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  • Who could possibly disagree with equal rights?

    Posted by · August 24, 2026 3:33 PM

    Over the weekend, the ACT Party released a major policy package targeting some of the core constitutional issues Hobson’s Pledge has been fighting on for years.

    For a long time, Hobson's Pledge has been a voice calling for one law for all and upholding the words of Governor Hobson: “He iwi tahi tatou” — We are one people.

    Now, it is very exciting to see those very principles picked up in mainstream political announcements.

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  • Te Pāti Māori just made our argument for us

    Posted by · August 18, 2026 2:44 PM

    Te Pāti Māori has recently set out its election strategy, and in doing so, it has unintentionally revealed a profound constitutional reality: New Zealand no longer requires separate Māori seats to ensure Māori representation in Parliament. 

    At its campaign launch, Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer encouraged supporters to give their candidate vote to Te Pāti Māori, while directing their party vote elsewhere

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  • ACT stole our slogan (and we couldn’t be happier)

    Posted by · August 18, 2026 8:26 AM

    Over the weekend, the ACT Party unveiled a policy package targeting the very issue Hobson’s Pledge has fought against for years: the systemic embedding of division and race-based distinction in our public institutions.

    David Seymour announced that, if re-elected, ACT intends to reform the Public Service around core principles of equal treatment, individual freedom, political and religious neutrality, and clear accountability for results.

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  • 50 years is enough. It's time to end it.

    Posted by · August 07, 2026 11:11 AM

    Two taxpayer-funded bodies. One week. Both working against you.

    Mike Hosking nailed it on Newstalk ZB this week, and the Taxpayers' Union is right to back him up: the Human Rights Commission has completely lost the plot.

    The Commission’s job is straightforward: defend the universal, equal rights of every single New Zealander. Instead, it has degenerated into a taxpayer-funded activist group, picking and choosing which "rights" it defends based on ideology, not principle.

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