Now that we know that the general election will take place on September 19, we thought it timely to reconfirm that Hobson’s Pledge stands for a better New Zealand committed to equality. We believe that:
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Help fight rising tide of racial preferment
This year 2020 comes with a wave of issues that add to the rising tide of racial preferment that is being forced upon us.
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Why extend racial preference in law?
There are two pieces of legislation wending their way through Parliament designed to further entrench the crazy notion that the Treaty of Waitangi created an obligation on governments nearly 200 years later to treat anybody with a Maori ancestor in some kind of preferential way. They are the Public Service Bill and the Education and Training Bill, both sponsored by Chris Hipkins, who is both Education and Public Service Minister.
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Free speech and the rejection of reason
Two Hobson’s Pledge members unwittingly played the role of canary in the coalmine regarding looming crackdowns on freedom of speech in New Zealand, according to a new book titled Free Speech Under Attack.
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Mt Albert tree cull may be illegal
Clear-felling of exotic trees from Auckland’s volcanic cones may be illegal, according to information provided to us.
