad now, wait till radical Maori get control of the government. You ain’t seen nothing yet! | peter |
| We are all one people. NEW ZEALANDERS. | Brian |
| Yes – a very important event!! | Murray |
| Clear thinking people find this a no-brainer | Tim |
| Good move in the right direction Winston. The elected members of the National Party must be frustrated with the useless Luxon. They must grow some balls and demote Luxon to the back bench ,.Elect a new leader and start introducing the promises that you made before the last election. This is the only way to save NZ from disaster. | Steve |
| Go for it | Peter |
| A BIG YES, but tweedle dumb wont want his agenda of getting a gong then leaving the national party and the whole country in the s***e so lets hope Winstons bill gets through, so him and David are realy the only inteiligent people in the political parties willing to say what this country needs and not kowtow to a bunch of woke useless civil servants, I dont like trump but he’s right with getting rid of this DEI crap | Richard |
| We as a nation should never have gotten into a situation like this. Of course this bill must be passed. | Dennis |
| Wake BS is destroying our society | Tane |
| Yes .. one rule for all .. one race New zealand | kabe |
| we need to rid ourselves of all this rubbish | Bill |
| Unequivocally, And the F”’ Up!!! | David |
| Enough already…ger rid ot racism and DEI | Cath |
| Hard to believe that it isn’t already government policy! | Lindsay |
| Yes, because the alternative which is driving through government and private institutions is grossly unfair and promotes lazy people gaining powerful positions. | Ray |
| merit is what counts | John |
| As a one legged person I should get priority to become a courier | Arthur |
| Sooner the better!! | Bev |
| Nats need to replace Luxon | Kevin |
| More power to Winston and Shane. I will work on my Mational MP! | DICK |
| Immediately – no time to lose | tHOMAS |
| These policies are killing our democracy aandhave no place in our society | Ray |
| I am tired of the increasing influence of Maori in decision making, the renaming of institutions and the use of the Maori language everywhere. | Helen |
| Thank you Muriel for your artical. It is unbelieveable what has been attempted by the Left wing. | Grame |
| forthwith | richard |
| OUT LUXON OUT, OUT LUXON OUT, OUT LUXON OUT!!!!. iTS TIME FOR THIS HOLLOW MAN ? TO GO. HE FALLS WAY SHORT OF THE MARK. WHAT A MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A PRIME MINISTER, NATIONAL AND NZ ARE DOOMED ,A SLOW AND HORRIBLE DEATH OF ALL THINGS GOOD AWAITS. | Glyn J |
| Yes – without delay! – President Trump has provided an excellent example of the direction the way forward needs to take. | Scott. |
| Ability and performance only. Colour, ancestry and sexual preferences should not be a factors in employment | Frank |
| Equality for all. | James |
| New Zealand has gone in total circles in the last seven years, seems that the squeaky “or disfunctional”wheel gets the oil | Laurie |
| The MOE is so rife with this rubbish that it impacts the curriculum in no useful way! | Steph |
| My country is being turned on its head by DEI and racial preferencing. I support this proposal as a basic move to terminating some of the backward steps taken in the name of woke. | Richard |
| Most definitely | John |
| Take chance out of the equation. Get it on the Order Paper and pass it quickly. Read the polls! | Philip |
| Wake up Mr Luxon as time is running out. When I heard you say partnership with iwi I shuddered. Understand you rebuilding the economy but don’t lose sight of the fact why us voters put you in there for. Sort out the woke stuff now. | Judy |
| ASAP ! | John |
| Yes, there is no place at all for DEI in any institution to create a separist society. | Tony |
| Immediately, without any further delay or excuses. | Marga |
| Undeniably YES! The WOKE Nonsence has taken ovcer the Government and until this is reversed and National openly adopts NZ First’s Private Bill NZ is doomed for rubbish heap! | Robyn |
| the sooner the better, end the bullshit & get the best person in job. Fire all the incompetents. | Chris |
| This is the only wat to save this country | ivan |
| Government must support and hasten this bill to be in law ASP or they will be likely one term Govt | leo |
| Promotion on merit, full stop, no exceptions. | Peter |
| Definitely | Dianne |
| It definitely needs to be made a priority. DEI is taking New Zealand backwards. | Ross |
| The sooner the better. | Mike |
| most definitely. this would help lift productivity . | John |
| Good health always involves us being willing to recognize and put an end to self destructive Concepts and behaviors. | Brian |
| This woke ideology needs to be permanently removed Merit should be the priority | Jennie |
| Absolutely, Time is running out for National and if Luxon doesn’t make a stand now it will be too late. There are still droves of people leaving our country and this is partly through our Woke policies, although you will never hear that through the media. | Lawrie |
| We need common sense, not decisions that minimise our grandchildren and great grandchildren. | Raymond |
| its what we voted the coalition in to do | Stanley |
| One can either be for or against vital political issues. Our PM is against a referendum on the original Treaty. Our PM is against opting out of the Paris climate disaster, costing NZ dozens of billions. Our PM is against the removal of DEI policies .Our PM is for the handing over of Consevation land to Iwi, certainly not against it. These are just a few , but vital points. Do I think he is the leader we, as New Zealanders want or need? NO NO NO. | Leonard |
| Of course the government should support NZ First’s Public Service Amendment Bill. It would seem the Labour Party have little idea why they were voted out and the National Party have even less idea why they were voted in. National desperately begged for money and support in the lead up to the election attempting to avoid having to govern with NZ First. They still don’t understand that in many ways they have moved away from their traditional voting base to a world of wokeism and subservience to unelected bureaucrats overseas. Voters were hoping they would wake up, not woke up. They seem determined to appease those who will never vote for them cementing their demise in the next election. Perhaps Luxon and co. should listen more carefully to NZ First . | Donald |
| Luxon is too woke and gutless to act on this. God save NZ because National won’t. | Hohepa |
| The aim of the Civil Rights Movement was to eliminate racism. In stark contrast, the aim of the woke social justice ideology is to redistribute racism. | Sarah |
| Yes BUT this Colition that is Goverment are NOT interested they are just going alone with Labout (UOT) started. National need to adress these policyies and bring back some Normality and STOP these RACE based policies. | Carl S |
| merit not identity citizen not individual | Robert |
| Definitely, and as quickly as possible. | Tony |
| Absolutely, without any doubts. | Ann |
| Absolutely imperative | Denise |
| I fail to see why National has not already passed this and other legislation to put an end to this nonsense. It would send a message to those of our “woke”” brigade. And it is well over due for National to get a grip on matters radical which, as you have mentioned, they don’t seem to recognise why they were elected elected. For goodness sake do something about it. | chris |
| This socialist (communist) agenda must be stopped! | John |
| Should have happened immediately they gained power | Jack |
| Yes!! | Marianne |
| One country, One people. | Marilyn |
| It is the same old story our PM has no intestinal fortitude.He is gutless in almost every important decision making process.I do not think he is very intelligent.He will not make decisions that need to be made. NZ was once the biggest ANTI APARTHEID COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD now we are not only supporting it we are PROMOTING IT.WHAT A COUNTRY WE ARE ALLOWING RACISM TO RULE. DEMOCRACY IS GOING OUT AND OUR GUTLESS LEADERS ARE ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. | Bill |
| Undoubtably! | Ian |
| 100% But I don’t believe the PM has the fortitude or gumption to do it. | Ross |
| Not before time Take a leaf out of DJT’s book | Greg |
| I agree with the article written, we need to act faster | Barbara |
| Donald Trump has abolished DEI. We must too. Absolutely it must be adopted and prioritised as a Government Bill | Colin |
| Yes follow Trumps lead on this one | George |
| It’s common sense. | john |
| One small voice to add to the whole | Lesley |
| Obvious need – but suppressed by a woke Prime Minister. When will National wake up and act to end DEI and ethno-tribalism. | Henry |
| IIt,s WAY overtime luxon is REMOVED & WINSTON is put in place as P.M. & National MPS are REMINDED WHY they have high paying jobs & its ONLY because voters wanted chane & EQUAL CITISIPE FOR EVERYONE unless they start giving voters what they promised it will be goodbye FOREVER as they,ll NEVER BE TRUSTED AGAIN | Cindy |
| A quiet coup has been developing for decades. Ardern and Co just added some nitro to the fuel. It will not stop now, it gathers momentum daily. The Long March Through the Institutions has been extremely successful and now ensures nothing short of a vicious counter coup can break this cycle. New Zealands will to survive appears to have be well broken. | Mark |
| Absolutely! Time for Christopher Luxon to grow a spine! | Allyson |
| Its way past time for this woke madness to be repealed. National Party supporters are angry that Luxon is deliberately avoiding anything that would deal with the Treaty “Partnership” culture that we are being bombarded with by the Public Sector activists all the time. We elected him to get rid of all this divisive nonsense. His concentration on the Economy will not cut it! His speech to Ngai Tahu on Waitangi Day says it all! We will lose the election if he maintains this woke stance, and then, Heaven help us as a nation! | Mary |
| Yes! Do it now, tomorrow may be too late. | TOBY |
| Stop funding for the iwi who- with their wealth, ought to be taking care of their own issues – not being a drain on tax payers. | Phil |
| Definitely. Utmost importance | Noel |
| Tomorrow if possible. | Sylvia |
| 100% this should have been done under urgency, also the cogoverance issue | Gareth |
| YES… VOTE NOW !!! the lunatics are running the circus now NOT THE GOVERNMENT….GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T OR WORSE STILL WONT. | Bruce |
| Absolutely | James |
| MERIT should be THE ONLY / PRIMARY selection criterion relative to the purpose of the Department and its responsibilities . Hugh Perrett | Hugh |
| The 80% are for this. Get it done. | Neil |
| Absolutely! If it doesn’t go through, then let’s insist the All Blacks as ambassadors for NZ, are next on the agenda for the Diversity and Inclusiveness madness. Maybe that will Wake up the Woke. | Trudy |
| I’m thoroughly sick of the corporate Wokester Luxon. He’s a loser who must be replaced asap. | Trevor |
| Immediately | Robyn |
| Absolutely. | Caren |
| It has to happen. If labour’s get back in the country will be stuffed | Owen |
| it is a major mprdiment to our progress | John |
| it’s unnatural | Giles |
| Absolutely | Dave |
| When looking for someone to take up a position, hirers should look at the person and their abilities not the colour of their skin, their ethnicity or their sexuality. | John |
| Absolutely, why is it taking so long ? | diana |
| Yes, have some guts and just do it. | Andrew |
| It’s a no brainer. Only the best applicant should get the job. No other reason matters. Common sense! | Koreen |
| DEI means more incompetent air tower controllers and surgeons, amongst others. Think hard about placing your life in hands such as those. | Barend |
| If the PM doesn’t allow this what hope is there for NZ? | Sandra |
| sick of all this woke stuff | Garth |
| Labour had and still has failed MPs who still follow Ardern’s subversion although she has eloped. | Ken |
| now | Wiremu |
| And quickly. The longer National stand back the harder to undo the damage. Wake up Christopher Luxon and do what you werevited in to do | Gail |
| Again Muriel a great insight I’ve read. | Derek |
| Diversity is destroying the NZ economy and future social harmony. | Maurice |
| If it is not then NZ will be returned to a totally woke position. | Ian |
| Merit only | Claire |
| Now Please. Politicians do the job you were voted in to do or resign NOW | Noel |
| Our fishbowl is too small now. WE ARE PART OF THE WORLD. This is a clash of Tribalism confronting Civilisation and not understanding the situation. The Treaty was for 19 th century NOT the 21st century. It took Europe 1100 years. What did Maori do in that time? What do Maori have to show for their years of living in NZ?? | Lyn |
| About Time | Graham |
| Post this article on Facebook and other media alternatives | Stan |
| Disillusioned by this government is an understatement!! They are not making good on their promises and forgetting why they were voted in. They are letting down their voters big time and will reap what they sow at the next election. | Pauline |
| very dangerous . must proceed with urgency! | Derek |
| Of course – that’s one of the many key issues that the current coalition got voted into parliament on. | Pavel |
| obviously | ian |
| We need to reclaim the once held standards of the Bible. Without them we too, like America, have gone off course. We too, can regain that course ,if we really want to .God is using Donald Trump to show us where we have gone wrong and how quickly it can be rectified if we have the will. “When America sneezes the world catches a cold” | Harvey |
| absolutely yes | john |
| National have hoodwinked the public voters with their inactivity on race based policies. | Peter & Christina |
| Yes! Equal rights for everyone | Gavin |
| Yes definitely, it has gone too far, as usual. | Kim |
| Sooner the better | Sue |
| Its a great start – but getting rid of the agenda driven ideologies in the public service needs to be given some teeth or it will still fester away – via the passionate but deceived individuals still involvrd. | Maurice |
| God forbid this most sensible Bill gets touted as a trump style approach. It is nothing like that fool’s madness. It is a sensible understanding of the divisive policies of the Ardern government and an attempt to remove all influence of and references to He Puapua, and to re-balance the decision-making processes. All power to Winston & colleagues for this sensible bill. It needs to be supported to the max. | Neil |
| Yes the sooner the better. !! The Coalition MUST take urgent action to reverse these WOKE Labour policies OR the consequences will be very serious for ALL Kiwis. | Andrew |
| We need to get back to the friendly ‘one colour’ ‘can do’ country we used to be. We never used to see people as a colour, nor as anything other than another person and everyone strove to be the best they could be. Now so many feel entitled and just need to put their hand out and it will be filled with what is asked for. No pride in achievement prevails now and that is so sad. | anna |
| The PM needs to adopt this bill as so far he seems to be ignoreing the polocies that he campained on during the election proses, He needs to wake up and start to carry out his promisses to the people who electe him. | David |
| This bill needs to be passed with utmost urgency. And all private companies drop DEI initiatives immediately. | Peter |
| Great proposed legislation. | Bruce |
| Immediately | Gary |
| For sure | Peter |
| To date the current coalition has not met its electoral mandate and this Bill must be adopted as a step towards doing so. | Denise |
| DEI needs to be replaced with merit | Daniel |
| Get rid of the woke policies that are ruining NZ Enough is enough | Jim |
| You just need to delve into who is running nearly all our institutions and the resulting chaos I voted to stop this if some one is brown, blue, gay whatever I don’t care if they have proven merit and have experience in said position. Not just because they are brown white blue and gay or whatever. I’m 80 my country is no longer NZ we weren’t perfect but pretty good almost the best place to be. Not any more. If I were of European heritage today with young sons especially If be moving knowing full well if they aspired to medicine law no matter how smart or suitable to the position they might be chosen. after the required group of DEI applicants | Lorraine |
| Mr. Luxon is weak and has lost my support. He needs to stand up and do a Trump on a number of issues around the Treaty nonsense that is getting out of hand. Leadership leadership is what is required. | Murray |
| The ‘woke’ agenda being pushed by marxist ideology must be stopped throughout NZ Universities and schools, National and local government and corporations. | Brett |
| This is the first step towards ridding bureaucracy of wokeness. Those who profess woke ideology must also lose their jobs! | Donna |
| Get rid of it. | Mike |
| with urgency | Penny |
| Absolutely. As a New Zealander born and bred and in my 80th year I am greatly offended by having any written communications from Government departments including text messages from my medical practice headed with the greeting Kiora and signed with Nga Mihi. What does this even mean? I speak English and wish to be addressed in my language. I realise this is but a small thing but from a tiny acorn does a mighty oak grow ie the radicalism of New Zealand or Aotearoa as the activists deign to call our country. | Mary |
| Time to stop the appeasement madness. | Mike |
| REMOVE SUCH BILL IT NOT DEMOCRATIC | Dominique Greenslade |
| Whilst this needs to happen the damage is mostly done. The effects roll along like a huge steamroller, with the DEI influencers undeterred no matter who instructs them. | Neil |
| Definitely repeal DEI | ROBERT |
| The sooner the better | Tony |
| Common sense makes sense. A race based NZ will go down the road of South Africa with competant people leaving on mass for the “real” world. Ask any expat how this works ! | CHARLES |
| It’s a no brainer. I have given up on Christopher Luxon. What a bloody light weight. | Maddi |
| It’s one of the things we all voted for. As usual, we’re trailing the rest of the world fighting back against this idiocy. | Dave |
| Luxon needs to go | Ross |
| We need to roll back the cancer that is so-called diversity and inclusiveness, as well as all the maori infiltration that suggests that they are in the right and the rest of us are in the wrong – if this keeps up, I can almost guarantee that a large number of people, qualified people that this country sorely needs to get ahead, will simply vote with their feet and move to another country that is more inclusive | Trevor |
| of course | DOUGLAS |
| Yes, we need the madness to stop, so we and our children and grandchildren can be part of a country where everyone is treated equally | Fiona |
| and the sooner the better. It will take years to revert back to a meritocracy | Duncan |
| Absolutely | Robyn |
| A simple but essential tactic for the Coalition to take. | Paul |
| DEI = DIE. God save New Zealand. | Christine |
| Even under urgency – before this government gives away what is left of true New Zealand to the radical woke agenda destroying the fabric of this once united country. | Stuart |
| For sure | Nick |
| We must urgently return to a meritocracy or the race to the bottom of the world will continue, along with the immense waste of money from those who haven’t got a clue. | Barbara |
| Long over due | Richard |
| The reluctance to risk alienation from. Voters who will never vote for this government or its partners is stupidity. End DEI now through a new act with teeth. | Bruno |
| Should never been aloud to get to this point and where are the government we voted in I believe Luxto beads to go so we can get the country back on track before it’s too late | Peter |
| This is vital. | Rod |
| absolutely | Geoff |
| Yep, for sure. | Chris |
| ASAP | Vince |
| Urgently | tony |
| Time for some sense!! | Derek |
| The adoption of the Bill as a Government Bill is a matter of priority before the rot gets any deeper. I am one of the disappointed voters who sought relief and good sense post the Ardern /Hipkins disgrace. And abuse of democracy. | Peter |
| I thought National campaigned on this taking place? | Philip |
| For sure | Evans |
| Absolutely. Luxoon had better get very busy implementing the changes promised at the last election if he doesn’t want to be part of history at the next one. | Terry |
| Sadly, not much chance with Luxon as Leader. Vote Act or NZF. | Chuck |
| ONLY a meritocracy is acceptable. | Geoffrey |
| End the mayhem ! | Deb |
| This would help but the problem is the majority party in the coalition – National – is too woke.Luxon should take a leaf from Donald Trump’s playbook. | John |
| Note: Email has been corrupted and no vote link is available. Spot on! A great example is the speed limits in that the 60 kph was to be removed from peak hour vehicle travel. This was actioned by the previous Transport Minister Simeon Brown. However, the transport ministry is ignoring that directive. This was confirmed in Wellington by the writer. It is clear that the Government must regain control of the Public Sector or be controlled by the machine. Recently, the writer was personally directed by the new Transport Minister to send an email to arrange a meeting that he was keen to have. This instruction was given by the minister using SMS. The meeting request email was sent to the machine – the writer is still waiting!!! | Frederick |
| Dump DEI entirely | Collin |
| YES | Alex |
| Without question – Iam one who has resigned from the National Party over their racial policies – or lack of them. | Gerry |
| Obviously yes. But, if the polls can be believed and are an accurate picture of voting intention, then the argument that because National are failing to address the DEI-Woke-race problem is the reason the Coalition are doing so badly doesn’t stand up. Surely, if this was the case, voters would flock to ACT and NZFirst, sending a strong signal to National, but leaving the Coalition still with a majority. That’s not the case. They have turned back to the Left. This makes no sense….unless a large chunk of swing voters are ignorant of what Labour did last time…or are apathetic about it. That’s the real concern here! | Derek |
| National was always woke, as is ACT. Only NZ1st is anti-woke. National must replace Luxton and change direction and become MORALLY conservative | james and sue |
| Absolutely stop DEI. That’s why they were voted in. To stop racism. To stop mediocrity ruling or we are finished as a first world country. | Laurine |
| and all the other woke stuff too | Alan |
| Absolutely!! Woke ideology is ruining New Zealand, it us imperative that it be stopped before it is too late. | Margaret |
| Time the National Party showed leadership. | Graham |
| Enough of that nonsense | Peter |
| What we need is a Prime Minster who is not a wuss but a genuine leader. WE certainly don’t have that a the moment. | John |
| If it isn’t passed asap NZ is finished | Graeme |
| Luxon was never going to make significant changes. The average voter doesn’t do any homework on the people standing for election. Lindsay Perigo called Luxon ‘Jacinda Jackboots Mark Two’ at the time of the election. | Leonie |
| Yes, introduce this bill as a priority. But is there anything in this bill that Luxon will like? Anything? | Peter |
| National is loosing control of the country as a one nation one people. We need that as a priority now. | Pavithra |
| A BIG yes. This is what we voted for. Looking back over the last 30 to 50 yearsboth National and Labour have stuffed our country with this treaty crap. Get rid of it or get rid of those two main culprits. Very disappointed in National, no more voting for them. | Peter |
| The sooner.the better. | Mike |
| Defeat of the Coalition at the next election wouwould be tragic but is a real possibility with the Politically weak Luxon doesn’t get of his fundamental body part. | Anthony |
| Yes that is what we voted for | Beverley |
| where’s Musk when you need him, Acts and the Nats are missing n action.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZExsfQ9tE | Allan |
| Definitely, this has gone on too long and Luxton has turned into a Labourite wearing a blue tie. | William |
| A resounding YES | David |
| Eliminating woke? The controlled demolition of the Beehive would be a good start. | neil |
| Yes of course but National hasn’t got the guts to do it and ACT won’t because Seymour hates Winston | Ian |
| As a retired pharmacist I regard it as a matter of urgency. I have worked in many pharmacies recently and I can state categorically that “cultural safety” is completely unnecessary and is not appropriate. What IS necessary is for pharmacists and their staff to treat all patients with respect as individuals. This is standard practice in al pharmacies. | Doug |
| The Public service needs to be dismantled from Labour Party control, and needs to be severed from Govt, control and influence from party members and party influence! | David |
| Time to right the ship, abandon UN and Paris agreements including UNDIP! | Norman |
| Legislation is essential to stop this rot | mary |
| merit, science and logic should be the drivers | Perce |
| Yes, of course but don’t bank on te reo Luxon doing anything. He appears to be a committed devotee of Maori wonderfulness and is himself woke, woke, woke. | Alan |
| The Liebour Govt in 2020 brought in the previous amendments to the Act via a GOVERNMENT BILL, not a members bill. It did not have to rely on pure luck be pulled from the ballot tin! They raised the Public Service Legislation Bill and Chippy simply shoved it through in the same way that they did a lot of other damage. It is therefore appropriate to ask why NZF has had to put this into a members bill rather than work in concert with National/ACT? Is it because it does not have Luxon’s whole hearted support because he has DEI leaking out of his pores? It is a no-brainer – this bill must be adopted as a Government bill (as it should have been on day 1) and pursued under urgency. Then Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement applied to make it so! | Doug |
| Just hire people on merit. | Kate |
| They should do it yesterday – and while they’re at it, repeal Labour’s 2022 changes to the Incorporated Societies Act so that the idiotic Treaty related changes to constitutions, such as those for the poor benighted pharmacists can be binned forthwith. Get with the mood of your voters National. We’re sick to death of this enforced racist indoctrination. Change the laws why don’t you??? | Wendy |
| Ardern,Dipkins and Bloomfield have much to answer for, in the destruction of our country, by their useless so called marxist government that they were responsible for, all of them have to be held to account for! mostly genocide. | Daviid |
| Yes, yes, yes – repealing the woke crap that’s been allowed to destroy so much that is good in this country, is vital. It’s been criminal that it has been allowed to get to this stage.. | Geoff |
| There needs to be a clean sweep of anything that undermines equal rights in this country. This bill should just be a start. And the coalition need to ignore the fury of opponents and remember that they are doing it for good, honest Kiwis who want common sense and a fair go restored. In other words, we want our country back! | Tony |
| Good on Winston! Now let’s see how much of a leader Luxon is. | Paul |
| The Coalition should have already developed a strategy for dealing with this explosion of woke stuff. That’s why we voted for them for goodness sake. Don’t they realise how important it all is. It is changing our country before our eyes. | Maureen |
| Let’s hope that a Bill like NZF is proposing will rid the country of all the racist programmes. It has got completely out of control. | Brian |