A lie about women and children allegedly burnt to death in a Waikato church that they sought refuge in was repeated in a news report on Friday.
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Nats should be wary of Maori Party link
National Party leader Simon Bridges’ apparent intention to ally with the Maori Party undermines his weak concessions to “one law for all” voters announced during the week.
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Let everyone know where we stand
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.
