Pages tagged "marine and coastal area"
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Thank you for supporting massive protest
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · November 23, 2021 12:53 PM
Thank you for supporting massive protest
Thank you to those who taped a sign to your vehicle and drove the Groundswell route through the town nearest you on Sunday.
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Thank you for your support on Three Waters
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · November 01, 2021 10:39 AM
National MP Nicola Willis showed the unprecedented Three Waters headline to Parliament. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta accused councils of spreading misinformation.
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Customary rights trump law in coastal judgement
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · October 25, 2021 11:15 AM
One of a number of billboards around our cities drawing attention to the actual name of our country, not the mythical name that is being quietly imposed. Our petition calling on the Prime Minister to delete any reference in official communication to any name for our nation other than New Zealand may be signed at https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/new_zealand_not_aotearoa.
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He Puapua lead planner says Govt ‘lacks legitimacy’
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · September 26, 2021 7:26 PMIt’s questionable that the New Zealand Government has any legitimacy, the state must give up some power, and New Zealand has a lopsided view of democracy, which should not be tyranny of the majority.
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Seymour fingers state racism
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · September 08, 2021 8:22 AM
ACT Party leader David Seymour.
ACT Party leader put the spotlight on state racism when he tweeted an image of a code reserved for Maori and said: "If you're worried about vaccination waiting times, you no longer need to make an appointment. All you need to do is use this access code."
The outrage was predictable. However, none of the outraged have provided any evidence of any person disadvantaged in the vaccine rollout by the fact that they have a Maori ancestor.
"The virus doesn't discriminate on race, so neither should the rollout," Seymour said. Hobson’s Pledge agrees.
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Three waters plan ‘He Puapua in action’
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · August 03, 2021 4:15 PM
Imposed without warning or any electoral mandate, the total upheaval of water services in New Zealand - designed to deliver control to Maori - is He Puapua in action, commentator Muriel Newman said at the weekend.
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Ministry spends $700,000 to foster white guilt
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · July 27, 2021 8:35 AM
Almost $700,000 has been spent on making half of the Ministry of Education bureaucracy feel guilty about the colour of their skin, according to emails released under the Official Information Act.
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Secrecy around two govts plan riles Winston
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · June 27, 2021 1:49 PMThe fact that a 2019 a report that outlined a plan for two governments under a tribal committee came to the Government but was never shown to any New Zealand First Cabinet Minister has angered party leader Winston Peters.
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Electoral race-baiting clicks up a gear
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · June 21, 2020 3:31 PM
Electoral race-baiting clicked up a gear yesterday when Maori Party co-leader John Tamihere smeared “Pakeha” as "asymptomatic racists".
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Maori Party wants to save us from statues
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · June 14, 2020 12:40 PM
The cartoon above, courtesy of Garrick Tremain, shows the absurdity of the Maori Party’s attempt to win support, that is by having councils investigate and remove colonial statues.
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