Freedom, democracy and the Rule of Law are the cornerstones of a modern society.
So, let’s start 2025 with a quick stocktake on how well these foundations are being defended.
First of all, it’s important to remind ourselves that the Coalition was elected on the promise of reversing Labour’s destructive policy agenda, that was undermining all three pillars of our society.
Freedom
Under Labour, freedom was under threat as never before. Like an authoritarian dictator, the former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used the pandemic to declare she was the ‘single source of truth’. Anyone opposing her views not only risked being cancelled but could end up with the Police knocking on their door.
In the name of empathy and compassion, powerful new Hate Speech Laws were being planned that would have criminalised anything Labour disagreed with. Misinformation and Disinformation Centres had been established to promote Labour’s “woke” agenda and suppress views that did not conform.
Social media had become a censorship minefield until Elon Musk restored freedom to Twitter. Now Donald Trump’s election as US President appears to be restoring it to Facebook – although not yet in New Zealand.
Whilst our Coalition Government has ditched the hate speech restrictions, and is now attempting to restore free speech to universities, whether they comply or remain defiant is yet to be seen.
And that’s the problem the Coalition faces. All too often their policy changes fall on deaf ears. They are battling a State Sector that is largely hostile to anything that threatens their deeply rooted commitment to the agenda put in place by the Ardern Government.
With too many Ministers not following through to ensure the changes they have introduced are being enacted as proposed, there are now claims that the Coalition is “in Government, but not in power”.
And we can see it for ourselves whenever we turn on Television New Zealand News. “Aotearoa” still features strongly as the name of our country, the Maori language continues to be liberally splashed around, and some weather presenters use only Maori placenames rendering the forecasts incomprehensible to most New Zealanders.
TVNZ is a flagship operation – high profile and State-owned. One would have expected it to uphold government policy.
Why they haven’t been brought into line more than a year after the election is a good question. Is it time to replace the Board? Or do management and senior staff need to go as well?
Whatever the solution, this dithering by the Coalition is making it look weak and foolish.
That government agencies are effectively thumbing their noses at official directives and getting away with it without consequences is totally unacceptable. The time for Ministerial rhetoric has passed. Labour’s dangerous agenda needs to be purged from every cul-de-sac within the public sector. Until the Coalition confronts and defeats this ‘enemy within’, their own policy platform remains largely ineffective.
When the country voted for change, we expected the new Government to be up to the task of delivering on their promises. We expected the bureaucracy to implement their policies fully.
If the Coalition wants to see an example of effective reform and follow-through, perhaps they should examine the performance of President Javier Milei in Argentina. Whilst his country still faces major challenges, and his approach is too confronting for most weak-kneed career-focused politicians, the progress he has made in only a year is undeniable.
An avowed libertarian, the former podcaster and economist campaigned for the Presidency – and for freedom – wielding a chainsaw. He promised to slash bureaucracy and wasteful government spending in order to bring hyperinflation under control. He told the public that the country’s dire situation had been caused by decades of collectivist policies, and he pledged to abolish or merge the seventeen government departments into nine, cut public sector jobs by 70,000, chainsaw 700 laws from the Statute books, and turn entrenched budget deficits into surpluses.
Elected as President with a 56 percent majority in late 2023, but needing the support of the former ruling party to govern, he has significantly reduced inflation, trimmed government departments, cut 30,000 public sector jobs, abolished 200 laws, and delivered a budget surplus.
He has done this without losing public support, despite the outcry from his left-wing opponents.
Not content with focussing on defeating socialism – which he sees as the gravest of all threats to western civilisation – in his own country, he now wants to help defeat it around the world.
Accordingly, at his first United Nations address late last year he explained Argentina would not support the UN’s Pact for the Future – a reconstruction of their deeply socialist Agenda 2030:
“The 2030 Agenda… is nothing more than a supranational government program, socialist in nature, which seeks to solve the problems of modernity with solutions that violate the sovereignty of nation states and violate people’s right to life, liberty and property… Argentina will not support any policy that implies the restriction of individual freedoms, or the violation of the natural rights of individuals, no matter who promotes it or how much consensus that institution has. For this reason, we wish to express our dissent on the Pact of the Future, and we invite all the nations of the free world to join us… in the creation of a new agenda for this noble institution: the agenda of freedom.”
The majority of countries – including New Zealand – supported the Pact of the Future.
While many problems lie ahead for Argentina, their latest policy initiative to reduce the size of their bloated bureaucracy demonstrates a determination to achieve their goals: starting 2025, new state employees can only be hired if three existing employees are fired within the same department.
This initiative echoes moves by President Trump, who has made deregulation a cornerstone of his economic policy, promising to cut regulations by 75 percent, freeze new regulations, and require agencies to eliminate two existing rules for every new one adopted.
Yet the progress of our Coalition in reducing the size of our bureaucracy – which exploded under Labour from 47,000 to almost 66,000 – has been dismal.
The latest workforce data shows that in September 2024, the public sector stood at 62,820 full time jobs, down from 65,699 in December 2023 – a loss of just 2,879 jobs!
This is not the sweeping reform that was promised.
The Coalition has a long way to go to restore the numbers back to where they were before Labour embedded their political allies deep within State institutions.
One of the greatest advocates of freedom in New Zealand used to be the mainstream media. The self-regulatory body, the Media Council still says on their website: “There is no more important principle in a democracy than freedom of expression. Freedom of expression and freedom of the media are inextricably bound.”
They claim ‘balance’ is a key principle: “Publications should be bound at all times by accuracy, fairness and balance and should not deliberately mislead or misinform readers by commission or omission. In articles of controversy… a fair voice must be given to the opposition view.”
Yet is spite of these admirable goals, ever since an adoring media assisted Jacinda Ardern’s rise to power, balance has largely been absent. Falling audience numbers are a testimony to that.
Whether they will recognise the problem and re-establish their credibility remains to be seen. To date, there is little evidence to suggest they will.
Democracy
We hoped He Puapua had died with the Ardern government.
Not so.
The He Puapua roadmap to replace democracy with tribal rule by 2040 – the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi – continues to threaten our democratic future.
An example of its continued influence can be seen in the recent consultation on the Ministry of Regulation’s proposed Regulatory Standards Bill.
Iwi leaders criticised it for not including a specific Treaty of Waitangi clause.
The discussion document, prepared by the new Ministry, states: “The Ministry for Regulation has produced a Treaty Impact Analysis, which provides the Ministry’s initial analysis of the Treaty impacts of the proposal.”
Yet New Zealanders were under the impression that when the Coalition pledged to “Stop all work on He Puapua”, the Treaty of Waitangi would no longer be a consideration in the governing of our country – except in Treaty settlements.
What the Regulation Ministry’s heavily redacted Treaty Impact Analysis shows is that the Government is still evaluating legislation against Treaty principles – guided by a radical Cabinet Office directive created by the Ardern Government to deliver He Puapua.
In other words, this brand-new Ministry has clearly embraced He Puapua.
What has also become clear over the last year is that a ‘softly, softly approach’ does not work against tribal activism.
There is only one way to stop this madness and that’s to draw a line in the sand and say “No”. All references to the Treaty (except from settlement legislation) and all references to race should be removed from the Statute books.
That’s what the NZCPR will be pushing for in 2025.
Racial privilege for some is racial discrimination against others. Are we all equal – or are some more equal than others?
The Coalition needs to get off the fence and decide.
Rule of Law
A further front of attack is political activism within the judiciary. The introduction of “tikanga” or Maori custom – which can mean whatever anyone wants it to mean – into the law, has been driven by the activist judges of the Supreme Court.
This week’ NZCPR Guest Commentator is former Judge and Law Lecturer Anthony Willy, an outspoken critic of the inclusion of tikanga in the law. He has identified a new emerging threat to the Rule of Law – the proposed introduction of “Bijural Law”.
He explains that merging Tikanga with the Common Law into a new “bijural” legal system for New Zealand is the objective of a newly appointed Judge to the Court of Appeal – and he is deeply concerned that someone with such radical intent would have been approved by this Government.
“Now we have Justice Christian Whata not only an advocate of tikanga but seeking to use it to develop his bijural system of law. If this is allowed to continue and if Parliament does not repeal the regulations requiring the insertion of tikanga in most law subjects, then litigation will become a lottery with the prize going to the most imaginative tikanga educated counsel…
“It requires no conspiracy theorising to see this as part of the wider drive to dismantle a pillar of our democracy and impose the pernicious Ardern He Puapua construct in which a small group of activist Maoris seek to impose their wishes on the public with the long-term goal of taking over the governance of New Zealand. The rot is now too deeply imbedded in our politics and in the law. To continue hoping, as do some of our political leaders, that it will go away, and commonsense and equal rights will prevail is utterly misguided. They will not.”
It is time the Coalition told us whether they intend to remove tikanga from the law – or allow it to fester and undermine the Rule of Law in New Zealand.
Conclusion
While the Coalition is clearly making progress in delivering their election pledges, they are weak in some of the key areas that underpin freedom, democracy, and the Rule of Law.
Many State institutions have been captured by radicals and continually undermine the Coalition. Through their biased reporting the mainstream media poisons the public’s mind against the new Government, and tribal leaders continue their lust for power, assisted not only by the public sector and the media, but also by the Courts.
That is the reality of New Zealand in 2025.
The Coalition has a year to turn things around so that as we begin the journey to the election, they can demonstrate they have the situation under control – instead of merely saying so.
Whether they are up to the task – remains the big question of 2025.
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THIS WEEK’S POLL ASKS:
*Do you believe the Coalition has the backbone to make the significant changes it promised?
*Poll comments are posted below.
*All NZCPR poll results can be seen in the Archive.
THIS WEEK’S POLL COMMENTS
| The PM Mr Luxon needs to meet US Pres. D. Trump and learn leadership in how to unify a country. In the first day Pres. Trump had pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord, World Health Org. and shut D.E.I. offices, along with many other things that benefit the American people. New Zealand is rotting from the inside with its tribalism, race-based polices,D.E.I. that National seem to fully support since Jim Bolger voted to keep the toxic Maori seats. It is time to listen to the peoples’ vote or I will not be voting Nat. in any form. What the hell is Winston Peters actually doing to excise the poison from our system? | Monica |
| The coalition is weak and spineless. Any positive moves by the minority parties are diluted and negated by a deeply socialist National that is effectively similar to Labour but just a bit less crap. Luxon is a treacherous globalist selling out NZ at the behest of his puppet master, John Key who in turn is a puppet of globalism and the UN/WEF cabal. | John |
| Hopefully! | Carol |
| David Seymour is the only one with the cajones to make it happen. Winnie has let me down completely. If he were half a man, he would back up David Seymour, but unfortunately, he has folded just like Luxon….shameful. | Anje |
| Luxon is spineless. | Dayal |
| Maori place names, language reference to NZ as Aoteroa still dominate, Judicial law still favours Maoris against white New Zealanders. National is not standing up for the Voters to rid us of this activitst push against law, order and equality for all. | Lesley |
| Do not think they have enough back bone. Aldo it feels if David says xyz Winston will say the opposite and Christopher walks a tightrope between them | Lindsay |
| Sadly this coalition, in particular National are running scared and the end result will end in the Maori wedge being driven in further. | Chris |
| One part of the coalition doesn’t seem to have the fortitude to do what’s necessary. Sad really, our beautiful country going down the gurglar | Claire |
| While National hold the most seats and therefore the most ‘say’ there will be little chance of major change. I think Act and NZF have the will to follow up on the changes but until they hold the balance of power progress will be slow. I believe – I hope – that NZ will see the light and put NZF and Act into power in the next election. Then we will see change and sanity restored. | Don |
| The leaders of both National and NZ First are absolutly devoid of any courage and desire to stand up for the people who voted for them to make the changes. | Warren |
| Twelve months into the term and no sign of any intestinal fortitude says gutless B.S. – again. After 50 years voting Nats next time I’m forACT. | Rob |
| As with Canada only solution is The Donald approach and kill all Woke Tribal initiatives! ALL TIBAL OUT NOW! | Norman |
| Luxon is weak- in his State of the Nation he said it’s too easy to say NO. By promoting the ” partnership” principles claimed in the Treaty he is giving Maori veto rights over major decisions in NZ. It’s Iwi who are holding up much of the Port building in NZ – until they are paid enough to say Yes. the government should hold senior civil servants accountable for implementing government policy or fire them. These highly paid public servants block change. As our motivated talented people leave NZ we will be left with a “majority of mediocrity” ( quoting Seymour) voting in left wing governments held to ransom by TPM, the Greens and labours Maori Caucus. NZ is on its way to becoming a 3rd world country – 2 more terms of Left wing governments will put us there. | Lorraine |
| Luxon tries to build consensus and avoid conflict. He may lead his party well but hes failing at leading the Country. | Grant |
| National hasn’t | vaughan |
| National melts under left pressure. NZ First and Act are solid. | Andrew |
| We haven’t heard any reference to this at all , so I would say they are letting it happen! | Carole |
| National and Luxon are the problem. Way too woke. We need a Donald Trump! | Pamela |
| Only David Seymour shows any sign if spinal fortitude, along with some of the Act party, as well New Zealand First. I fear that National are by and large a mere shadow of what they once were! | J J |
| David has the backbone, Luxon has none, he is a weak coward | Carole |
| not with tweedle dumb in charge of national who is only wanting a gong when he loses the election next year, so it shows how far he is up the brown mobs backside by not enforcing the tv stations to stop using the gibberish instead of English but most probably the employees are threaten with the sack if they dont talk gibberish, and stuff even says its not govt bought but i bet they have their finger in aderns slush fund but they still want money from readers. If David Seymour wasnt standing up for the decent people of NEW ZEALAND we would be in deeper s**t than we are in now, so the sooner tweedle dumb goes and David and to a certain degree Winston take over the better this country may get, OR ask Trump to sort us out as hes doing in the USA, we should also leave the so called Paris un crap and the climate BS, plus a few other money wasting organizations that we have joined, Then put the treaty in a folder marked NOT RELEVANT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE , If labour get back in next year bet a bottom dollar that adhern will come back and start sprouting her poison and picking up all her backhanders, surprised Trump hasnt told her to FO. | Richard |
| they should have dismantled the leftist media immediately after taking office and then cleaned out the socialist public servants | Stanley |
| Absolutely no and they do not have the balls either. What a terrible mess this country is in, It needs a real strong leader and not a bunch of whips to lead this little country. | Tom |
| Disappointing | Hazel |
| One year in and it is full throttle to appease the maori activist IWI. As one example the Wanganui Iwi are getting mutiple millions of taxpayer dollars, and also wanting asset sharing / co governance of council assets. This gravy train has to stop immediatly. Why dont NZ First and Act put a no confidence vote on National,and just support National on demand and supply. That might activate some clear thinking middle right National party politician, who is against any co governance arrangments, and also look into all the treaty settlements since 1975, to take up the reins of leadership. This juggernaut of compensation has to be stopped in its tracks. New Zealand as a country cannot afford this finanancially nor socially. | steven |
| very little of what they promised has been followed through in implementation | Michael |
| I say no but I really hope they do have the backbone. Compared to the previous Government I think they have made some good progress. They will definitely need a second term. If I have a concern, it would be the PM Mr Luxon doesn’t seem to have the same sense of frustration or concern with our current racial issues as Mr Seymour or a large number of New Zealanders, we need to settle this. | Rob |
| unfortunately Luxon doesn’t have the gonads to do as MOST KIWIS want Including National Voters – SHAME on him …. listen to us the people you’re meant to serve not gift carrying part-Maori activists. | Carol |
| Only if Luxon backs down to Seymour. | Warren |
| Two out of the 3 coalition leaders have it. Luxon just needs to back them also as we the voters voted him in to do so. | James |
| Our politicians remain interested deeply in their own echo chambers. | Max |
| In a single word, no. National in particular, and New Zealand First to a slightly lesser extent, are silent on the issue. Act is being isolated by those two parties. Luxon is failing to read the room, and Peters and Jones seem to have lost their collective voice. In the meantime, the radical moari continue to use the treaty for false claims and the media constantly attacks the coalition. Very little hope for the country now. | Gavin |
| If they can control the Maori activists | Ross |
| Instead of complaining about National have you all put your submissions in for The Treaty Principles Bill . A good platform to do so is Don Brashes Hodsons Choice. | Owen |
| No. Not at the moment. One can see the clear abject panic fear on Luxon’s face when he is confronted directly by strong media questions about de-Maorification. He has said on TV that he will handle these problems on a case by case basis. So we need to publish a descending list of the five most urgent things that we, the New Zealand public want to see be totally corrected over the next six months. Then simply challenge him to make it happen. I feel once they make a start then the job becomes easier for them. They just have to make a genuine start. It seems that this is the hard part. Such current nonsense should not be allowed to feaster for a further day. We need to keep relentless pressure on Mr Luxon and his crew. Maybe we should come up with some suggested pro forma legislation that could be of assistance. Now how could we do that? | Garry. |
| No – National, as the dominant party in the coalition, lacks the spine to do what is required to unify New Zealand. With knee-knockers such as Luxon and Finlayson in power, New Zealanders hopes for a reset of direction are fast fading. So disappointing. | Rodger |
| Luxon, still KOWTOWING to the W.E.F/UN/WHO/FAO, just the same as a light-blue, neo/lib-lab /lefty ARDERN/DIPKINS, WANNABE NWO, VERSION… JUST THE SAME, BUT A WHOLE LOT WORSE !! | David |
| I beleive this government has not followed through with its election promises. it is still fearfull of moari backlash. When it comes to principals Luxon is weak. | Mark |
| luxon needs to go. | terence |
| Hopefully. Unfortunately, National is dragging the chain. | Josie |
| No – because backbone requires constant follow-up and Luxon promised to do so. The Bureaucrats are behaving poorly and can’t be left to their own devices | Glenn |
| They have lied to us all, and gone woke, and the ones that spoke up before, seem to be very quiet now | Ingrid |
| National in particular is letting us down. PM Luxon does not appear to understand a parliamentary democracy. He acts as a CEO ignoring the wishes of those that put him in government. | Henry |
| National hasn’t got the backbone to follow through on their promises. Gutting… | Caroline |
| Too much fence sitting, not enough firm control to do what is needed. Thats the PMs fault…….get cracking Luxon, stop talking and DO the job you and coalition were voted to parliament to do the right thing and STOP the ROT. | Bev |
| I consider David Seymour has the necessary intelligence and fortitude to do so. A difficult task though given the Public Service and the Judiciary have been left to get away with ignoring the current governments directives. The electoral obligations remain to be fully met. | Peter |
| The Government is weak and is lead by Luxon who is a shill for the WEF and UN. He is our biggest problem in removing He Puapua | Sheila |
| Luxon is in appeasement mode. If Seymour was PM, maybe it might be different, but then I’m not so sure he would go far enough. | Roger |
| Clearly demonstrated by Luxon’s wimpish stance on scuttling the Treaty Principals Bill (at his peril) | Paul |
| Just get on with it!!!!! | Julz |
| This Government is not holding to its pre elecion promisses. If they do not start to act on those promisses about control of the Maori situation then NewZealand will soon not be a democracy as we knoe it. | David |
| No, I don’t. They are playing the politics game and this will not do enough. They need to be tough and at times, brutal to turn around what the previous Govt put in place. Can’t see them doing that at this rate. | Grahame |
| No, Just look at wanganui council promoting co governance and behind closed doors it appears national are signing off this as part of a maori claims settlement. Outragious. National has lost 4 votes in my family all now will be going to David and act our only saviours. No longer understand tvnz weather mostly in maori now and no longer watch. Get weather from internet or now just wake up to whatever it is on the day. If Mr Luxon is not going to stop co governance can he pay my superannuation overseas so I and alot of other pensioners can move overseas. What a hell of a state this country is in and under Mr Luxons national only getting worse each day. | Kevan and other pensioners |
| Only ACT has the kahunas to do so, however it is hamstrung by a weaker Luxon. | Kathryn |
| Gutless bunch except for Seymour. Luxon must go immediately. ACT is the future. | Frank |
| I hope I am wrong | Robert |
| They are scared of the Maori elite activists.Where is our Argentinean Milie,we need a leader not consensus. | Maurice |
| The current leader is a people pleaser and doesn’t understand what’s at stake. | Brian |
| If Christopher Luxon gets out of the way and Winston & David grow a bigger set of you know what. | Richard |
| All political party’s lack backbone – ban the lot. | Magog |
| No they are too gutless. | malcolm |
| I so would like to say yes, but it doesn’t seem to be turning out that way. I was so hopeful but alas nothing much seems to have changed.. the take-over is continuing, they now call us visitors they are allowing in this country… sad | Rachel |
| I dont believe we have seen a lot of difference with this Govt. Heaps of young people with both hands out to the Govt without a day of work. I know 2 31 and has not worked full time ever.39 female no work either… why as they can work but choose not to. | Barbara |
| David Luxon and the National members are cowards when it comes to stopping the nasty rhetoric of the maori party. I think we seriously need to consider the ACT Party as the only party that stands up for the rights of all New Zealanders. | Marie |
| Luxon has no backbone and no Balls. He is a traitor to his voters and will probably be a one term PM. National needs a new Leader. | Carole |
| It is too corrupt in its totality to do so – when big money is involved people will do their utmost to keep it coming. | Jill |
| Too much huff & puff and not enough go. | Brian |
| Never will with Luxon there. Peters is too quiet also. Seymour is the one I’ll vote for next time unless there’s anyone better. | Sheila |
| Under a leader like Luxon we don’t have a snowballs chance of making any significant change to restore our democracy | Doug |
| Only ACT has the backbone morals and strength of purpose! | Peter |
| They are to scared to pick up a chain saw let alone know how to use one, a rubber on the end of a pencil is more their thing! | Sven |
| Still way better than leaving the Labour coalition in power.But apart from David Seymour have not done much as far as getting equal rights and laws for all NZers. They need to guide the media to use designated place names rather than randomly changing them for maori names. Need to do alot more removing the public servants that the labour govt.employed. They seem to be attacking the conditions of the front line staff rather than just getting rid of surplus managers and ineffective departments that they promised.. | John |
| The coalition needs to toughen up on law and order and the actions of the disruptors. | Gay |
| They are poles apart in Their thought process- With a PM who has publically said he will spike and hindered by any means any favourable outcome towards the Treaty Principles Bill- the drive towards Tribal rule is well on its way- assisrted by this current PM and his party. | John |
| It is painfully obvious most people think voting makes a difference, that their vote counts. I don’t expect my iq is very high, but my bullshit-ometer is VERY good. EVERY thing they say is lies. The convid report stated what a lot already know to be true, winnie, the champion of the people, talking knowing nothing he says will have an effect. The Gene Technology bill being passed now, flying in the face of the outcomes of the convid inquiry, nothing is going to make any difference short of civil war. New Zealand has obviously drawn the short straw to be the world’s guinea pig with regards to social reform pandering to minorities and genetic engineering pandering to cor-pirate financial wealth. Our governments are treasonous and should be held to account. | larry |
| Extremely disappointing. National are letting the side down especially Luxon. | Glenda |
| HELL NO!. As I stated before, during and after the “election”, political parties are wings of the same bird. If voting made a difference it would be illegal. They all shill for the pentagram which controls the world. Governments are NOT there to benefit the people, they are there to enable globalist cor-pirate-ism. NZ will degenerate into a race hate country, it appears it has to a degree in parliament where we hear actual hate speech from certain quarters that does incite violence. | larry |
| They need to stick to their commitment to being New Zealand. Everyone equal | Lynette |
| the backbone of this coalition is seymour add winston. they must act | david |
| Not looking likely. | Tony |
| The New Zealand government needs far more than a change of party. We have a ‘political class’ that owes allegiance not to the electorate but to a narrow range of ideologies and the class’s own trans-party survival and control. Do we have the courage to change our political system? | David |
| I’m very disappointed at the lack of strong action by the government to stop this country from being dominated by a minority radical Maori element. | Craig |
| Based on the lack of action to date required to make significant changes promised by the coalition I have little confidence much will change in the next 12 months. | Chris |
| They are showing by their efforts, they dont. Pity, cos I was pinning hopes on their promises, We will see I guess. Watch this space. | Michael |
| National is under weak leadership both Act and NZFirst must keep pushing for more changes to be made and reverse all of Labour’s racist policies that have lead to a divided country. | Wayne |
| A Wigger like Luxboi (“My Wife and I are learning Te Reo”) won’t make a rat’s arse of difference to the Maorification of Everything unless Seymour and Peters can put a hammerlock on him, and make him tap out. | Peter |
| It lacks courage | Bill |
| They are all too weak when it comes to individual freedom for all New Zealanders | Jim |
| I am very dismayed and frankly its depressing. | Colin |
| I think the two minor coalition parties have the will to do so but the major party under the present PM is afraid to make the call and is thus seen to be reneging on its election manifesto. I hope to be proved wrong. | Margaret |
| I agree 100% with your Post. Make an example by sacking some State Sector Bureaucrat’s. i.e. Saraf Fitt ( CEO Pharmac) Una Jagose ( Solicitor General). The role of the Public Service Commission is to SERVE the Govt. of the day . | colin |
| Luxon unfortunately has dismissed the voters with his stance and Peters is Mia, the only silver lining is, that, David is holding his line and while the treaty principals may not make it this time it will eventually, also his vote will increase in the next election and he will get his policies across the table because of that | Alec |
| This government’s failure to address the radical directions the Adhern administration set in place is a most critical let down to this nation. | Doug |
| Sadly no yet .Leader doesn’t seem to be reading the room. | John |
| The coalition is lead by a weak man who seems scared to offend Maori and acts more like a CEO than a politician | John |
| Certainly haven’t seen a display of the necessary courage to date. Words don’t cut it…………. | robin |
| No one should have expected the country’s problems to have turned around in 12 months but there should have been signals that we are heading in the right direction. I am very disappointed in the coalition government, especially Luxon who has proved to be gutless and to have no political nous. He isn’t even acting like a CEO because he hasn’t got rid of the non performers and bureaucrats that continue to follow the social policies put in by Ardern. Instead of feeling like the country might head in a better direction under this government, my fears for the future of my grandchildren and this country has not dissipated. More and more staunch National voters I speak to are becoming disillusioned with Luxon, even to the point of saying he won’t last the three years as prime minister. | Robert |
| But will they actually use that backbone? | Rita |
| Am very disappointed in the coalition I voted for so far | Donald |
| They are fumbling 3 ways to the wind | Ken |
| Under Luxon they are too soft. He loves to sit on the fence or pee in everyone’s pocket. | Laurie |
| Luxon is a flake. We need Winston and David to push him to hold him accountable. | Niki |
| Very disappointing. Sadly I think we are going down a path that will take generations to recover from. | Chris |
| Not until LUXXY-LUXFLAKE, and NATIONAL, shake free of the usurper, UN/WHO/WEF, and get the slavery chains, off KIWIS backs…YES FOLKS, it all starts, this year. They are going to crank their AGENDA UP, several notches….. You aint seen nothin yet! | David |
| Disappointed in Luxon especially with the treat,, the polls tell him how we feel. | Phil |
| ACT and NZ First may have the cajones for this, but National as the largest bloc, does not. | Linzey |
| Even if Luxon falls further in the polls and Winston flips with Seymore it won’t be enough to stop He Puapua. | Alan |
| The National Party have proven to be by far the weakest link in the coalition. With next year bringing the next election it seems likely that National will be decimated, and NZ will flipped left again until such time that more convincing leaders appear on the right. A most painful and costly process, per what the UK are enduring currently. | Tony |
| Was optimistic that this government would enact change but have been seriously disappointed with their performance to date, looking at recent poll results I am not alone and Chris really does have to ‘grow a pair’, his recent comment around ACTS treaty bill showed pretty much where he is at. | John |
| The reform to eliminate He Puapua is not working and democracy rot continues. Make kit clear there is place for Bijural or tekanga in NZ law. | Stan |
| National and their “confused” Leader is going to ensure very little is achieved. Not what I voted for . Again National are pulling the rug from under the feet of their supporters. NO Backbone is their problem | Noel |
| Luxon is too much of a John Key (populist) fan to be the statesman that NZ needs now to be decisive and forceful and make the sweeping and significant changes necessary to ensure equality for all citizens.. | Francis |
| Luxon likes to sit on the fence. | KH |
| We all live under one law for all New Zealanders | Mike |
| Luxon must have splinters in his arse from sitting on the fence ever since the election. He needs to stand up to the Maori activists and the lefty bureaucrats that are embedded in the public services. They have never voted for National and never will, so whose votes is he trying to win. It’s Aotearoa this and Aotearoa that yet he promised to stop all this BS. | Jim |
| Not only do I believe this government does not have the backbone to sort out the mess we are in but I believe Luxon is hell bent on instigating as many policies as possible given to him by his globalist masters. He doesn’t give a toss about his kiwi voters and what they may want. | Mike |
| I hoped. I have been sadly disappointed in Chris Luxon. The Economy was never the most important objective for a new Government. People wanted Luxon to focus his immediate attention on anti-White, Colonialist racism among belligerent Maori elders. Voters wanted him to support his Coalition partners, but he doesn’t see belligerent tribal Maori activism as the greatest threat to New Zealand’s Parliamentary Democracy, freedom of expression and blatant Maori RACISM towards White people. Stop pussy-footing around while pro-Maori wokeists are challenging our established legal, parliamentary and social processes and values. Stand your/ our ground Mr Luxon, as you were voted in to do. | Phil |
| NO… IT HAS NO BACKBONE AT ALL. NZ has become the PIDGIN ENGLISH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. This Government has done nothing to stem the flow. Tv channels use it constantly. Weather reports and Roading Alerts are becoming more and more confusing. They appointed a Minister for the South Island to find out what the South Island wants??? Don’t they know they have a sub-standard broken down Ferry service, don’t they know they want promises by Government kept… for example a state of the art modern hospital built to plan and NOT Broken Promises!!! The country is stuffed. GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND. (The English version first please) | Bruce |
| My Maori friend told me ” watch those Maori, they are cunning” Not my words but his experience. Is NZ being conned? | Maurice |
| national is the problem. Act and NZ first have the ideas that won the last election. It’s time to dismantle National and boost the proper alternative | Mark |
| Luxon has just rearranged some deckchairs, he knows we’re sinking. I cannot believe he arrogantly refuses to listen to the people re the Treaty Principles Bill. Does he also want to arrogantly lose the next election? | Peter |
| They led us to believe that there would be change but apart from the ACT party nothing has bee n followed through | Mike |
| The changes The Coalition want to make will be fine, it’s the elephant in the room National is letting the side down by not supporting Acts Treaty Principles bill. If this government are not able to put a peg in the ground and support it, it will not matter what they want to achieve eventually. | Owen |
| We voted National to get rid of socialist Labour, the treacherous Maori party and the looney Greens. What we got was a spineless National party including the Prime Minister so NO they won’t have the guts to change anything — indeed the Maori will get their way no matter that our Treaty and history has been warped to the point of lies and treason. We here are glad we are at the elderly age we are because none where we live would want to live here as the future beckons. | Alan |
| The first year of the Coalition has shown that they do not have the back bone nor the intention to make the promised changes. | Sheryl |
| They have the determination to follow through on promised agenda. | Lois |
| Luxon is Jacinda light. | Denis |
| govt have initiated legislation which has not been adhered to but are not doing anything about it | Noel |
| Mr Luxon, while a nice enough chap, is too weak to lead the party. He needs to go ! | Mark |
| The coalition seems to sway in the political wind, no backbone. What a disappointment Chris Luxon is. | Minta |
| The coalition currently lacks the strength to carry out the changes that the majority of New Zealander’s want and for which they were given the mandate to do. This is reflected in the latest policical poll | Graeme |
| NEED TO UP THEIR GAME | Rtin |
| But they must | Rod |
| They do no have the back bone to tackle the attack on our democracy. Luxon is actual a week leader | Jim |
| Luxon appears weak, and yet things ARE happening behind the scenes with a Waitangi Tribunal re-balance for example. I’m hoping that Luxon is simply keeping his head down to not force an activist uprising… a little announced at a time. I believe good progress is being made on NZF’s Coalition Agreement in the background. However, there is continued and loud sledging of Luxon, largely from Maori sources, but also surprisingly from the likes of Hobsons Pledge and supposedly neutral MSM. I guess knowing who your enemy is makes it easier in this War for Democracy! | Jay |
| The coalition comes across as weak. What we need is someone with the confidence and guts to say outright that all this rubbish has to stop, and it doesn’t matter what the lefty Loosers and Te Pati and the greens think, before us we see a group of people who have never added a cent to the GDP of this country. why should we listen to them. As for the press the sooner they are history, the better. The legal profession needs to remember they rely on us the taxpayers for their livelihood. We need a good clean out of the judiciary far too many drones in my opinion. | Merryl |
| The prime minister seems to be in the same club as Jacinda and I no longer trust him to implement the coalitions’ wishes concerning getting rid of the evil that the last Labour government lumbered us with. Just watching TV1 news infuriates me when I hear them inserting foreign language words and phrases so that many cannot understand what they are trying to say. Seeing gorgeous Wendy following the trend is disappointing. | Derek |
| Certainly NOT within the National party ! | RICHARD |
| No, No. No | Andrew |
| Luxon needs to take a leaf out of David Seymour’s book and stand up to Maori. | Linda |
| The problem sits with PM who should have demoted himself in the latest cabinet reshuffle. | John |
| Disappointed with politicians to stand up for what public wanted. This.is not democracy as we.have known it, it’s racism | Helen |
| Not with Luxon at the helm. He needs to be replaced and soon. | Fred |
| Luxon in Particular is the ‘weak’ link in the chain | Henning |
| Not with luxton in charge | Iain |
| The National Party is the problem | Gary |
| We need a government that will follow through, I am disappointed with national fence sitting .We need Luxon to lead State conclusively that all are equal under the law and reign in the bureaucracy state in no uncertain terms what is required and shift those that do not follow the direction out ,we need to reduce bureaucracy perhaps those that support Ardernary should be shed. | Philippe |
| If they have, it doesn’t show. | Robert |
| I agree with Dr Newman’s post: “Many State institutions have been captured by radicals, through their biased reporting the mainstream media poisons the public’s mind against the new Government, and tribal leaders continue their lust for power, assisted not only by the public sector and the media, but also by the Courts.” | Jennifer |
| Luxxon has got to go.Fast ,no time for dilly dallying. | Lance |
| We live in hope. Act has if it has the power and is making good progress in some areas. NZ First has and their approach may be better than Acts. National seem to be beating around the bush. | John |
| NO! Certainly NOT, with Chris Luxon in charge. He’s a Globalist and WEF lacky. They ALL tell you what they are GOING TO DO, just so that you will vote for them. Then the truth comes out…. they had no intentions of it. | Heather |
| definitely not national, eat on living uptown their promises. | Chris |
| David does, Winston does but Luxon got no balls for anything which he is proving | Norm |
| The changes promised should have been made by now. This coalition will be a one term Govt. | John |
| Best we can hope for is the current lot doesn’t screw up enough to where the far left extremists get back in. | Pavel |
| Luxon hasn’t. But why can’t we name and shame the Supreme Court Judges that are causing all this mayhem. | Denis |
| I DESPAIR they have LOST The PLOT and To AFFAID to Tackel The HARD ISUIES NEW ZEALAND HAS TO FACE !! | Bill |
| ACT and NZFirst do, but National doesn’t. | Lennie |
| Chris Luxon is weak and won’t say no to Maori. He’s efforts to 2026 are concentrated on the economy only. | Bruce |
| I’m not so surethat ACT has either | George |
| The biggest problem the coalition has, is the National party and the weak holdovers from the Key government. I am speaking about Finlayson and some old has been ministers and Prime Ministers. Mr Peters also has to start putting NZ voters before the corrupt UN. | Hugh |
| No. They have had adequate time to act and have failed to do so. | Peter |
| Luxon and the media are the problem. The craziness of Adhern’s government is still with us. This needs leadership to change this now, or it will be too late. David Seymour is working hard – but where is Winston? | cheryl |
| Absolutely not ! if it was a horse you wouldnt bet on it. National under Luxon are pathetic and unless NZ1st and ACT bury the hatchet theres bugger all hope of any meaning full change and come next election the half wit brigade will be back and we will all be ringing our hands because of opportunity lost. When yo see the massive efforts put in by people like Don Brash, Julian Batchelor, Muriel Newman, Shaun Plunket and many others all attempting to get THE truth to all NEW ZEALANDERS and you see them shut out by the mainstream media criminal lapdogs who have no trouble deliberately choosing to commit the sin of omission in their reporting we must acknowledge that the gloves must come off its time to get active get busy ,the enemy work day and night like wood worm . Look at TPM travel expenses ,smallest party biggest expenses?? .There organizing planning, preparing. A little sleep a little slumber and your want shall come upon you like an armed man. Its time to stand up be counted get active dig deep and support the cause— Whats the cause ? FREEDOM DEMOCROCY THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION NEW ZEALAND | Glyn J |
| Not with Luxon in power. | Lesley |
| But I really hope they do for the sake of our children and grandchildren. Chris Luxon unfortunately has been a huge disappointment, especially with the Treaty Principles Bill. | Karen |
| As long as National remain under the Ket era influence they will not act with any back bone. Luzon needs to front up or bow out. Also NZ First have been disappointing. | David |
| Luxon is spineless, he is scared to upset the moari radicals, he should grow a pair and take a stand against the racists. | Clive |
| I am concerned that Luxon is the stumbling block. He is not truly representing those that voted National, thinking that they would restore NZ to where it was before the WaitangiTribunal hijacked the country, | Judith |
| The Coalition, by definition, includes the National Party who, under Luxon, appear weak-kneed and incapable of confronting the rising tide of Maori activism on multiple fronts. | Mike |
| Luxon should have supported the Treaty Principles bill but is too scared to make the tough call, he is the one holding back progress on the promised significant changes. | Shane |
| it should have shown it by now however AcTs Treaty bill should show that NZers are all ONE people | ian |
| As a coalition no. ACT has demonstrated it has the balls required. NZ FIRST has forever promised to get rid of the completely out of date Maori seats but never demanded when bargaining for power. NATIONAL just refuses to listen to its supporters who are drifting to ACT or no longer vote. Luxon repeats that things Maori “need to be treated on a case by case basis.” Surely his corporate experience taught him that ‘keeping things simple Sam’ is the path least fraught with ongoing complications, confusion and differing interpretations. Any deal, agreement or treaty that is open to differing interpretations no longer functions! Scrap it. How simple is Seymour’s Bill. Luxon needs to stop being so stubborn and listen to who voted him in. | Creed |
| I hope I’m wrong | Roy |
| I was hoping, in vain it seems, that the coalition would do more to makes us all one people, with one set of laws and equal rights, no matter what our ancestry or race. | Dwane |
| Luxon clearly a manager not a leader. | Darryl |
| I think Act and NZ First do; but National don’t. | Tina |
| Very disappointing to date, and no indications of any likely change to this approach. | Laurie |
| Not under Christopher Luxon’s leadership. | S |
| Luxon is why. | Pauline |
| Under Luxon, who places the importance of not offending Maori at the top of his list, we’ll see NOTHING done. | Jim |
| THE NATIONAL PARTY IS DEFINITELY NOT SHOWING THIER DESIRE TO CHANGE WHAT THE LABOR GOVT SET UP | RAY |
| I don’t think it does with what I am seeing and reading. Like the majority of New Zealanders that are dismayed about how the coalition has not done all they promised. It is sad to see in this in the country and why people if they are able to leave and those that have left will never comeback. Leaving those left constantly trying to battle. | Jackie |
| The main problem is the spineless Prime Minister. | Andrew |
| Performance to date indicates the Luxon government is spineless . | Ewen George |
| National are a HUGE disappointment. Labour lite. National has succeeded in forfeiting my vote. | Richard |
| If National ever hopes to win the next election they need to be more positive and action on their policies | Ian |
| would like to think they have, but consider it unlikely | Colin |
| Luxon needs to grow a pair!~! | Bill |
| There is an obnoxious effluvium emanating with a subtle shade of pink which seems to be invading all clarity within the upper echelons our society! How much longer before it turns blood red? | Kevan |
| We still have a Quisling government. Puppets to the WEF/UN. | Bryan |
| Concerned, however, Luxon has a greater fear of the press than he lets on. He must realise that he has to get tougher to achieve those goals | Cedric |
| The cascade of special funding and the special treatment of Maori since the time of New Zealand’s first parliament to today is just too much of a mountainous problem for any Prime Minister or Governing Parliamentarians to handle on their own accord. The Prime Minister needs to set-up a small but knowledgeable advisory body to reveal this country’s true raw history from the 18th century to today. A lot of history has been written but much has been found to be misleading and absent of actual facts. People that come to mind could be the likes of, John Robertson, Judge Anthoney Willy, Julian Batchelor and other like commonsense knowledgeable individuals. But note: being right is only part of the battle. Many of today’s citizenry are more persuaded on how they feel about such things as fairness and compassion for the oppressed victims of those who have spurned the equal opportunities of advancement that are available to all New Zealanders. But one way or the other, Mr. Luxon needs to act with strength and courage or he and his parliamentary friends will definitely be a one term Government. He needs David Seymour’s referendum. Can you just imagine the blood red lefties and their centralised loser Marxist nonsense? God save us from ourselves. | Geoff |
| Focussed on the economy- which is very necessary- however people are deeply worried about emerging apartheid and fading democracy. Taxpayer funded News media needs a massive clean out too. | Diana |
| it must | Wiremu |
| looking like we have a Prime Minister with separatist intentions our country is in for a rocky road ahead. | kevin |
| I believe that the coalition government have spent their first year setting the scene. Timing and preparation are needed to accomplish most things. I’m sure they have had many deep discussions about the issues you have raised and are expecting more public pressure to enact them. We can all play our part in contacting the appropriate ministers and it would be helpful to know who is in charge of what. Please cover this in your next epistle. | Mike |
| #donothingnational As promised. | Matt |
| Not at the moment. | Ian |
| Judging by their performance to date, an absolute no, a huge disappointment | Brian |
| This Government is not paying attention to the needs of democracy in New Zealandand Luxon is not showing any backbone to making the changes he campained on. I have just sent him an email telling him exactly that. I hope that many others are doing the same and let him know that he is not doing as he promised. | Des |
| 2 votes ACT next election | Evan |
| Until Luxon grows a spine or Seymour takes over, stoneage mysticism will continue to infect our once equal society. We need a prime minister like Argentina’s. | John |
| Far too weak and Luxon has to go, just not strong enough to deal with the issues. | Paul |
| It needs to grow a pair and take a stand on getting rid of fifth columnists in the public service, repealing the regulations requiring the insertion of tikanga in most law subjects, and ensuring that democracy is a key plank in all policies – we are all equal under the law – race is never a consideration. | Kerry |
| The Public are now voicing their concerns about the lack of backbone and commitment for change the Coalition is displaying. | james |
| Christopher Luxon is weak & doesnt have the stomach for this fight by not backing the Treaty Principles Bill all the way through Parliament shows how weak & ineffective he is. Pandering to the Media & Iwi Elite. Voters need to listen very carefully to what they think Politicians are saying when they make promises before Elections as they say the devil is in the detail or in this case in the Language the use !!! Always wondered if He had the back bone required & now we know he doesn’t. | Larry |
| Not the way, ‘the wet bus ticket’,LUXON is trying to run the ship of state, led by NATIONAL …. Petty, trivia Distractions, to decieve the ignorant masses, that are now getting sicker by the CONVID BOOSTERS, which are starting to kick -in, won,t cut the mustard, anymore…. the coalition will have to get a thicker skin, so as to combat the MARXIST AGENDA, which is being used, by the opposition….NOW , AS A WEAPON! | David |
| Luxon is so pro anything Maori and needs to listen to his Coalition partners. | Chris |
| It’s a dismal reflection of the first year of the so called coalition, with Luxon having no backbone. | Viv |
| I see NZ has a politically motivated leader and coerced party continuing to play the Ardern, Biden and Trudeau etc. path thrust upon society by the autocratic WHO, WEF, UN, climate change One World Governance structure which as a result of the Covid now revealed debacle – very few real people believe today’s ‘tricky dicky’ politicians! | Stuart |
| Luxon Willis et al are failures. They lack the spine to govern for all. They are racists. | Grant |
| Unfortunately | Bruce |
| Unfortunately, we have a gutless, weak PM Luxon, he is a huge disappointment and needs to go. National will not get my vote again with him there. | Greg |
| luxton is gutless or is he a maori he has to go | natalya |
| They haven’t cut the numbers of excess government employees yet. Apparently NZ is still borrowing more than it earns, I can’t see any real change as long as Luxon is in charge. | Mark |
| our prime minister has NO back bones or is he being persuaded by Maori and not helping the coalition as promised he is gutless | adrian |
| Labour lite, and Luxon has no backbone at all. He should be mindful of who elected him, and enjoy his one term government | Mark |
| Not under the current leadership. They run the very real risk of being a one term govt. Lets hope not but unless they start doing what we elected them to do that’s going to happen at the risk of “civil war “ | Greg |
| David Seymore and Winstone Peters have but certainly not C L as has already been proven. | Wendy |
| I believe luxon is WEAK & lets his cronie iwi get away with anything,& I believe he MAKES MP,s obey what HE WANTS & I believe people should EMAIL WINSTON as he has common sense. | Cindy |
| It has become clear the prime minister is a closet activist for co governance. | John |
| Listen to the people – ACT get it, NZ First on some issues, but sadly National are very much dropping the ball and not showing us the backbone we voted for and expected. Stand strong, we are multi cultural country, where everyone should & deserves to be treated equally. | Paula |
| Seems they are under the orders of the UN and the WEF just like the ousted regime. The GMO bill is madness when our trading partners are looking for non GMO products. | Margaret |
| Doesn’t seem apparent at this point. | Sandra |
| I am disappointed to see how weak and spineless Luxon is big talker on substance i will not be voting for him or anyone how stands in my electorate. | Patrick |
| I believe NZ First and Act have far more of a backbone – however, Luxon is a wet jellyfish. He has no backbone and never did have. He danced around Jacinda and giggled with her over covid. He slithers around trying to uphold her evil plan, while ignoring the will of the people as much as he can – just as she did. He is Labour light and a traitor to his voters. | Christine |
| Not with Luxon in Charge as can be seen by his objection to the “Treaty Principles Bill” | Steve |
| They need to develop the necessary intestinal fortitude to implement the policies they were elected to put in place, not “pussy foot” around with no firm direction in sight. | Ian |
| Former National Party member | Mark |
| Not when the PM continues to be oblivious to public opinion. A wolf in sheeps clothing. | Ross |
| NOT while Luxon is the PM. He is useless and spineless brown noseing the Maori activists all the way!!! | Brian |
| I would have preferred to tick both”Yes” and “No” as I am no longer sure. | Albyn |
| The Treaty Principles Bill needs to be promoted by the.coalition. National and Chris Luzon need to grow some. | Tony |
| Yes but they better get on with it. | Peter |
| Never with Luxflake in charge, sadly. | Allan |
| Govt needs to grow some balls and get these things done as per their promises | Les |
| If they had any balls they would have acted more radically by now. this continuous pandering and dithering is most destructive and will undermine all good intentions and actions towards real change. I am still hoping that the coalition will get their act together this year or we will be in deep trouble. | Michael |
| WITH GODS HELP | Noel |
| They are proving weak kneed at every difficult situation. | Barbara |
| It appears that Chris Luxon is not committed to what he campaigned on and I will be withdrawing my membership of National if he does not get off the fence and take action including supporting David Deymour’s Principles bill | Alastair |
| Strong leadership is needed now. luxon does not cut it and should step aside before he is pushed | gale |
| The Prime Minister has become a significant roadblock to these necessary changes. | Anon |
| Not under Luxon’s leadership. He is focussed on the economy and while that is essential. these huge issues that divide us are even more important. | Jill |
| This Government should be renamed Luxon’s Con Coalition | Anthony |
| Luxon does not but Act and to some extent NZF does. | Chuck |
| Still waiting so I can change to “Yes”. | Tony |
| Luxon is the hand brake. | Peter |
| Sadly Luxon and Willis seem to support the separatism and law making by judges. | Bronwyn |
| They are not making the changes voters wanted. | Anthony |
| Luxon is not up to it. | Warwick |
| Chris luxton needs to go as he is too weak. | Errol |
| So far they have done little. But it was expected with Luxon. NZ needs major reform liek Argentina to clear out a lot of stuff rammed through by Liebure and National over the years | Eugene |
| Would like to know what is really going on behind the scenes to make us think they are being ineffective – OR maybe it’s because of media reporting | Jill |
| David has no support from National and NZ first for the treaty principle bill to go foreward for the benefit of NZ | Cath |
| I struggled with this question as I think the government has the intelligence and the strength to make the changes, but they appear to be lacking confidence, so they are trying to appease both sides. Backbone requires confidence in yourself and your people to support you, therefore sadly I don’t think they have the backbone. | Darrin |
| Ot understand Nationals stance on these topics | Phil |
| all talk and back tracking | Alan |
| Not under Luxon…Seymour or Peters , YES ! | Pete |
| Not while Christopher Luxon is Prime Minister. | pdm |
| unfortunately, National does not have the backbone to reposition NZ as a Democracy | James |
| Luxon is too weak and hasn’t read the room as far as his voters go. | John |
| I believe David Seymour could soldier on & make the difference we need but our current prime minister is not delivering enough, looking spineless & just sitting on the fence | Grunta |
| No! Key’s puppet, Luxon will carry on the agenda. | Giles |
| I have little faith in Luxon being a true leader or agent of change, so in the end I don’t think he has the intestinal fortitude or balls to do what is needed & expected by the majority of Kiwi’s. | John |
| I am deeply disappointed in Luxon’s leadership- it appears one dimensional and weak. He may be the boss but as a leader he is proving totally uninspiring and foolish. | Rod |
| Luxon is a wimp | Stephen |
| Luxton isnt reading the room, These Maori Elite activists are a lot brighter than Luxton and unfortunatley as is Erica Sandfords excepting Partnership in their speaches Fatal. | clint |
| To Gutless !! if they don’t,NZ is stuffed | Mark |
| I say yes ,with a but and hopeful | Paul |
| There have been signs that early on they were making a good effort in this directon. Unfortunately the media and TV one news keep the incorrect word that starts with ‘A’ in their texts instead of using New Zealand. TV adverts now feature a Maori face in almost all adds now running. I mean are there not other cultures in NZ these days? Councils have unelected iwi sitting inside the decsion making process and also employed in areas of Maori advocacy. The Maori flags are flying on council buildings. Recently news readers and journalists have been adding Maori words into news items that replace English. None of this is acceptable. We are an English speaking country and the name of our homeland is New Zealand. Until media and their schills at the top are bought to heal nothing will change. The history books of our nation will also require adjustment since Adern’s revised version plastered into schools paints a far different history to what was written from true accounts back in time. The coalition needs to step up and push back against this ongoing tide of Maori rhetoric and bullying tactics that we are seeing day to day. Heaven forbid the new Maori Queen gets traction with her comment; “I will not rest until we get back all the land taken from us”. None of this is very positive for the 140 odd other cultues resident in New Zealand. A ‘patsy’ coalition Govt that cowers away from the main issue will never do. | John |
| luxon has a focus on business flavoured metrics but comes across as Labour light seemingly unwilling to take on the M%u0101ori influences that Ardern et al spread through the public service | Mike |
| Not as long as Luxton remains Prime Minister. | Ronnie |
| They would if they followed Act’s position. I can’t believe how badly the Nats have read the reasons for the huge swing away from Labour in the last election. You are bang on with your analysis Muriel Newman. | John |
| They have to be. Who else is there? | Hans |
| In trying to please everyone Luxon is achieving very little of consequence. | Keith |
| A lot of hot air. National needs to merge with Labour to form a superparty. Only then will right leaning voters wake up to how woke National has become and another genuine right leaning party could very formed | Max |
| Chris Luxon is a weak leader..David Seymour had my backing..He is the leader that is standing strong on his promises. If Luxon doesn’t starting making the toughbdecisions then I won’t be voting National in the next election | Jo |
| Unfortunately their actions speak louder than their rhetoric. I would have expected massive purges of the Arden directives. Again that has not happened in a meaningful way. | John |
| National are lacking the balls to do what’s needed & wanted by its membership in regard to all issues around the attempt at Maori independence. | John |
| NZ First promised to take steps, but don’t appear to have done so. Chris Luxon & National are not showing leadership; thy are showing weakness & as a loyal National supporter, unless they stand up to be counted, they will have lost my vote. | FloJo |
| Sadly, no. It seems that the PM wants to be seen as “Mr Nice-Guy” who won’t make firm decisions. Can ACT and NZ First make progress against this? | Laurence |
| They are not listening to the majority of New Zealanders | John |
| Luxon appears to be a closet activist for the iwi plan. | Ronmac |
| It is early days – they are our only hope – so I have not stopped hoping yet. | Mark |
| However, it is moving slower than I expected. There is a fine line between the reforms and a conflict that could become a powder keg. I am prepared to give the coalition another year. Then I will vote as necessary, to keep NZ democratic. | Tony |
| Sadly I believe the Coalition l will not pass the legislation Luxon remains the stumbling block given his repeated public comments about killing Seymour’s Bill. There will be few if any in National who have the guts to stand up to go against Luxon’s stance There is an element of history repeating itself Key gave in to Maori demands and had safely removed himself from the NZ scene I am sure Luxon will follow suit | Julan |
| NO, not with National (Labour lite) in charge. Every National led government has been no more than a custodian of the previous Labour government policies. We are seeing the same again. Sadly ACT and NZF do not have sufficient leverage to do much about it unless they are prepared to bring down the coalition and force a new election in the hope of securing more seats.. An increasing possibility but NZF and ACT need to be brave, sensible, and work together.. | Frank |
| But only if it gets a new leader | Percy |
| Otherwise – it would’ve already demonstrated it.. They are career politicians – I don’t see “game changer” leaders coming from that circle – we need a Kiwi Trump, Milei now, in time for next election.. | Steve |
| Hope like hell, they keep up the pace & follow through, the next 12 months will be telling | GRANT |
| The only partner that has at this stage is Act. Nationals Simeon Brown is the only outstanding Nat MP. Mr Luxon is obviously not wanting to upset the activists which are the minority of the minority. | Nigel |
| Given a chance to do so the Coaliton could take action, this would be hopeful for all New Zealanders. | Kylie |
| Losing confidence in this government.After All their promises. A leader who is only interested in only his agenda and not what the people are saying. Why should we not have a referendum on the treaty if that is what the people want We only ever hear what the Maori want. What about the rest of NZers. We should all be working together to make this country great again. | Marlene |
| Not unless they get rid of Luxon | Sue |
| We’re going down | Noeline |
| NZ First and ACT should consider withdrawing their support on confidence and supply until PM Luxon does what he said he would do during the election campaign | Kevin |
| Luxon is to weak for the job required | Hamish |
| While C Luxon is leader and National holds the majority of power in the Coalition we are doomed. C Luxon simply can’t or won’t acknowledge the developing racial division and destruction of our democracy. | Rex |
| I’m sorry but it’s looking that way. All reference to race must be deleted from law | Charles |
| Luxon will undoubtedly be a one term PM. | Alastair |
| Not at all, no it does not. The government is so weak that it posted a pro radical Maori, Tama Potaka in the Maori Development position. | Ray |
| Gutless Luxon needs replacing maybe a reasonable businessman but one of the wekest politicians I have seen in my 80 years Not listening to the people who wanted change | Robert Jules |
| Luxon is a globalist, and his need to please the UN show he’s not got his eye on the ball. | Brenda |
| Only NZ First actually wants to change. Over the years the old media has done its best to poison Winston’s reputation, so most NZers just look at the two anachronistic so-called main Parties, who have a very narrow line of difference between them. | Leonie |
| one out of three isn’t a majority. Luxon et al are pathetic | Mick |
| Luxon is the wettest of a number of Lettuces in the Greenhouse. | Brian |
| Luxon is being brainwashed by Potaka to continue giving millions to Maori to advance their takeover of NZ. Luxon must pass legislation to ensure that all the people of NZ are equal no matter their ancestry, | Steve |
| Regrettably the government is weak. Should disestablish the Waitangi Tribunal. And remove all race based issues. Otherwise Maori will gain political ascendancy and NZ will continue oln its downward economic path to third world status. | James |
| National need to roll Luxon, then we might get traction on this. He is divorced from the public opinion of the coalition voters and the general public. | Ian |
| It’s too little too late, and no backbone in the leadership to drive back Maorified politicians. | Chris |
| I still cannot get ,my head around New Zealand voters putting Ardern, a known communist, in charge of a Democracy | cliff |
| They need to be stronger. They often replace action with words | Garth |
| They are puppets on a string | ROB |
| Clearly demonstrating that they do not, especially the prime minister. | Donald |
| Clearly Luxton is cared of the backlash from Maori. He is such a racist and should be challenged as such | Noel |
| Too populist, hates confrontation | Phil |
| I am undecided. I have serious doubts regrettably ,that National and indeed the Prime Minister have the fortitude to do what is needed and indeed what they were elected to do. I believe that National should back the Treaties Principle Bill for starters. I also agree with your summation that the heads of government departments and in particular education from primary schools to universities, local government, state owned media and broadcasting and health should be advised that if they do not comply with the government directive to untangle the Adern area, that they will be relieved of their position. I make no apologies for this statement as it is abundantly clear that a number of those bureaucrats are thumbing their noses at the new directive. It is pointless tip toeing around these issues if we as a nation are to rid ourselves of past socialist and divisive policies. | chris |
| I hope so ,but am dubious | Ian |
| The National Party are sell out Globalists | Bryan |
| They are purely puppets, of some other power especially Luxon, I believe he’s a plant and is a secret admirer of Ardern and the Labour party. His goal is to complete ‘her’ and Labour’s goal of the destruction of New Zealand, to see racial turmoil here before he packs his bags and scarpers. | peter |
| They are all the same, we need some one to stand up or it will very soon be to late to stop this. | Gilbert |
| I won’t vote for Loxton again, too soft. He’s just a big noter With no backbone. Act will be my 2 vote next election. | john |
| listen to who voted for you!!! ENOUGH | Bryan |
| From what we have seen thus far, the answer regrettably has to be NO. I am utterly fed up with the A word being used to describe New Zealand for example. The rest of the rot is in our faces on a daily basis. The Govt must stop this sham altogether. | neville |
| Too many half-hearted efforts to achieve pre-election promises. | Rob |
| Winnie and David Strive fairly well… Although Baldilocks is no more than young whipped brother of Comrade Ardern! WEF PUPPET that he is… Tyburn time! | Graham |
| potentially they do | neil |
| The National Party is dragging the chain. ACT and NZ First are showing they mean business as seen by their progress as noted in polls. However if they don’t pull their socks up the next election can only go to Labour and the Maori party and we all know what will happen then. | Dennis |
| Cluxcinda is a spineless POS and Collins bill on GMO,s will kill our meet exports as there is a major worldwide to get away from big Pharmaceutical corporations and food products.RFK junior is pushing this agenda against GMO so our Socialist government needs to wake the fuck up we the people never voted for this | Greg |
| National dies not seem committed to managing these issues at all | Pam |
| There is no clear indication that what was promised is happening in any way. | Dave |
| Not at the moment!! | don |
| In saying No I say it because Luxon is weak woke Claus puppet. and too greedy to give a fig about the NZ Public. | Ross |
| I have mailed both NZF an ACT TO LAY DOWN THE lAW TO THE government media ministries to stop the ever increasing proliferation of Maori place names and phrases on the weather; in sport (cricket ;the news and naming the Country . They will not make limits on the Waitangi Tribunal field of commentary and they will not close the special Maori seats. They are hopeless and are going to be responsible for a whole lot of heart ache between people in the future | STAN |
| i hope i am wrongi but i dont think so | murray |
| THEYARE SPINELESS AND ARE AFRAID OF maORI BACKLASH | tHOMAS |
| I voted for this government. I am not happy with their leadership. I have the opinion that Chris Luxon is frightened of offending the Maori. I think David Seymour would be a much better leader. He says what he thinks is best for the country and sticks by his decision and does not get intimidated. | Dianne |
| no. Luxon has got to go.He is weak.They need to fire 16,000 public servants not just 3,000.The farmers need to realise that they are the one’s being farmed. | Bruce |
| A disappointing year that does not warrant a pass mark from the voters who put them in to do the job. | Roger |
| We have a weak PM who hasn’t got the balls to stand up to the Maorification of New Zealand | Andrew |
| Luxon is the weak link……. | John |
| National “led” Luxon is woke and the new Left, Winston still cannot be trusted to do what he promised, which leaves only Act and in view of their “….: The Ministry for Regulation has produced a Treaty Impact Analysis..” causes me to doubt Doubt David’s sincerity. | Vernon |
| ACT and probably NZ First to a lesser extent would push change but National seems as directionless and ineffectual, unwilling to dare risk upsetting anybody | John |
| Luxon has proved to be a spineless mouthpiece and clearly under the influence of the tribal activists. He has to go. | Greg |
| No. The talking Egg has not grasped the significance of these issues. Why is National down below Labor (misspelling intended) in the polls. The answer is basically rhetorical. | Zoltan |
| But I accept it may be a process of accepting degrees of compromise on the way to achieving the end goal. Of course there will be bureaucratic opposition -it’s like turkeys voting for Christmas! | John |
| Labour lite, different faces, same agenda as Ardern started Selling our beautiful country out to others offshore | Michelle |
| Definitely not whilst Luxon is on the throne. He is the major stumbling block to make the changes needed for NZ and urgently needs to be rolled if national want to even have seats in the next govt. | Michele |
| Unfortunately Luxon seems to lack a backbone and is now saying the treaty of waitangi is akin to a partnership. More in keeping with Adern’s agenda than the change we were hoping for. At this point only David Seymour and Shane Jones are standing up for New Zealanders. | Adele |
| Frightening reading Muriel, but thank you for leading the fight back. | Peter |
| Not as lead by Mr Luxon. National has lost my vote unless they change. | mike |
| National have failed the voters who elected them. PM is out of his depth and will lose support.Act is the only one doing anything. Winston created this by putting a communist in charge.Now he has to fix it .Dont think he is doing it, | Norm |
| Haven’t seen any strength to fix the huge out of control agenda of Arderns evil policies | Heather |
| I had hoped so, but unless something changes quickly, I don’t think so.! I am very disappointed with the lack of backbone shown by the coalition and in particular Christopher Luxon. Democracy is under threat! | Albert |
| i very much hope so but not good enough so far | Craig66 |
| Luxon is the weak one and will be voted out if he doesn’t take notice of what people are sayiing. He is there for us, not for his private wishes. | Valerie |
| The minor coalition parties may have the backbone but Luxon and the Nats are just pissweak and too gutless to upset anyone | Chris |
| When you see and hear a woke prime minister saying they will fight this treaty bill, there is little hope for this nation. What we have is a gutless, almost traitor as a Prime Minister. Remember John Keys reaction to the thousands of signatures objecting to the anti-smacking legislation, this Luxon is turning out to be John Key 2.0, | Sam |
| New Zealand is now a one party state ruled by the incredibly arrogant NZ Public Service with Parliament little more than a clown show. While Act and NZ First have the necessary backbone, the same cannot be said for National and the wokesters Luxon has surrounded himself with. | David |
| The Coalition must remain united and strong, to foil constant undermining attempts. | Karen |
| In a year little has changed on the He Puapua agenda and all Mr Luzon can do is bash the referendum on the Treaty! He has a forked tongue | Tony |
| Only if they start now to get THE MAIN ISSUES WE ARE NEW ZEALAND AND PUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST AND WE ARE ALL EQUAL | LEO |
| THEIR LACK OF INTESTINAL FORTITUDE CAN ONLY BE DIAGNOSED AS A BUNCH OF GUTLESS.SELF OPINIONATED IDIOTS.IT SEEMS THEY ARE SCARED OF MAORI AND DO NOT WANT TOMAKE A STAND AGAINST THEM .BUTTHEY ARE ACTUALLY AGAINST THE NON MAORI POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND.YOU COULD SAY THEY ARE PROMOTNG APHARTEID MORE THAN ANY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TODAY.THE KIWI HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOO EASY GOING WITH THE GOVERNCE OF NZ SHE’LL BE RIGHT THEY WONT DO ANYTHING AGAINST US. PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE SAND KIWIS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE | Bill |
| The leader,Luxon, seems hee bent on the continuation of appeasement. Without all 3 coalition parties agreeing there is little chance of change. | Carol |
| There is no evidence the government is brave enough to face up to the maori threat. They are scared as individuals and collectively to offend maoris and their white supporters. We are near to losing the couintry. | fred |
| At the moment I don’t think they have not a good look for us at all | Barbara |
| Sadly, Christopher Luxon is looking increasingly like an invertebrate. The coalition government needs to sort the ‘political’ appointees withing the government sector to achieve anything like democracy. | Mark |
| Luxon is too weak, trying to appease by sitting on the fence and hoping that he will never have to publicly announce the “one-law for-all” promise that he was elected to carry out. “Maori” is no longer a race – it has become a religion. | Mitch |
| David Seymour does but not Christopher Luxon. | Jacqueline |
| NO evidence to support their declared objectives! | michael |
| Too much sitting on the fence to wanting to offend This must stop | Patricia |
| Prime Minister Luxon needs to front up to what the vast majority of this country New Zealand wants and that is democracy and NO racist advantages to anyone. | Russ |
| The Coalition is a weak-knee’d jelly-belly conglomerate of individuals led by a PM who has not get the political nous nor the ‘balls’ to do what is needed to bring New Zealand back to a democracy where all citizens of whatever race, creed or origin are dealt with equally and transparently. | Hewitt |
| Unless they sack Luxon, we will continue to drift into a tribal rule disaster. | James |
| The reason for my response can be laid clearly and completely on Mr Luxon who continous to disappoint not only National voters, but also those who support ACT and NZF. For too many years we have seen new National Administrations simply continue to administer the left wing policies of their Labour predecessors, and Luxon, under the clear tuition of Key would appear to be no exception. National needs to either wake up or be condemned to poliitical oblivion, as thus far their performance can only be described as “weak”. Last election people voted for change but Luxon seems to be too weak kneed to support such a radical concept. | Rob |
| In Queenstown in schools they are still telling kids age 10 they can be a boy or a girl. This has not been stopped!!! | james and sue |
| Winstone & Shane yes, David needs to get tougher, National needs to remove Luxton he is piss weak. Winstone for Prime Minister he has the balls to stand up & put the country right | NIGEL |
| It would appear that only ACT has the balls to continue to push for fairness and equality –the others seem to have lost their way | Les W |
| Luxon has as much spine as a dead octopus. | Rob |
| It becomes clear that National is already wholly comfortable with He Puapua and is quietly following it up. What a complete betrayal of their voters. It is no wonder that the rank and file are leaving in droves. | ken |
| There has been no evidence that the coalition has the spine to do this. They are like three men in a coracle using with a single paddle, but we don’t need Labour/Maori Party, or the Greens either. | Hugh |
| Luxon is the weak point,think if Seymour got some more support would be possible and surprised Winston hasn’t been more help or vocal. | Steve |
| Luxon is weak! He needs to listen to the voters. People are very concerned about the division in NZ. | Elizabeth |
| Now some schools are instituting Maori only days and a concert over the summer made white people pay but not Maori. This is an outrage. | Roseanne |
| Wish the opposite was the case. The coalition has shown little progress and that is probably the reason for their fall below Labour in the latest polls. Only the stupidity of the Maori party can probably stop a Labour victory next election. I sure hope I am wrong | Michael |
| They have not delivered and it is doubtful they will manage to keep their promises. | Murray |
| Luxon is as weak as cats piss glad I did not vote for him, but we are stuck with him for now. | steven |
| It has been increasingly obvious that Luxon is a globalist and dispute submissions and public opinion has chosen to ignore ur dismiss some major issues. Still the lack of transparency and clarity reminds me of Jacinda’s underhanded tactics. The WEF meetings, the medical mandates, gene technology, 15 minutes cities, carbon credits and the disappointing continued vaccination programmes dispute the covid inquiry and evidence brought forward. The deaf ears is absolutely concerning. Are they the right wing if the same bird? Media don’t cover these major issues nor do they enquire . Is under specific directives? Something isn’t right and with the likes of Reti and a Collins who barrel on wards with haste on their policies without discussion is such a Left thinking! And I bloody voted for them too! | Angela |
| They are losing the guts to move and are a risk of being a one term government | Richard |
| Because it is too slow on the needs change and Chris Luxton iis dragging the chain on Treaty issues | Terry |
| Luxon is spineless..; Winston seems to be AWOL… the act party seem to be the only ones working for what the COALITION Govt PROMISED | Gregor |
| Weak as water | Errol |
| Luxon is weak. Obvious from day 1. A high school student could run a monopoly Govt supported Airline. Another Key. NINO. | TC |
| Simeon Brown is our new Health Minister. That is a very promising decision. He is young – he is ambitious – he is a committed Christian. | AndyE. |
| Govt endeavouring to recoup decimation by previous Govt but will eventually succeed with perseverance! | Loraine |
| What we are seeing is a soft, don’t upset the media/radicals. Unless things change quickly in2025 our democracy is doomed. | Heather |
| Sorry disappointed. New Zealanders have been doing it tough financially.. As well as tightening the budget strings. What about the other problems the Country is facing. Treaty of Waitangi springs to mind. Why are we waiting for things promised in the Election. time for a chage to MMP | Frank |
| Luxton is a very weak leader | Bryce |
| No, I don’t think they do. So far they have done very little to stand up for New Zealand against the tyranny of militant activists wanting their own way. | caren |
| Sadly what started as a positive coalition has fractured with Luxon and Peters failing to support the only real sensible and honest politician David Seymour . The coalition have a very clear mandate kiwis dont want a bunch of half breed activists whose main mission is to line their own pockets . Sadly I fear a civil war looms on the horizon unless the coalition front up and change the way NZ is heading . Unbelievably Labour lost by a landslide are already rising in the polls ,which really is no indicator as most polls are manipulated by msm scum . Thankyou NZCPR for keeping us informed I had no idea a supreme court judge ,who was approved Luxon/Peters is a further impediment to racial fairness .and decency . It was always going to be a hard road to confront maori and remove their grossly greed based agenda ,sadly tough times ahead Luxon and Peters . | Ray |
| With the way National is heading I feel they have no direction to change . I believe they are in the radical Maori camp. Our only hope is that NZ First and Act stand up for what the majority of New Zealanders want being equal rights for all. | Raewyn |
| Much much prayer is needed to undermine this shocking state of affairs and globalist intentions Our Prime Minister does not have sufficient courage. He has the fear of man. | Dianne |
| Actions and results speak louder than words. | Dennis |
| The introduction by Judith Collins of the Gene Technology Bill is the last straw as far as I’m concerned, this present NZ Government is under like the last one directly under the control of the Global Predators. | Don |
| Appeasement, to achieve perceived populist support weaken the Government. | tony |
| TOO WEAK | Richard |
| Too weak. | Gary |
| Behind the scenes government is already preparing for co-governance with what is now termed “relationship agreements” with Maori – anyone who gets a copy will be surprised | Bob |
| I don’t think they have the guts to enforce the changes we want. It is time to stand upagainst this racial nonsense and listen to everyday citizens including most Maori who just want a fair deal for all | Warren |
| Act will National will not | Ian |
| Yes, but Luxon needs to step up or step aside and let either Winston Peters or David Seymour take charge | Mark M |
| No, too many career politiicians who are mainly there to server themselves. | Jan |
| Based on performance to date | Pip |
| Fence sitters Luxon has no Drive far to weak | Anthony |
| The Coalition need to eradicate all reference s to the treaty except for settlements | Norman |
| Timidity seems the order of the day albeit I bet 90% of Nat MP’s would love to support the Treaty Principles Bill ( but will be too gutless) | Richard |
| We need stronger leadership that is prepared to make the hard decisions for New Zealand to progress as a democratic country, equal rights for all, best education and equal health care, Strong leadership to provide a safe framework to recover from the huge debt incurred by previous Labour Govt and covid overspending and productivity decline. Leadership and financial governance required. | Pam |
| The problem is clearly with the PM and some National Party members around him in key positions. | Peter |
| I did when they were first voted in but time has proven that they’re too weak or haven’t got the backbone to stay strong. I’m truly disappointed. I was working in Parliament when the act party came in and introduced themselves as the party of change. So much for empty promises.They’ve now lost my support. | Erin |
| National have a weak kneed leader which is impacting on the Coalition | Susie |
| Luxon is the weakest link. | Steph |
| not with Luxon there | Ian |
| With David Seymour and Winstone Peters there they have the chance. | Lee |
| Shown less spine than a jellyfish so far. | Alan |
| They have to… for New Zealand to be a FREE and DEMOCRATIC country. That’s what the majority voted for… so .. Coalition get your a’s into gear ASAP | bruce |
| First of all: there are NO maories left. They are decendants of maori. TV nz should do a good sacking of NON compliant journalists. The weather man should get a course in PROPER English and the government can learn a lot from Argentina. This is NOT the first time Argentina needed a good cleanout of computer watchers. Why is Ireland doing better than NZ?? | Peter |
| After 1 year, my opinion is Luxon is just Jacinda’s in Blue, he negotiates well, but is arrogant, and has no intention of dealing to our equality for all NZers. He need to go. | Linda |
| Due mainly to the ongoing failure by Luxon to control the direction of NZ for ALL citizens – the promised de-maorification has not yet happened to any satisfactory extent. | John |
| I definitely believe the National Party led by Luxon do not have the backbone but Act and NZ First possibly could succeed. | Christine |
| Luxon does not come across as a strong leader. I have lost all faith in his ability to get the country sorted | Mark |
| Prime minister Luxons admission that he will stop the Treaty Bill from continuing is a direct slap in the face for New Zealanders. This admission smacks of little interest in what the future of New Zealand is to become. | Clair |
| luxon is the spineless one | John |
| I have supported National for years. That is stopping RIGHT NOW | Phil |
| Those in power in this government are quite happy to “kick the ball down the road” in order to avoid the inevitable conflict which is coming. | John |
| As long as luxon is around nothing will change . Winnie is not much better. All talk. | Sydney |
| No. Our PM is weak on Leadership and appears compromised. He not attending Waitangi to state the case for Democracy. Is he avoiding exposure of the fact he has compromised the principles of Democracy in pre arranged agreements. He has already stated he doesn’t support any of the part of the Treaty Principles Bill and announced quite publicly that he and National will Spike it and Knock it on the head, Funny that his personal ratings and National continue to slide in the polls – wonder why? | David |
| Get rid of national | tom |
| This vitriol needs to be stopped now | Rod |
| National and spineless Luxon are the problem and that is reflected in the latest poll. A recent survey taken over the holidays Shows that the cost of living is a concern and that the economy by this Government is heading in the wrong direction. Unless the prime minister and the minister of finance make the hard decisions, we will lose more of the bright people to overseas and they won’t come back. I have been a loyal supporter of National over the years but not any more Luxon’s response to Seymour’s Treaty’s bill will be National’s down fall and the rise of Act and N Z First will hold the power come next election. I say grow a backbone Luxon and Willis and support the Treaty’s principles Bill and let the public decide. Pull the public departments into line and start to give orders. | KEN |
| Very disappointing and frightening! Too much “discussion” and wavering, too many promises, no real action. How many of our brightest and best will New Zealand be able to keep? | David & Avril |
| Not a chance, if current performance is anything to go by! | Tony |
| I feel let down by NZF after giving my vote to them. As usual with most political parties they promise the earth but once elected deliver on very little, I had high hopes for them after their campaign. As for Luxon he’s carrying on when Labour left off especially when it comes to all things Maori. He’s a very weak leader and pushing the globalist a gender as to be expected. Labour will never get my vote as long as I live and if there was an election tomorrow I’d be hard presented to support any political party at present which is very concerning. | Allan |
| NZF and ACT are trying but National are gutless. Govt Departments should be compelled to comply with Govt initiatives or face severe consequences. | Roger |
| Only ACT N Z but National will bow down to the Iwi elite pakehamaori radicals unless the Cabinet decide to stop these Tribal leaders and their judges from gaining anymore powe.r. The Media cannot be trusted either. | June |
| PM Luxon in particular has been EXTREMELY disappointing in not carrying out his election promises / undertakings to TOTALLY dismantle Maorification and to totally reinstate our Democracy. His near subservience to Maoridom is sickening and he is putting the future of our country at extreme risk . Tribalism is and the ongoing lust of the Tribal-elite to recapture an illusory power they delude themselves they enjoyed prior to the Treaty of Waitangi is the major problem undermining our unity as a Nation . Tribalism and the influence of the treacherous / treasonous self-styled tribal-elite and their cronies MUST BE NEUTRALISED as a matter of urgency if we are to have a future worth having . Further the ultra, ultra pro-Maori biased Waitangi Tribunal Maori gravy train MUST BE URGENTLY closed down and PERMANENTLY DISMANTLED- URGENTLY !! | Hugh |
| But to succeed, first Luzon will need to get down off the fence and focus on one law for all New Zealanders. | Mark |
| we are doomed! | Ian |
| I say no, because so far they are showing themselves to be very weak kneed. They desperately need to toughen up | Gail |
| Of while Luxon is PM and being coached by Key | Richard |
| Not with PM Luxton as it s leader anyway | Chris |
| But they need to do so asap. | Ronald |
| Department names / road speeds etc were both to be fixed ….zilch as in too hard basket in case upset the vocal minority . | Nick |
| It won’t see any change under our current Prime Minister and his appeasement direction!! | Mike |
| Luxon is pathetic and weak | chris |
| Frankly no! ACT has it seems but National certainly hasn’t and Luxon thinks that kicking the decision can down the road for another three years is somehow progress-well its NOT!. NZ First as usual promises much and dellivers virtiually nothing. The most awful thing is that all of this could lead to another Labour dominated govt. with the Greens and the Racist Party the main players……God help us all!!! | Roger |
| very unfortunate but the PM has a lot to do with the lack!! | Helen |
| They are sitting on their hands doing nothing | Tony |
| Nats will not support Acts bill despite polls showing over 60% of Nat voters support it | Peter |
| However we need to, or we have to ask, when does the civil war start. | paul |
| Chris Luxon has his own objectives. He is under Maori influence just like Jacinda Ardern and John Key. That’s how we got to this point. Luxon needs to go. | Tony |
| The Coalition Party are Flip Flopping and we have Members of the WEF inside this Party which is causing this WEAK ‘Agenda’ !! Same Horse as the Labour Party but a different Jockey !!. | Geoff |
| There is a weakness in Luxon to actually pull the levers. He has just shuffled his cabinet, but musical chairs won’t cut through the rot. It will take a military General’s approach, not boardroom foot stamping. Even NZ First are nowhere to be seen on delivering substance at home. Peters is very good overseas, but that won’t register with voters at the next election. And the lack of coalition support for Act on the Treaty Principles Bill is weak, considering the huge support voiced on social media. NZ is like a headless chicken at present and the polls are alerting that the Government’s performance has to improve and fast. | DAVID |
| National are the problem. They are sealing their own demise! | Andy |
| Only David Seymoure has the balls to do anything about. Luxon is far too mishy – mashy and won’t make positive decisions. VERY disappointing. | Don |
| I think that they have been bought off. The changes promised need to be advanced and those bureaucrats who are stone walling the changes as directed by the government Should be fired. They are not the policy makers. | Neil |
| Our Prime Minister has turned traitor to the people of New Zealand by refusing to let David Seymour’s bill go any further. | William Clive |
| Sadly I have voted “No” I believe they have the potential, they must be encouraged to have the intention. The bible tells us to seek Wisdom for blessing and warns that Folly brings disaster. It is sheer folly to incorporate the pagan, primitive practices of a people who learned to exist in this country. but continued in tribal warfare and cannibalism for 600 years | Tony |
| Very disappointed that most bureaucrats seem to be ignoring Government directives. Why is the PM so intent on killing the Treaty Bill? | Ron |
| One New Zealand The prime minister has let their voters down | RAY |
| We have a very week PM – he wants to be liked. | Chris |
| Luxcinda and National are labour lite, we all need to realise that these politicians do not have our best interests in mind. IMHO they, like many other western nations(USA excluded because of Trump) are engineering the fall of West. OMG have just watched Luxcinda and the cheshire cat(Nicola Willis) speaking about the cabinet reshuffle, that says it all ! | Wayne |
| The coalition government is trying to placate one another and all the voters They need to focus on the issues they were elected to address | David |
| They need to strengthen their resolve, make sound decisions and abide with the expectations of the voters who put them there. The most recent poll result should give a sound nudge | Gary |
| Maybe if the rules were changed and the bearocraps didn’t like it they should go, no second chance. | Leon |
| Too many weaklings in Nats…. and Luxon FAR TOO WEAK | Gill |
| Not with Luxon at the helm There is one basic fundamental that Luxon has echoed prior to the election and that was we are all equal. Simplicity is an art form A law removing all references to race is simple act which is the only reason we have the coalition. Luxon is now following in the steps of Ardern I recently saw a utube clip were Tuku Morgan abused and berated Luxon, any man worth his mana would have got up and walk out. The next election just might be Act, and Nz First asklng National to make up the numbers. There is an opportunity the now exists to Bring about equality. Don’t let the National Party screw it up for New Zealanders like Muldoon did in with the cancelation of the fledgling NZ superannuation Scheme In later months of 1975 Appeasing radicals and a minority at that is not the way forward for the National party Or New Zealanders Luxon it’s time for make or break Don’t break the future of NZ like Muldoon did in 1975 | Bruce |
| Luxon has to go. He has no feel for the mood of the electorate | John |
| Yes, but less talk and more action required. | Neville |
| Christopher Luxon needs to ‘fess up and admit defeat. Seymour is leading the charge towards equality, whilst Luxon has his foot on the brakes. | Glyn |
| Luxon is a spineless ineffectual leader still promulgating woke appeasement at every obstacle. | Mike |
| National is not reading the room and fluffing around the edges becoming very concerning now | Richard |
| It is clearly failing in any aspects it promised | Hylton |
| They are still being run by socialist government departments and socialist local bodies | Owen |
| We need stronger Coalition Leadership | John |
| They don’t know how to | Warren |
| Sadly, NO. We can still live in hope that sooner or later they will grow some balls and do what they said. | Graeme |
| I don’t think there is any backbone in the coalition to be bold and do the right thing. They are all worried about what their voter base is thinking and dithering around. they have lost 12 months and that is it for the term i believe. Anything now on is just talk. | Carlton |
| Luxton needs to be replaced by National. | Clive |
| Not with Luxon he tends to be a fence sutter dealing with the ‘now optics’ he doesn’t reveal any future proofing abilities for a non race based system. | Carolyn |
| God help us if they don’t!! | David |
| Luxon is not in charge | howard |
| Spineless prime minister for sure, as well as a great liar, after all the so called election promises. Even Winston Peters, there’s not a word from him. | Richard |
| ALL references to the treaty must be deleted, it is well past its use by date. The radicals are abusing it every day | Gareth |
| Luzon has not shown backbone and Winston is missing in action | Andrew |
| Certainly hope so or Luxon will not be invited back. | Brenda |
| National are the weak link | Shirley |
| Disappointed to say the least. | Steve |
| they would have already | murray |
| I really wanted to say yes but sadly I said no. I hope and pray I am very wrong | Jan |
| I didn’t vote this coalition government .. but I nevertheless had hopes when it was formed, that there would be a reuction of wokism .. and that the writing of Te- Teriti into absolutely everything from infant schools to universities, every subject, profession; local and central government would end has not happenned, not at all. Everyone there and in the media seem to have brainwashed into thinking this is all to be nice, to assuge any wrong-doings of the past, guilt. Courage from NZCPR and supporters is all that stands between equality and Maori tribal take-over. | Rochelle |
| Act is trying hard to instigate changes but the handbrake of National is undermining their hard work. | Toni |
| I put No but I sincerely hope that they prove me wrong. | Tom |
| ACT and NZ First – Yes. National – not so much. The backbone does exist – it’s just a matter of finding it in time, hopefully well before the next election! | Scott. |
| I hope I am wrong. Our PM needs to get tough and we need to push him and support him. | Alan |
| They have been ‘all talk,no action’. The amount of public service jobs is insane – especially when very few are there for the good of all NZ’ers. | Janette |
| Luxon is too worried about racial unrest – by just a minority of part maori – but does not want the bad news overseas. A good economy in a year’s time will not makie up for apartheid. | Ann |
| The PM IS TOTALLY LACKING IN COURAGE | John |
| Maorification as you describe is now too deeply imbedded in all spheres of NZ life from indoctrination across our entire schooling system , universities government departments. Luxon will do nothing & sadly the bright intelligent & gifted New Zealanders will leave in greater numbers in 2025. Sadly all our children & grandchildren in the medical fields reside offshore with the last departing 2024 after the Maori indoctrination of the little ones in their local primary school. | Derek |
| Very disappointed I voted this time based on promises made before the last election. | Leon |
| Sad to say National is not turning things around to what National voters expect of them. I believe if they show their strength we will not be loosing all our brain power to Australia. | Pavithra |
| National now appears to be no more than a Labour Lite party, determined to con their own voters. | Russ |
| Luxon disappointing | Jackie |
| Luxon is weak and spineless | Russ |
| Luxon is now looking like the fly in the ointment | Kirke |
| Just disappointing! There is more Te Reo in the news bulletins than before. Aotearoa is used instead of NZ! Seems like a revolt amongst the TVNZ staff! | Marianne |
| 🙁 | James |
| All National MP’s need to be given the message by voters. Do what we elected you to do or you will be dead in the water next election. | Derek |
| Luxton does not the nous/political savey..Running a country is levels above his boardroom experience. To Luxton, slowdown n LISTEN to the people- our lives matter.. | Vince |
| all the Coalition are so weak! | Ann |
| If they were ever to deliver their election promises evidence of it happening should be evident by now. I feel Luxon and his colleagues are not reading the room at all well. Saying it how many of us think it is time to tear up the misinterpreted treaty and restore democracy. One law for all. | Alastair |
| Seymour and Peters have the necessary backbone but they are let down by the National party. I am 81 and have voted National all my life, but I think David Seymour might be getting my next vote. | Robbie |
| Im having major doubts that this Government really intended to implement the changes that i and many others voted for . Has this been a Con job? | Gary |
| No spine | Hone |
| They are vacillating, especially Luxton on these matters. The polls suggest the majority want change and the Coalition ought to read the room better and acknowledge the majority support for the change on the Treaty Principles. | john |
| No, unfortunately, because Luxon is the PM when it should be someone who can see the wood for the trees like David Seymour – and has the balls to say and do what is right for all NZ’ers as a Nation. | Alan |
| The current government has clearly missed an opportunity to put things right after the previous government set us on a totally different course in paving the way for a dictatorship. The coalition government made all the right promises, even gave directives to government departments, then waited for the country to adopt the changes. Perhaps they are more in favour of Labour ideology than they care to admit! Without direct intervention from our leaders, those in senior administrative positions have been left to implement new policies as they wish. Result is that frontline workers have been laid off to reduce spending, in favour of management and their friends retaining employment. Services are stretched whilst admin staff chat in the corridors! Skilled staff have departed for elsewhere because they can! The media continue to sing the praises of Labour to sway public opinion and this government remains silent – are they in silent support? This government is all talk then wait for action instead of driving the changes they promised to implement. Self-sabotaging themselves! We are still heading in the wrong direction as a country and have no-one with the vision or resolve to do what is urgently needed – or is it too late? | Martin |
| Unfortunately, they don’t seem to – specifically when our Prime Minister has stated that he will not let the Trearthy Principles bill pass | Geoffrey |
| If it was left to Act and NZ 1st then probably I would say yes but Luxon and National are the weak link. The National party are a shadow of what they used to be. | Peter |
| Some in the coalition do but are being stymied by others who are too weak kneed | Graeme |
| Too woke and scared to go against the globalist agenda | Jonathan |
| But only if ACT and NZ First can get National on board. It is National thats failing. | Valda |
| I would like to hope so BUT Luxon is no BIG NORM. Will NZ First get off the fence & be pro-active? | Doug |
| Driven primarily by wish washy Luxon, even the Nats that support the Treaty Principles Bill are being whipped into line. | Geoffrey |
| To date all we have heard is rhetoric, little action. I’m totally disillusioned by the Prime Minister and the National Party. In the past a loyal National supporter, at the next election I won’t forget, National will not get my vote unless a radical change occurs. | Terrence |
| Not at the moment | Mike |
| Too weak | Robert |
| I’m horrified at the consequences if New Zealand continues on the current path. | Alwyn |
| Luxon is a pathetic figure. Weak as dishwater. He must go | Peter |
| It will be hard but NZ needs a stable wise freedom loving government | Beryl |
| They are not even challenging Co Governance which is rapidly gaining acceptance through ignorance. | Ian |
| Luxon is a fence sitter and doesn’t want to offend Maori, so no progress will be made under his inept leadership. | Rhys |
| National have lied about it pre-election to get votes. | STEPHEN |
| The weak kink is Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, he portrays as being a person with a foot in each camp and hedging bets. As New Zealand slides into anarchy Luxon continues to lay the fiddle. Abolishment of the Maori electoral seats will halt anarchy in its tracks. | Victor |
| Weak leadership and timidity characterize this coalition. Luxon is woke and Peters is too mecurial. Seymour is impressive but he is the leader of a minority party. The media will continue to thwart the coalition but the Parliament must find the courage to overturn the woke agenda. Perhaps referenda – or better still Citizens Assemblies – may be a solution. | John |
| Luxon is weak and is not listening to the “voice of the people” | Andrew |
| No, why? They are all UN 2030 globalists. | Max |
| Progress to date has been pathetic so I don’t expect that to change | Gavin |
| Luxon has not got the gumption. Who rules him? | Christine |
| The Prime minister has MUCH to answer for here | Peter |
| Should have done it by now. | John |
| They’re too wishy washy and totally lack any sort of backbone. John key has too much influence on our weak PM. | Colin |
| Should have done by now | John |
| Luxon certainly doesn’t | John |
| Luxon is too weak | Kevin |
| ..at this time the “Captain of the ship” is asleep and the sooner he gets tough the better or there will be a mutiny in the coalition and NZ will self destruct. | Chris |
| Not while Luxon is the PM. He lacks the will and the backbone to change anything. We need a strong leader and the public of NZ to wake up to what is happening and to speak up. | Lee |
| Luxon is the problem. He’s clearly been got at, and if he ever had balls, he’s lost them | Anthony |
| They just don’t have the firepower to make it happen. They need to prioritise all of the policy changes you refer to and fund the cost of making those changes with urgency . If by not doing so it can be described as a lack of backbone then yes they lack the backbone. My belief is that the job is just too big for this administration and they need to prioritise an administration boost to bolster the changes that are needed to fulfil the promises to the electorate . The election was won on the issue of race and it was a winning policy and the supporters of that policy will support it again, but they must see that those policies are enacted to guarantee that support. It was a strong move by the supporters at election and will be even stronger if they see that racial priorities are being abolished from all legislation and the judicial system. It should not only happen it needs to be seen to happen. The government need to legislate to take the influence away from the news media. They may need to oppose the media with their own publications free to every mailbox every day. If the government can achieve that objective they will achieve a landslide victory at election time. | Terrence |
| Very disappointing | Phyllis |
| I am disappointed with the performance of our government so far. They must do much better. | Theo |
| The problem lies with a weak prime minister. Luxon needs to get tougher or get out. | Danny |
| Tired of listening to Peters and Seymour bleating about (state owned) media bias, I have twice written to the latter pointing out if they cant even sort the ‘Propaganda Ministry’ out what form of arrogance are they suffering from to expect the hoi polloi to believe any of the other corrections they campaigned on. No acknowledgement back. | Richard |
| Luxon has proved to be weak seymour for prime minister i say. | Brian |
| Luxon has exposed himself as an activist. We stand little chance with him as PM | claire |
| As long as National are the senior partner it’s unlikely that major reforms will occur. Luxon is a popularist, not a Prime Minister. He’s another John Key | Chris |
| Not under the current level of sidestepping. NZ needs a leader who visibly demonstrates strong intent to unite NZ and solve our problems – not participate in vote chasing by avoidance of issues. Currently there is a big mis-read of the crowd occurring. | Andrew |
| Not with Luxon at the helm | Graeme |
| While Luxon remains in charge nothing will happen. He is a weakling | Trevor |
| I agree with the comments posted, The prime minister needs to stand up and show that New Zealanders want to be one people without all this rubbish that is dividing this country. He is turning out to be a dispointment | William |
| National is dragging the chain. Allowing radical maori, corrupt judges and arderns press to dictake how the country proceeds. Corupt judges need to be sacked, pull the money train for media and remove all labours radicals from our public offices. A Trump approach is sorely overdue. | Allan |
| NZ’ers are Weak, privileged, precious, selfish, self centred, greedy, lazy, small narrow minded inbreds with the old mantra I’m alright Jack, f*** you, so what chance do we have against sliding into the dark, violent, world of stone-age tribalism, not from this government. | Russell |
| Christopher Luxon is weak. He is not prepared to be hated by Maori who will never like or vote for him. Winston and David however, put the NZ people first. | Megan |
| Specifically Luxon has no backbone and he wonders why he has coalition partners… | Sean |
| Woeful backpedaling on issues they were voted in to rectify | Justin |
| Luxon needs to go—-he has Potaka { his Maori Plant ) beside him favouring Maori all the way! Won’t be happy till Tikanga is removed from our NZ law! so dangerous | Sandra |
| I think we need mass public rallies in all centres to wake this government up. | Mick |
| sorry to say ! | keith |
| At this stage it would seem not! With Luxon promising to Kill the treaty Principle Bill he is nailing his agenda to the wall! No wonder he is losing votes. Goodness knows what his Ministers think. They should be given a Conscience vote on this Bill, especially with the number of submissions received, which he apparently is dismissing out of hand. Putting this Bill to a referendum would put a line under the infiltration of the Radical Maori activist agenda. Unless he changes his mind and gains the courage to deal with all the issues of the socialist agenda, instilled by the Ardern Govt our democracy will suffer and NZ is doomed. | Mary |
| We need the three wise men working together | Felicity |
| Does the P M support the WEF. Surely seems that way . | edward |
| Our PM is gutless One people one government nothing else. Those who fought for NZ to stop Germany and or Japan winning would be turning over in their graves | John |
| In voting for the cotillion we believed we were voting for a government who would be in control, yet it appears that others are controlling this government | Mike |
| It seems to be that they have backed down on their promise of all is fair for everyone in this country. Why can’t we all be just one people!! | Donna |
| Currently it appears not, National need to make stand against the inclusion of tikikangi in common law. | Gerald |
| They have been extremely slow off the mark. National should be leading the pack instead it seems to be the anchor. | George |
| If Luxon has not got the Backbone…. He must Step aside & allow someone who has, to Take the Reins. This must Happen Immediately. | Ollie |
| By trying to placate radical racists National is losing the faith of previous loyal supporters. They do this at their, and our peril. | Andrew |
| sadly, and in so not doing, effectively handing the power to determine LAW to the judges. | Lionel |
| I voted NO but I sincerely hope that I am wrong . | Bobby |
| I hope , they are starting to slip | Colin |
| Some parts of the coalition are, some aren’t. | Allen |
| The appointment of Justice Christian Whata to the Court of Appeal is a vivid example of why No is my answer. Who recommended him and who accepted that recommendation? Does no-one in this country see the dangers in what President Trump 1.0 achieved in his unable-to-be-reversed appointments to the US Supreme Court? Or do they? And so Justice Whata is intentionally advanced to the Court of Appeal to promote Bijural Law. Where is impartial and honest democracy in this? | tony |
| Of course not. Led my weak kneed Chris Luxon. | Chris |
| There has been no change in government – weak, pathetic and lifeless leadership in response to the destruction of recent times | Jan |
| From what we have witnessed so far, it look very doubtful. Act has been the only Party to stick to its promises. National is walking down a very steep path to obscurity | Bryan |
| It seems to me it’s very much the same old nothing has changed I don’t believe Luxon is up to the job we nead someone with the guts to do what the coalition said they would Example Luxon said there was nothing he liked about Seymour’s bill had he actually read it! I doubt and they certainly have not reined in government spending in fact they have hardly done anything media was supposed to come into line yea right nobody watches or reads main stream media anymore Maori is getting stronger courts are getting weaker nothing has changed that’s why everyone is leaving the country in droves and I don’t blame them come on government do what you were voted in to do | Peter |
| I hate to have to say “No,” but I think it is clear that Mr Luxon has no real intent to make needed changes in most areas. Turning around the economy, I concede, can’t be done in a year. But what about issues related to equality under a single legal system and a rejection of “co-governance”? Little has been done in this regard. And let’s also see more done to eliminate the “woke” agenda! With his two coalition partners both pushing for significant action — although often in dissimilar ways — Luxon, along with most National Party MPs, stands in the way. In my view, public referendums on key issues should be held regularly; even if these were only advisory, the government would have a clear sense of the direction the majority of NZers support. | Marla |
| Things would happen if ACT were in control. National have lost my support. | Gary |
| National is letting us down badly. We voted for change but at best they are delivering half measures. What are they not telling us? Have they made some kind of deal with say, the iwi leaders forum, who have been very quiet of late? National is feeling a bit like our media did before we heard about the public interest journalism fund – i.e. I’m finding it really hard to understand why they’re behaving this way. Why did Judith appoint Christian Whata to the Appeals Court for example? | Wendy |
| Mr. Luxon has been a real disappointment to me. He does not seem to have the backbone to make decisions to restore democracy in NZ. He talks that the Treaty Principles Bill will cause division. Does he not understand that that has already happened and has been driven by Maori and not the rest of NZ | Murray |
| The PM has about as much guts as a whitebait and is wetter than a seals pocket A conscience vote on the treated principles bill should happen | Phil |
| The leadership needs to man-up and get on with what the country wants. Luxon is dragging the chain. | Gerry |
| I can remember many years ago when National was elected on its promises. But reneged on the lot of them as “it was only an electioneering promise” Looks like gutless Luxton is running true to Nationals roots. | Gary |
| We have seen a few changes, but most political parties don’t do exactly what they say! | Kim |
| Have seen no evidence of their strength to carry out any of their election promises. A disappointing government and the result will be even more people leaving the country. | Gaye |
| Until the Coalition gets rid of the noose around it’s collective neck called Christopher Luxon, nothing will change. | GrayWarbler |
| Luxon is trying to be all things to all people and pleasing none. | Ian |
| Lukewarm Luxo has no spine to stand against the take over | Neil |
| I voted National for all my life until PM Key and his acolytes drifted off course. There are some excellent members in Government but they need better leadership at the helm | Brian |
| Act & NZ First do, but not Luxton | Brian |
| The government is pathetically gutless and week. It should IMMEDIATELY sack the CEO of every government department that has not fully implemented the government’s instructions. That must start with every department that still uses a Maori name, every department that prefixed the English name with the Maori name, Every department that is still operating a Maori preference agenda in any way shape or form. The 20% minority should have no more or less privilege, rights, etc, than everyone else in our country and its high time every government department was forced by law to ensure that happens. Government departments MUST BE REQUIRED to abide by the government’s policies PERIOD! | Steve |
| apart from ACT the other two parties are all talk and not much else. we voted them in for radical change and it hasn’t happened. Luxon just wants to be the good guy and by doing so is pleasing no one | Brett |
| The Prime Minister has demonstrated a weakness that I did not expect prior to the election. As you note, “softly, softly” does not work. | Ralph |
| Luxon’s weak and timid approach to leadership, including his fear of confronting radical Maori activists, his promise to spike and destroy the Treaty Principles Bill, and his tolerance of bureaucrats openly opposing the changes he campaigned for, reveals a profound lack of integrity. This disregard for the voters who entrusted him with the mandate to lead, coupled with his unwillingness to enact the reforms needed to lift New Zealand out of its current challenges, demonstrates both a failure of courage and a betrayal of public trust. | Lindsay |
| Luxon is too weak, he is a disaster, no back bone and seems afraid of Maori. We need a concentrated effort to rid the country of the policies of Ardern. The Treaty Principles Bill should not be cut short by Luxon. It needs to be a free vote. His comments the other day that he would crush the bill ignores all of the submissions- he’s not a dictator, he must listen to the people. | LAURA |
| So many promises and so little achieved. With National & NZ First not supporting ACT in the Principles Bill can anyone PLEASE tell me how in the hell we will succeed in getting rid of the divisions growing day by day? | John |
| Not while Luxon continues to fence-sit, decry The Treaty Principles Bill, and do nothing to reign back the rampant Maori Party demands and unauthorised actions in Parliament. | Robyn |
| I wish I could say yes!!!!!! | Les |
| Luxon is weak and and activist as is Potaka Only seymour has the interests of NZ at heart | Alan |
| National is largely the same as Labour in a different colour. There needs to be more support for ACT and NZ First to for e them to make the hard decisions. | Ken |
| They are scared of the maori. | Wayne |
| The only coalition MP’s that show any backbone are ACT’s David Seymour and NZ Firsts Shane Jones. NZ First Peters blows a lot of hot air but does nothing. I will be voting ACT all the way at the next election as I have always voted National all my voting life. | Wayne |
| Claxon has no balls. Quite possibly no brain either. And, his stance on the Treaty Principles Bill, shows that he has no principles and is politically tone deaf. Tragically, with him at the helm tjis will be a one-term Government and then NZ will be totally in the crap. | Philip |
| Luxon needs to to grow a pair. | Murray |
| The weakest link is the pathetic PM Luxon who will be a one-time/one term PM and will be the cause of the failure of this govt to be re-elected. | James |
| And it starts at the top! | David |
| `This colition will never pass alaws that will make life better. Too many noses in the trough with different opions. | Carl |
| Luxon is in the process of revealing who he really is – a WEF supporter who cares less about NZ than his future with some cushy overseas posting, much like Ardern. | Lynn |
| Led by Luxon no one has the balls to stand up & be counted!! They totally misled the voters at the election – in other words lied through their teeth to get the votes & subsequently ignore the mandates!!! With a couple of exceptions most appear to be yes men or women to the Nat party!! Potaka for one appears to be a plant to promote everything Maori!! Thank god we have the likes of Shane Jones & David Seymour to speak out on what is happening!! Luxon s one & only tilt at politics !! | Ron |
| Leftist policies still rule – we want the freedom democratic rule is supposed to provide!!! | DAVID |
| But I wish they had | Margaret |
| Certainly not yet ! | Geoffrey |
| The reason l have voted no as encapsulated? by the comments enclosed in this newsletter. The Nats appear to be too scared to rock the boat(and lose power), NZ First make a lot of noise but l struggle to see what they achieve, and ACT while achieving (and picking up Nat party voters) need to call their coalition partners to follow through on there pre election promises. | Simon |
| No evidence of backbone so far | Peter |
| Luxon is absolutely useless & has no spine to stand up to the radical Maori’s We need a Prime Minister with the balls to take positive action. David Seymour is our only hope. No wonder so many Kiwi’s are leaving New Zealand. Its about time all of this Maori indoctrination on the TV news, weather, the press in general, all forms of correspondence etc were removed.. English needs to be made an official language now & Maori Te Reo should only be used on their TV channels, the Marae & wholly owned Maori entities & nowhere else! | david |
| they have no idea what back bone means AND ARE TO SCARED to put a line in the sand. | Duncan |
| Luxon and Wills are the problem | Garry |
| I think that the coalition government will largely be ineffective as long as Christopher Luxon is Prime Minister. Prime Minister Luxon appears to be the puppet of John Key. If the coalition government does not harden up and follow the wishes of the majority of the people then we could well see a repetition of the British election in 2026. | Trevor |
| My Yes vote is absolutely a devout hope, that the Coalition Government can find the backbone to actually do what they promised they would. | Philip |
| Luxon is afraid to rock the boat as a result he currys favour from nobody.He is losing National votes fast. Seymour has the courage and the direction to acheive but is hampered by the timidity of National. | Marshal |
| Luxon has shown his mediocrity blatantly. An Andern in pants, He ignores the public sentiment in favor of his own views. A shameful PM with no stamina, | Peter K |
| Luxon has openly admitted that he favours Maoridom’s aspirations. | Nick |
| No, they are not asserting their promises for a true democracy. Luxon is just not standing up against the activists. | Arthur |
| I believe luxon is a large obstacle to democracy, aided by a number of his MP’s. He is ruled by the globalist agenda and for the good of New Zealand, needs to begone. | Elizabeth |
| We all know Luxton is the problem, he never had the credentials to lead successfull policies but unfortuantly he was the best National could provide. ACT should be prepared to force policies on Nationals cowardice. | Rex |
| Just another lot of empty promises to get elected. They are mostly just a bunch of career polititions only interested in looking after themselves. | diana |
| Luxon is far too timid, he needs to be seen to lead as he promised. All racist legislation must be rewritten and all Government departments must immediately have English names!!! | Brian |
| Coalition of 3 Parties- National definitely nil backbone; ACT maybe some; NZ First hard to tell (perhaps a bit) | Peter |
| They are not delivering what they promised in their election campaign | Mike |
| National are blocking what the voters voted for – the reverse of the tribal takeover. | Trevor |
| In spite of pre-election promises to return to Govt, one rule of law, one vote this has not happened. Even Luxon the wuss must realise that he is going to be out of job very shortly if this does not happen soon. | John |
| Very disappointing to date. | Dallas |
| Sadly we have a complete invertebrate for a PM | Andy |
| One out of the three maybe does have the backbone, they need to be given the power. | Greg |
| fire with fire | Anne |
| Not yet. But for our sakes I hope they develop some common sense, open their eyes & admit that so far they have been worse than useless!!! | Ray |
| Thanks to the Nats they have not gone anywhere near far enough. Slash and burn and then ride out the screams from the left for 18 months then work on the next election. | Cookie |
| National clearly don’t. NZ First and ACT probably do but don’t have the clout this time around. Bureaucracy and Mainstream Media are still in charge. 65000 bureaucrats pushing paper in a country of 5 million??? It’s a very sick joke. | John |
| Unfortunately No. | Jane |
| How I wish I could vote YES | David |
| National is the handbrake to reform | Murray |
| I have to believe it or else we are doomed and I might as well depart now. | Bruceh |
| Not now I realise it was Judith Collins who appointed Christian Whata to the Court of Appeal | Noel |
| Flip flop Luxon is no better than Jabcinda | Chris |
| Bloody weak. Luxon is pathetic | Jeremy |
| they appear absolutely gutless sadly | Robert |
| Not under the present gutless leadership ! | Neville |
| They are pathetic! | Steve |
| Not with Luxton in charge.He is a bloody activist with no balls. | Ross |
| largely through National’s chicken-like attitude | Anthony |
| They’ve really only 1 year to come good. | Sax |
| They need to toughen up and challenge the media to report without bias and oppose new undemocratic policy | Christine |
| This government has turned out to be weak and ineffectual, primarily due to Christopher Luxtons spineless attitude to anything regarding maori. It’s as if they hold him over a barrel. He should be deposed as leader of the coalition, and somebody with more balls to get the job that we put them in there to do, should be appointedin his place. First stop, fire most of the public service, who don’t represent us at all, they have their own agenda | Trevor |
| Sadly, we’re not getting what we were promised, it’s a bad look. Still too much divisive pandering to a particular group while this beautiful country does down the drain. Come on Mr Luxon, you know what needs to be done, support for David Seymour would be a good place to start. | Jan |
| they lack the will and the directive | john |
| The rule of law “is” common. Keep is that way | David |
| Bring back one nation one people | Mat |
| Although some deputy pm’s talk the talk a bit our glorious leader is a weak, inefficient muppet and I toned my comment down a bit. It is so very sad to see this beautiful country wrecked by so few. It will slowly slide into the swamp. Dumbing down of the populace, education and health collapse, lies, transport stupidities etc. All are examples of the rot from within, a bit like the previous cultures before us except we have nothing of use soon, reduced herds and flocks, no gas, no mining. I am too old to leave like the 130,000 who did last year beying replaced by180,000 barely skilled or needed replacements from other cultures. Will our present conditions last till the end of my life, god knows? My only question is, what do these activists, socialists trying to achieve? It can’t be freedom, prosperity, highly educated populace, unity or peace. | Leonard |
| Luxon, like it or not, is promoting Act and NZ First to greater position of strength.. which might not be a bad thing. | Philip |
| On his performance to date, it is glaringly obvious that Luxon lacks the wit and the courage to stand up for what he claims are his principles. He is failing us on so many fronts that it is not feasible to record them all. This coalition government cannot succeed with him as its head. | TOBY |
| Luxon AND Peters are wankers with no moral fortitude. SEYMOUR is brave, strong and intelligent and is wide awake to what maori are presently doing to f..k our wonderful NEW ZEALAND. Support David everyone or we are ALL stuffed. | Brian |
| They are scared of maori retribution. All govts have pandered to maori threats and coercion, making it easy pickings for the treaty gravy train. Stop the treaty claims, they are based on maori lies and disinformation. New Zealand is a disgrace when it comes to governments. Maybe aotearoa is a better name for it, weak and open to any fabrication thrown at it. Considering aotearoa was allocated by an Englishman, its farcial maori want to claim it. The coalition needs to grow a spine, stand up with Seymour and get this bleeding of cash to stop. | Sharron |
| Time for NATIONAL, to get on board with ACT/NZF, with the huge opposition to the TREATY B.S time for LUXON and his party to GET WITH THE PROGRAM! | David |
| Leadership is lacking | Anthony |
| They appear to be scared of the elite Maori and are ignoring (at their peril) the majority of us who are not getting a fair deal. We need a PM who allows its citizens to have a say and not dictate an outcome before they have. | Bev |
| Get rid of Luxon | David |
| Unfortunately – there are far to many ‘true believers’ in so many of the same dangerous ideologies of Labour that there is little real hope. | Tony |
| Our email addresses at work have recently been changed to tewhataora.govt.nz as we merge into one national system, many people still have their old signatures in emails te whata Ora so no, I don’t believe the government has the backbone. People chose to ignore them. | Corey |
| As evidenced by Muriel’s article. The government is not implementing to the full election promises. | Lance |
| Sadlly, NO | Vaughan |
| ACT and NZ FIRST are doing things, albeit slowly. However National has abandoned the campaign on which it was elected. Where are the MASSIVE cuts to public service numbers? Where is the massive cuts to public service spending? How come our Prime Minister has said he does not believe the government has the right to rule and citizens are NOT equal when commenting to a media question about the Treaty Principles Bill. Why is our Prime Minister completely ignoring our democracy by refusing to wait for the select committee outcome before deciding his stance on the second reading of that Bill? He campaigned to support it to select committee. He DID NOT campaign on stopping it at second reading, but has declared his intentions since. Luxon has to go! | Ken |
| Coalition mirrors committe action in giving more focus on not steppimng on toes rather make a decision, especially if a minority consider it against their wishes | Collin |
| Too many daily examples of the Government (Ministers) not driving policy through against resistance from the public sector. If this was the private sector most boards and CE’s would have been replaced by those charged with implemting change. You’ve referenced TVNZ – its been run into the ground turning a $55mil profit into a loss with falling revenues and audience numbers. Where’s the accountability? | Peter |
| We need a positive commitment for the coalition to fight for democracy and freedom for all NZ people | Brenda |
| Luxon in particular has become pro maori and rejects the rest of NZers | Alan |
| Luxon is the problem | Bev |
| national, in my view has shown to be weak on any controversial issues. Even though a majority of party members support the principles bill Luxon will not | Clifford |
| We need to see definite action in dismantling all the previous governments nonsense. | Bruce |
| Haven’t shown the balls to tackle any of these problems and National especially is losing votes. | Ian |
| luxton is useless, not wanting to cause waves | Stephen |
| Each of the three collective parties does well on its own likes or dislikes but collectively lack unity or strength. Backbone……..oh really. | david |
| If the Govt dont get control back this year and do what needs doing, then we are into election year BS and likely to lose out to a Labour Govt that will completely eliminate Democracy, Free Speech, Equality, and other cornerstones of our Society. Unfortunately a big swing to ACT and NZ First will be a loss to National, and not disadvantage Labour who are rising in the polls. | Greg |
| The time for change is passing rapidly, and the attitude of the National Party towards real change is shown in their stance against the Treaty Principles Bill. | Grange |
| ACT has but not the other two | Evans |
| Not with Luxon at the helm. | Alister |
| Unfortunately civil war will follow | Derek |
| Luxon has made it clear he largely supports pro-Maori policies and under his watch nothing much will change. Same old National disappointment. ACT and NZFirst seem at odds about how to approach things and they will start sniping at each other as the next election approaches, leaving National a free-run to do nothing. | Derek |
| No sign of any back bone and Luxons authoritarian management means little chance. He is coming across as arrogant and unwilling to educate himelf and show some humility admitting he is wrong and | Gail |
| The coalition wants to be popular with anybody. This won’t work if you want to make changes happen, especially not if you want to use a tool like the chainsaw. Either or? That will be the question. There is no time for spineless compromises anymore. | Klaus |
| Need to show evidence of protecting the common law against the advancement of Maori activism. Judges must accept they are there to recognise Parliamentary law, not design it | Graham |
| Not if they don’t strengthen their resolve & do what they were voted in for. | Heather |
| ACT yes, National & NZ First, no. | Anon |
| Luxon is the problem. | T |
| So far, they have picked up where Labour left off in lies, only fixing irrelevant issues, re named poilcies that the last government created !, our health system is in total tatters !, the police force is a total mess, the education system is still race based !, and infrasture is still strugling. they are in house fighting against each others policies, they like the last government are hiding more un elected policies under urgency behind closed doors!, they are still handing out millions of dollars to unnecessary hand outs!, they are still all involved in an un elected world health organization on vaccine forced controls, if a so call “health scare” is detected ! they are changing laws to circum navigate around our NZ constitution or rights to enforce mandates !, so no ! this government is just as bad as the last dictatorship ! | Kevin |
| It has no backbone and it is lucky if it has a functioning brain cell in certain areas. eg the Genetic engineering proposals being put forward by Collins (a lawyer – not a scientitst, and Luxon (not sure what he is but I have heard from previous employees of Air NZ that “He is a numbers man not a people person.” That is definitely obvious when he and Collins propose changes that will destroy NZ economy till we become a 4th world nation. | Kevin |
| It takes time | Neil |
| Very evident by the overriding diatribe coming from the very left leaning stae media | David |
| Luxon has to go. He is both woke and weak. | Trevor |
| There is no evidence to me, that they care about the country. | Hilda |
| Luxon should heed the views and wishes of National voters and W. Peters should support Symour’s bill and temporarily ‘forget’ about Act’s biting into NZFirst’s electorate strength. | Paul |
| They have already proven they still want to suck up to Maori by not accepting the Treaty Principles Bill past first reading,this in spite of a majority of National, Labour and Act being in favour. Luxon should be fired. | Peter |
| Strong leadership is required. Action not words!! | Howard |
| Luxon is the weak link. He must go and Seymour and Peters need to find a suitable third leg to the stool. Luxon is weak. We still remember his cowering behind a curtain when the masses arrived at Parliament. His people, but he hid behind a curtain. P-uleeze! | Jenny |
| Consistently showing as spineless | Trevor |
| They should take it all a step further and banish T. maori Party and also bane MMP. Make consequences hurt. | mike |
| it seems National may have signed international agreements which mean the path was set for NZ years ago. Luxon does not have the balls to change that and it appears no one in politics is being honest about why we keep going in the same direction. Unless we have a different option to vote for I’m starting to feel the direction of this country is well and truly set in stone and none of the majority get to have a say. I truly hope a way to change that comes about for this country so we have an alternative to vote for. | S |
| Jellyfish! How much is a ticket to Argentina? | Michael |
| ACT & NZ First probably have the strength, not so National sadly it seems | Lindsay |
| Luxton will let them down, hence his drop in popularity | Laurie |
| I can’t make my mind up if National is playing good cop bad cop with the Treaty Principles sitting on the fence is not going to help them come election time | Nick |
| This Coalition,does not have the courage to take a firm stand and stamp out all this Raceism and Tribal customs that are being allowed to fester. . New Zealand must be one people with one Law. | Don |
| The Coalition needs great support from all sectors of NZ and the backbone to keep its promises | Murray |
| It just has to get on with it | Simon |
| Luxon is paying the price of people pleasing. He dose not like confrontation no matter how trifling it might be. | Phil |
| No they do not. Led by PM Luxon they are running scared of the very loud minority of Maori Activists. In short He/They are gutless. | Kevin |
| I answered yes, however I must add a rider to this being the only party that his the will to do this is Act, David Seymour has shown real backbone against all odds with the Treaty Principles Bill. Luxon is weak and his hidden agenda is support for Maori and all things Maori. NZ First are also against many of the judiciaries judgements, but I am not convinced they will back anything Act will want to do regarding this. Therefore, if Act is alone with this it’s a dead duck. Once again luxon will not do anything, he needs to grow up. | Peter |
| They HAVE to, or else | mike |
| No evidence yet – though National may be preventing progress. | Mary |
| By ‘No’ I’m referring mostly to Christopher Luxon who is coming across as a closet Activist. Nothing will improve until they file the Treaty away where it should have long gone and start treating us all the same without any special treatment based on race. It should be based on need only. It is NOT our founding document no matter which way you try to spin it. What did it found? We were administered from NSW when it was signed. File it away and never mention it again. | Helen |
| The ‘elected’ government was not much more than changing of the puppets. Changing faces. We’re still not in a democracy. I wish as a pensioner I could go and survive somewhere else. I’m sick to death of living in this woke, racial tyranny. | Grant |
| ACT certainly has backbone. NZF also to a fair extent. Not so much Luxon-led National – and they’re the major Party in the Coalition. | Tim |
| Luxon fails the Country! | Brian |
| All talk, very little action. Some of Luxon’s public utterances undermining his coalition partners have been unbelievable. | Rod |
| Not the way luxon is going he’s got no balls | Alan |
| Perhaps YES… but the COALITION has to hit the Political Ground RUNNING.. make no mistake, we are in a War now, 2025 will be POLITICALLY DIFFICULT, we are in a war now about OUR FREEDOMS, more than any other time! The ENEMY, will be formidable, and will try to be organised. We now have to organise people power, outside of Parliament, we are fighting another Enemy… The UN/WEF/ WHO, with all of their nasty allies, the COALITION has lots of other ALLIES, as well outside of the BEEHIVE,we have to include these friends as part of the COALITION as well. Lets get organised….IT,s about PEOPLE! | David |
| There are 3 parties to the Coalition with only 2 willing to change anything PM Luxon is on a globalist agenda and does not appear to give a toss about those that put his party into power. No wonder he is slipping badly in the polls Most of those wanted the racist policies gone. He is neading a spine | Carolyn |
| PM Luxon is NOT reading the mood of the nation, and frankly should step aside for Peters or Seymour to lead NZ toward the next election. National are just Labour lite . Coke = Pepsi | Basil |
| The government introduced apartheid legislation in 1975, funded it with taxpayers sweat equity and grew it into an “Apartheid Partnership” between the corporate state government and tribal corporate iwi’s. This corporate apartheid agenda will not be stopped, no matter what promises politicians make to the contrary. | neil |
| National and Mr Luxon appeared to not understand what is at stake, Democracy or Tribal rule. Tinkering will loose National the next election. | Sam |
| There is so much hysteresis in all that the coalition does, it is akin to not a partnership but to wading in a bowl of molasses. Luxon’s bland refusal to realise that all his economic progress will amount to nothing if he does not address the Maori elite Treaty of Waitangi gravy train issue and He Puapua, refuse to recognise tikanga as a valid source of law and rein in the judiciary. With all due respect, he needs to stop with all the appeasement and do his job, oh.. and while he is at it drop the “what I will say to you mantra”. | Doug |
| Yes it does, but it will require NZF,and ACT to become more unified, and to hold NATIONAL to the coalition agreements, especially in holding the radical T.P. MAORI, and the looney GREEN/LABOUR opposition to account!! 2025,the COALITION, has to come back full flight!! | David |
| I to voted in this Government in the hope they would turn this mess around. I have been deeply concerned about it for along time. I think Luxon needs to go, l felt all along he was a very weak man. Let’s face it the Country’s in trouble and the last thing we need at this time is a feeble PM. May be we will all need to pack our bags and bolt. So sad what our wonderful Country has become. Thanks Muriel for showing us a real man in Argentina and what can be accomplished. When will this Country ever find a strong leader. | Paul |
| An example of that is the appointment (presumably with the approval of Judith Collins) of justice Whata to the Court of Appeal. Of course, with a name like that, one would have to wonder which oritice he makes his utterances from? | Alan |
| No, National are dragging their feet on defending equal rights in this country. They are still pandering to Maori leaders. Until they find the courage to do what is right for ALL New Zealanders – not the privileged few – the Coalition will NOT succeed. That would be a disaster for the country as the Maori Party will gain serious influence. National Party supporters need to persuade their MPs to do the right thing – and quickly! | David |
| The Coalition is doing many good things, but on the tough issues discussed in this newsletter, they are too weak. To be fair, NZ First and ACT are pulling their weight but National isn’t. That needs to change. | Murray |
| National is going down in the polls because they are not showing strong leadership where it counts. Christopher Luxon should study successful political leaders – if he did, he would find they provide leadership on tough issues rather than running away from them, which is what he does. | Pauline |
| It is imperative that the Coalition delivers on their promises and explains that to the nation. They should look at how Donald Trump got himself elected in spite of continual attacks by the mainstream media, so they develop a better means of communicating with those who supported them at the last election to explain what they are doing and the progress they are making. At the moment it is their attackers who are leading the public discourse. | Trevor |
| The Coalition is making good progress, but there are some tricky issues ahead. If they keep pulling together, they will succeed. | Simon |