HIKOI OF HYSTERIA WHIPPED UP BY NZ'S LEFT

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"Cuzzie would struggle to eat a boil-up"

Says it all: a 98lb weakling who got bullied in the playground and sucked up to the biggest bully joins Te Pati Maori's hikoi, latching on to Maoridom's historic and most heinous bullying in the hope of scaring someone. 

But New Zealand is not scared of Te Pati Maori. Or of Labour or the Greens, who've cottoned on to this latest excuse for protest and formed a coalition of fellow-travellers to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill and democracy. It smells to high heaven of a back-room deal to give TPM 'sovereignty' if ever our nation is silly enough to vote them in again. 

New Zealand's population is 5.2 million. Maybe 1 million say they're Maori. The MSM claim the protestors in Wellington were 35,000. So that's 3.5% of Maori protesting: 0.67% of the population - a minority of the minority. The rest either don't care or support David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill. The hikoi was mass hysteria whipped up by Marxists, just like the Kiwis who were manipulated by Ardern with the same motivation: totalitarianism.   

The mob is always on the side of wrong, as were the Jews who bayed for Christ's blood in Jerusalem. But they were eventually overcome by just eleven men who had truth on their side. David Seymour and Winston Peters are hardly Apostles, but they are leaders who speak truth against the apartheid now demanded by New Zealand's left.

remember when the left were anti-apartheid?

Winston Peters has given a speech in Parliament you can watch here. 

Yesterday’s hikoi wasn’t grassroots – it was a Māori Party astroturf.

 

What most in the mainstream media are not reporting is that the organiser of the hikoi is the son of the current sitting Māori Party MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, is employed by the Māori Party, and stood as a candidate for the Māori Party. 

 

 Kapa-Kingi,  says Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers' Union, is also on the Parliamentary payroll as a full-time taxpayer funded staffer.

The company that fundraised and coordinated the hikoi called “Toitu Te Tiriti” was incorporated in September by the wife of Rawiri Waititi and the daughter of the Māori Party president John Tamahere.

 

Driving and flying to Parliament in their car-koi was nothing but a recruitment and fundraising tool for the Māori Party – and the Labour Party ignorantly joined in.

 

 

The Māori Party just used and manipulated thousands of Māori yesterday for their own pointless political stunt. They staged a protest against a piece of legislation that they already knew is not going to pass into law.

 

The faux outrage is obvious for all who see it for what it was. Their aim was to gather anyone and everyone no matter what their cause - including patched gang members.

 

It’s the same reason they conducted a sham haka in the House last week. It was a disgraceful pre-planned and coordinated stunt that served only to intimidate and undermine the running of the House and grab as many headlines as they could.

 

They are a bunch of extremists and middle New Zealand has had enough.

 

New Zealand is a democracy whether the Māori Party like it or not. And using ‘Māori culture’ as an excuse for their disgraceful behaviour is an insult to Māoridom.

 

A protestor expecting a happy event?

 

No ordinary kiwi, Māori or non-Māori, should accept the behaviour and intent of this Party of Extremists.

 

They don’t want democracy, they want anarchy.

And they don't want the Treaty gravy train to stop.

  

They don’t want one country, one people, one law - they want separatism, division, and laws based on race. They state it specifically.

 

In other words, they want APARTHEID.

And the Labour Party have fallen over themselves to try and join them in their race to the bottom. There are some more conservative Labour MPs who know they are coming close to a point of no return.

 

Their Party has already left middle New Zealand a long time ago, and their Party is going to leave them hanging in the wind soon too.

 

They must wake up at night in cold sweats thinking about how much Labour is now fighting for the space on the woke far-left instead of fighting for middle New Zealand.

 

Since 1867 Māori have been elected to Parliament with just four winning a general seat until the introduction of MMP when we saw the exponential growth of the number of Māori MPs.

 

Right now, we have the record number of Māori in Cabinet of any government - more than all the Māori Party MPs combined.

 

 

Why weren't they protesting about 70 Maori children murdered since 2017?

 

All the Party of Extremists want to do is act with utter contempt and ignorance of the progress that has been accomplished. They are trying to tear that all down for their own ignorant misguided political gain.

 

They are trying to tear down our country along with them.

 

We are not going to concede or yield to these separatists, these people who spew an anthem of hate against other people.

 

We will not be bullied by these cultural elitist extremists.

 

We stand for one people, one country, one flag, united as one – Māori and non-Māori.

 

It is the only way our country will ever succeed – and we will never give up fighting for that.

 

TRANS PROSTITUTES HONOURED GUESTS OF 'POPE FRANCIS'

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 Nicole Matson, transgender activist ‘diocesan hermit Brother Christian Matson,’ at the Vatican after 'sex change’ surgery in violation of Catholic teaching.

Catholic prelates, priests and publications' persistent styling of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the "Holy Father" is an appalling scandal. 'Pope Francis' is bad enough but 'Holy Father' is galling in the extreme. It invites derision and ridicule, especially from good Protestants.

Yesterday he hosted the Torvaianica transvestites & prostitutes group at a #Vatican lunch for the poor. Sodomists - men living as women or vice versa - are regular guests of the 'pope' and say #PopeFrancis' invites are a “fantastic opportunity for us transsexuals”. We are indebted to one MLJHaynes on X for this instance of indulging the heretical, non-Catholic papal pretender but OnePeterFive, Crisis Magazine and Lifesitenews - traditional Catholic websites who constantly call Bergoglio out - all do it too. Can they not see their inconsistency?

In defence of 'His Holiness' Novus Ordo-ites may say oh, but, Christ dined with publicans and sinners. Yes, and He called them sinners and He called them to repentance. Oh, but, these people qualified for that #Vatican lunch as being poor in spirit. No. To be poor in spirit means to be humble, to know oneself. Whereas a trans who 'identifies' as a man (who doesn't even know her own sex) typically told Lifesitenews, "I am proud of myself for telling him that I am transgender [sic] in his native language, and equally proud that the Catholic Church has a pope who responds so warmly and pastorally to the [so-called] transgender members of his flock."

In the meantime the sheep are led to hell but eventually the Judas goat's life will not be spared 

 In the same vein of scandal, there's this story from Lifesitenews about one of the unfortunate individuals hosted by Bergoglio at the Vatican:

Following an audience last month, Pope Francis met with the controversial gender-confused “diocesan hermit” known as “Brother Christian Cole Matson” (see pic above).

 

Despite creating an international furor and raising profound canonical questions over her claims of being “transgender,” a woman who currently lives as a male hermit was recently received by Pope Francis as an honored guest at the Vatican.

 

At the conclusion of the weekly general audience, October 23, Pope Francis made his customary way around. The Pontiff first greeted the cardinals or bishops present before greeting newly-married couples and special guests.

 

Among those guests were a group of self-professed “transgender” individuals, who were present in Rome courtesy of Father James Martin SJ’s pro-LGBT Outreach group. Outreach had held a closed-door event on the sidelines of the Synod on Synodality some days before, which was closely followed by a private papal audience for “transgender” individuals and others organized by New Ways Ministry.

 

“Maxwell” Kuzma, a woman who presents herself as a “transgender man,” provided an account of the October 23 meeting with Francis – an encounter orchestrated by Father Andrea Conocchia, who has a longstanding arrangement in bringing gender-confused individuals to meet Francis.

 

In the party was “Christian Matson,” a woman born as Nicole who now identifies as a man and lives as a diocesan hermit in Bishop John Stowe’s Diocese of Lexington. Matson became the subject of international Catholic media controversy when she announced her transgender self-identification earlier this year.

 

As for Kuzma, she introduced herself to Francis saying, “I am a transgender man” and noting that she was a friend of Fr. Martin. “Francis beamed,” Kuzma wrote, adding that the meeting confirmed her in her “transgender identity”:

 

After years of suppressing my identity, I am now free: free to be exactly who God made me… I am proud of myself for telling him that I am transgender [sic] in his native language, and equally proud that the Catholic Church has a pope who responds so warmly and pastorally to the [so-called] transgender members of his flock.

 

The Catholic Church teaches that God creates every individual male or female at the moment of his or her conception, and sex is an immutable trait that “characterizes man and woman not only on the physical level, but also on the psychological and spiritual, making its mark on each of their expressions.”

 

Catholic teaching also condemns mutilation and sterilization as “against the moral law” and denounces gender ideology. 

 

Bergoglio's idea of a good time

Francis’ signal of approval in US controversy

 

Matson’s public meeting with, and welcome by, Francis is seen as a confirmation of her life choices that fundamentally reject Catholic teaching.

 

Raised Presbyterian, Matson previously explained hat she converted to Catholicism four years after her “sex change” in college.

 

Matson was welcomed by Stowe into the Diocese of Lexington as a “transgender hermit,” despite the bishop having full knowledge of Matson’s “sex change” surgery.

 

After Matson’s spring revelation of being a professed “transgender,” Stowe publicly supported her in the face of Catholic consternation. He defended Matson’s life and identity as a “transgender man” and said he was “grateful to Brother Christian [Nicole] for his [her] witness of discipleship.”

 

Novus Ordo-ites, please note that +Stowe is still Bishop of Lexington while Bergoglio sacked Bishop Joseph Strickland, who consistently and courageously upholds Church teaching.

 

Matson has since become a more public figure linked with events in the American LGBT activist circle, such as Fr. Martin’s 2024 Outreach conference. Attending the event this summer, Matson opined that the Catholic Church has need of “transgender” individuals in religious life. Reports documented that the conference “underscored the urgency” for Matson to complete her book, “which presents a theological argument for the inclusion of [so-called] trans people in consecrated life.”

 

Matson protested that women living as “transgender men” were being refused admission to religious life.

 

“These are great men who fully should be in religious communities,” she claimed. “They’re excellent candidates. The only reason that they’re not admitted is because of their medical history, their trans status.”

 

Demonstrating her commitment to this cause, Matson was accompanied at the Outreach conference by “five young transgender men,” who joined her in a “private retreat” in addition to partaking in the weekend program.

 

 Bergoglio gives trans and 'intersex'  'Catholics' and LGBTQ+ allies and a doctor specializing in transgender healthcare  a 90-minute audience

 

Speaking to LifeSite’s Emily Mangiaracina in May, canon lawyer Mother Therese Ivers stated that  “a transexual is ineligible for any ecclesial vocation” due to “the fact that they are not acting in accordance with the biological sex with which they are gifted by God upon their conception.”

 

Though Matson claims to live the counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience, Mother Ivers stated that her very life as a transgender-identifying individual is a “very grave violation” against chastity, not in the sense that chastity is normally understood, but in reference to transsexuals’ “act against biological reality” and “against the type of human person that God intended that person to be.”

 

Ivers added that “a violation against the vow of chastity can include bodily mutilation and encouraging others to do the same. Such a sin would be morally grave in nature – we are not judging the soul – and would also incur sacrilege because it goes against the promise made to God (virtue of religion).”

 

Francis’ mixed record

 

The Pope – though decrying transgender ideology in some comments and texts – has nevertheless appeared to support the movement by his actions. He has repeatedly warmly welcomed LGBT or transgender groups to the Vatican, without appearing to outline the Church’s teaching on human sexuality or call them to a conversion of life.

 

Some members of the local gender-confused group linked to Fr. Conocchia now make a monthly trip to Pope Francis’ weekly general audience, at which they are given seats of honor. Nor are they the only pro-transgender or LGBT groups welcomed by the Pope: numerous such groups document and praise their meetings with Francis at the audiences.

 

READ: Pope Francis hosts members of local trans group at papal table for annual Vatican lunch

 

Last year, during the annual Vatican lunch for the poor, Francis astonished the international media when he picked a “transgender” member of the local group to sit opposite him at table.

 

In contrast to the Pope’s affirmation of the transgender group’s way of life, Catholic teaching on transgender issues remains unchanged. The Catechism states: “Everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity,” referring to one’s sex. (CCC # 2333)

 

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1975 document, Persona Humana, stated: “There can be no true promotion of man’s dignity unless the essential order of his nature is respected.”

 

Indeed, under the leadership of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1986, the CDF issued a document instructing bishops on the pastoral care of professed homosexual persons. The CDF admonished bishops to ensure they, and any “pastoral programme” in the diocese are “clearly stating that homosexual activity is immoral.”

 

More recently, Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, together with several other bishops, wrote in their 2019 Declaration of Truths that “gender reassignment” surgery is a “grave sin” and a “rebellion” against divine and natural law.

Officially supported by Bishop Stowe, and now fresh from receiving a papal blessing, Matson appears to be unlikely to conform to Catholic teaching on human sexuality and cease living as if she were a man. (Redacted.)https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/pope-francis-welcomes-transgender-activist-hermit-brother-christian-matson-at-vatican-audience/

 

St Alphonsus Liguori

 “If ever a Pope, as a private person, should fall into heresy, he should at once fall from the Pontificate. If, however, God were to permit a pope to become a notorious and contumacious heretic, he would by such fact cease to be pope, and the apostolic chair would be vacant.”

-St Alphonsus Liguori

TE PATI MAORI IS NZ'S HOME-GROWN HAMAS

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This is the age of the cry-bully, a hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper

 

The barbarism, the hate and the treachery on display in New Zealand's House of Representatives yesterday must have inspired many decent Kiwis to wonder where the good Maori have gone. Te Pati Maori represents only a tiny 3.8% of the electorate, so why is the rest of Maoridom not howling in protest against Ngarewa-Packer, Waititi and Hana-Raiti Maipi-Clark (how they love those colonialist hyphens) and their frantic antics?

It's encouraging for Pakeha tangata whenua - who have every reason to fear Marxist rule by default in their country - to hear a Maori voice speak clearly now against the sinister cabal of Toitū te Tiriti, a creature of the Mad Hatters' Tea Party. Tommy Lee Oscar (no hyphens or Te Reo there) argues that Toitū te Tiriti is "the Kiwi version of Hamas", the militant wing of Te Pati Maori.'

 

Hamas' M O, says Oscar, includes violent armed resistance, terrorism, genocide, kidnapping, rape, and torture, and points out that historically Maori have been guilty of  the same crimes against Moriori and their own people. 

Meanwhile Don Brash of Hobson's Choice is spitting tacks on the side of right and closet Commie Chloe Swarbrick is showing her demonic side on that of the left (read on).

Toitu Te Tiriti on its way to Wellington 

Toitū te Tiriti is a 'Māori Resistance' Militant Group taking over New Zealand and currently causing widespread public disruptions as they march towards the nation's Parliament.

The movement publicly proclaims to uphold, promote and defend Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi).

I am Māori, and I would argue "Toitū te Tiriti" is the Kiwi version of Hamas, the militant wing of a New Zealand political party, 'Te Pati Maori'.

The only difference is that their resistance operates in New Zealand, a peaceful and democratic civilized country where we enjoy the freedoms and luxury of not only 'Peace' but 'Law and Order'. 

The Toitū te Tiriti movement and Hamas in Palestine share several thematic similarities.

 

Both movements are rooted in RESISTANCE against what they perceive as oppressive governance or policies. For Toitū te Tiriti the resistance is against New Zealand Government legislative actions and policies perceived to undermine the Treaty of Waitangi.

 

Te Pāti Māori's natural response to the government's legislative action was to PROTEST. They decided to create a movement of Māori people to push back on the government's reforms in the real world all across the motu, from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the country - and voila! the Māori-led Militant Group 'Toitū te Tiriti' was born.

 

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer 'shoots' David Seymour in Parliament

The Māori militant group came to fruition intending to uphold Māori rights and sovereignty by creating widespread disruptions, spreading misinformation and through intimidation to gain sympathy and support.

 

Similarly, Hamas' resistance is directed at Israeli occupation and policies seen as infringing on Palestinian people's rights and their right to self-determination. Both Resistance movements use their children to advance their cause.

 

 

Toitū te Tiriti and Hamas utilize grassroots activism, with Toitū te Tiriti organizing hīkoi (marches) and non-violent protests (can't exactly say peaceful when they're loud and noisy), whereas Hamas will use political and militant means to assert their cause.

 

Yesterday Labour's Māori Caucus leader and MP Willie Jackson joined the militant group's march across the Auckland Harbour bridge on its way to Parliament, saying "we're coming after this Government".

 

This type of statement by elected members of Parliament incite, threaten and INTIMIDATE, with potential to lead to political violence. That is their point and the movement's intention.

 

The two militant groups (both resistance movements) seek to solicit and engage international attention, support and sympathy. They both highlight the same issues of indigenous rights, sovereignty, and the fight against cultural and political subjugation.

 

While Toitū te Tiriti focuses on non-violent peaceful protest and advocacy, Hamas's methods include violent armed resistance, acts of terrorism, genocide, kidnapping, rape, torture, and many other barbaric atrocities marking a significant difference between the two movements, today.

 

But it should be noted once upon a time Māori indeed did do all of those things to the Moriori and their own people as is well documented in history books.

 

Another major noteworthy difference between the two movements is the entirety of the Hamas Political Party and NOT just the military wing have all been officially designated a 'terrorist entity' by the New Zealand Government on 29 February, following the Oct 7 attacks last year against innocent Israeli civilians.

 

Australia listed Hamas in its entirety in March 2022, the UK in November 2021. The United States has designated Hamas in its entirety since 1997, as has Canada since 2002, and the European Union since 2003.

 

Despite that official declaration and designation by the NZ Government, Te Pāti Māori, an elected political party in New Zealand and by affiliation the 'Toitū te Tiriti' militant group, have been staunch vocal supporters and loyal defenders of Palestine, including their elected lawless Hamas terrorist government and Hamas sympathizers.

 

As a Māori with my own independent thoughts and political views, I see Toitū te Tiriti for what it is, a threat to democracy and a political weapon, a Māori-led military wing full of Māori warriors and people using their culture and heritage to do the bid of Te Pāti Māori.

 

In my opinion it is also a platform for organisers to campaign on and build their image/brand and to get their names in the history books all at the cost of Te Ao Māori. Unfortunately, I can't just watch silently so this is my personal counter-protest against their protest where I highlight the special relationship between the organisers and members of Parliament.

 

Maori must know they're all pawns for Te Pāti Māori, Labour and the Greens, all three (3) political parties are in a coalition against the Government and sadly Māori my own people are the pawns in their political conspiracy to cause chaos for this government.

 

When did the movement start?

Toitū te Tiriti was established in December 2023. Little was known about the movement, and who was behind it. The faceless social media campaign at the time didn't reveal much about the person or people behind it, meaning the group was shrouded in complete mystery.

 

What are they protesting?

The Māori militant group is protesting the Coalition Governments legislative agenda, particularly the Act Party's "Treaty Principles Bill" brought by deputy Prime Minister in-waiting and Māori MP the Hon. David Seymour. 

 

Who is behind it?

Earlier this year, on February 6 at the Waitangi Day protest at Waitangi Eru Kapa-Kingi, alongside Kiri Tamihere-Waititi and Hohepa Thompson, revealed themselves as the founders and organizers of the 'Toitū te Tiriti' movement. So who are they?

Founders | Organisers

 

Kiri Tamihere-Waititi

 

Dr. Kiri Tamihere-Waititi A clinical psychologist with a background in kapa haka and Māori advocacy, she is a co-founder of the Toitū te Tiriti movement. Kiri is the daughter of John Tamihere, president of Te Pāti Māori and is married to Rawiri Waititi , the co-leader of Te Pāti Māori. Kiri brings a significant political and cultural influence to her activism.

 

Eru Kapa-Kingi

Eru Kapa-Kingi, 28 Is also a co-founder of the Toitū te Tiriti movement. He is deeply engaged in Māori rights advocacy, employing his legal background and position as a Professional Teaching Fellow at Auckland University to further the cause. (Not surprised he is an academic, most are usually activists brainwashing people with their bullshit narratives.) Eru's mother is Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, representative for Te Tai Tokerau, and a Te Pāti Māori MP.

Hohepa Thompson, aka 'Hori' 

 

Hohepa Thompson, 39 Also known as 'Hori', is an artist and activist who is also a founder of Toitū te Tiriti and designed the movement's symbol, an image reflecting both Māori and non-Māori elements. Although not directly affiliated with Te Pāti Māori in an official capacity, his work aligns with the party's goals of advocating for Māori rights, especially through his art which challenges both Māori and non-Māori communities. His involvement in Toitū te Tiriti underscores the group's cultural and political elements, emphasizing the importance of art in political activism.

Below is the link to the actual Treaty Principles Bill, officially the 'Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill'.

This bill will NOT repeal, replace or do away with the Treaty of Waitangi. This bill does NOT erode the rights or freedoms of Māori. Read the full "Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill"https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2024/0094/latest/whole.html?search=ts_act%40bill%40regulation%40deemedreg_Treaty+Principles+Bill_resel_25_a&p=1#LMS1003433

to fully understand firsthand rather than from what scared people are telling you.

I understand that my article comparing Toitū te Tiriti to Hamas, a terrorist entity, will upset some audiences including from my own whanau, hapu and iwi. I do not apologise for having my own independent opinion and political views. With this article it is my hope to be informative and to put a mirror in front of protesters so they can see how divisive and misinformed they appear to others, including myself, a conservative right wing Māori.  Tommy Lee Oscar.

 

Tommy Lee Oscar (on X)

 

 And now, from a thoroughly disgruntled Don Brash of 'Hobson's Choice':

 

Hana-Raiti Maipi-Clark, NZ's youngest-ever MP and she acts it

 

A picture paints a thousand words and the photograph above is a snapshot of the most disgraceful reading of a Bill I can recall in New Zealand's history.

The Treaty Principles Bill is not the first controversial and polarising Bill to have been introduced to New Zealand's Parliament. We have debated abortion, same-sex marriage, and the foreshore and seabed. Inevitably emotions have run high and sharp words have been exchanged, but the behaviour displayed yesterday fell far below the standards we expect of elected officials.

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke instigated a haka as the vote was being tallied at the end of the speeches. She tore the Bill in half and took to the floor along with her party colleagues. She and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer performed the haka right up to where David Seymour and ACT sat. Their actions were intimidating and aggressive, and that was the intention.

 

Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee was left with no option but to suspend the House and empty the gallery which was full of Te Pāti Māori supporters who were also taking part in the haka. It was complete disorder.

Once everyone returned to the House - except Willie Jackson because he had been kicked out earlier for calling David Seymour a liar - Parliament voted to suspend Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke for 24 hours. The Government majority outvoted the opposition parties who all voted against the punishment.

Now, a 24-hour suspension might seem like a pointless and meagre consequence, but the act of the Speaker 'naming' an MP as Speaker Brownlee did is very significant. Maipi-Clarke will have one day of pay docked also.

However, the young MP should not have been the only MP to face consequences. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi was disorderly in his own speech and concluded it by shouting the colloquialism "see you next Tuesday" at David Seymour. He will, of course, say that he was referring to the protest next Tuesday, but it is relatively well-known that it also refers to a certain four letter word.

 

Likewise, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer's intimidation of David Seymour was not unlike that of Julie Anne Genter toward Matt Doocey some months ago, and that resulted in a referral to the Privileges Committee. There is no excuse for aggression and intimidation in our House of Parliament no matter if it is cloaked in claims of cultural practice.

We can all stand around pointing and saying "how disgraceful," but there is action we must take on a few different matters.

1. I encourage you to send an email to the Speaker urging him to crack down on disorderly conduct and slipping standards. His email is: speakers.office@parliament.govt.nz

2. You might also like to send an email to the Government party leaders asking them to make an appeal to the Speaker for stricter policing of rules and standing orders. christopher.luxon@parliament.govt.nz david.seymour@parliament.govt.nz and winston.peters@parliament.govt.nz

3. Write to the media about the matter: a letter to the editor, or an email to decision makers about how they are reporting on the issue.

3. Get ready for the first phase of our response to the Treaty Principles Bill which will come next week. This phase is about putting pressure on the Prime Minister to respect New Zealanders and listen to our submissions.

4. Pop over to David Seymour's Facebook, Instagram, or X and give him a few words of encouragement. What he is doing takes a great deal of courage and we should make sure he knows he has the backing of many New Zealanders.

5. Chip in to our fund to make sure we keep the attention on support for the bill throughout the 6-month Treaty Principles Bill consultation period. Donate here. 

I am worried. We are at a crossroads and I fear it could go either way. Our leaders need us to strengthen their spines because they are vulnerable to the intimidation, manipulation, and coercion of the media and activists - some more vulnerable than others.

The media are firmly supportive of the activism of Te Pāti Māori and their hīkoi. In fact, one of TVNZ's most senior executives, Nevak Rogers, has taken annual leave this week to attend the hīkoi. Her social media posts and activism are directly oppositional to TVNZ's laughable claims of impartiality. How can we be expected to have faith in TVNZ's balance when their Chief Content Officer is behaving in such a partisan manner?

 

The time has come for New Zealanders to loudly express our honest opinions. This doesn't come naturally for many of us. We are generally a non-confrontational and laidback people, but too much is at stake. We need to openly state support for the Treaty Principles Bill and David Seymour's agenda for equality and clarity. Share your views with friends and family. Post on social media. Be bold.

If we do not emphatically stand up for democracy and what is right now, we will lose the ability to do so at all. New Zealand needs you.

Remember "the standard you walk past is the standard you accept."

 

Jenny Shipley: "the Treaty Principles Bill "is inciting civil war". No. TPM is inciting civil war

Here's Chloe Swarbrick, Greens' co-leader and MP for Auckland Central, who supports Gaza Gaza terrorism and Maoridom racism, speaking in Parliament and reported on X as "in full satanic mode":

Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill — First Reading 

 

CHLÖE SWARBRICK (Co-Leader—Green):

 

When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. That is what is behind this bill. Its architect tells us that this is about equality, but we do not have equality in this country. Pick almost any statistic that you like—housing, incarceration, health, life expectancy—Māori get unfair and unequal outcomes because of unfair and unequal treatment which started with the Crown's intentional violent actions to dishonour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

Capitalism, an economic system with the key priority being to turn profit at almost any cost, needs colonisation. This insatiable, unsustainable economic system needs to assimilate and acquire new frontiers to exploit. It needs to turn every citizen into a consumer and to commodify our natural world. And right now, in this country, the biggest thing standing in its way is the resilience and the fire in the enduring movement from mana motuhake.

 

When Te Tiriti was signed, Māori outnumbered Pākehā by 40 to one. Can you imagine a small group of people coming to this country, signing an agreement to look after themselves in orderly cohabitation, then, instead, taking our land and our language? Well, that is the abridged history of Aotearoa New Zealand. That is what the British Crown did in establishing this Parliament and its institutions. The legacy of that violence, oppression, theft and colonisation and the breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is represented in today's deeply unequal and unfair statistics in people's lives.

 

Pākehā mā, tauiwi mā, we have been told for almost all of our lives that Māori sovereignty is something to be afraid of. Who has been telling you that? Who benefits and who pays the price?

 

The discomfort that you feel, that I once felt, is an invitation to listen, to learn, to understand, and to honour. Te Tiriti o Waitangi is gift. It is a blueprint of an Aotearoa that respects people and planets. It is the antidote to the exhaustion and the disenfranchisement that I know profoundly is felt in communities across this country right now.

Now, some politicians will tell you that we just need a clean slate for the past. They will tell you that people today should not be held responsible for the actions of our forebears. So let's be really, really clear here: you do not need to be personally responsible for the historical dishonouring of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to actively benefit from that horrific legacy today. That is the truth. But this Parliament does benefit. All 123 members of this Parliament do benefit. The power in this place, in this Parliament, was built on a legacy of deceit, dehumanisation, and domination, and today all 123 members of Parliament will vote to either further entrench that utterly shameful legacy or to be honest and to do something about it.

 

The Prime Minister has told us that there's nothing that he likes about this divisive bill. He's told us that the National Party don't support this bill. 

And we're not going to forget it. Or allow the PM to forget it either. We'll remind him next election day. 

Any member of Parliament in this Chamber right now can call for a personal vote on this bill to vote differently from their party, to put the country above partisan politics. A leader or a whip cannot stop MPs' constitutional right to vote how they know that they need to.

 

My question to MPs is: are you here to hold on to power at any cost or are you here to do the right thing? Are you here to listen to your conscience or are you here to give it all up on one of the most significant votes in this House in our lifetime? Because if you wear the mask for a little while, it becomes your face. We are what we do.

Swarbrick's own mask slipped badly some months ago in Parliament. In a photograph taken in profile her expression clearly indicated a malevolent spirit, inadvertently captured on camera.    

If you vote for this bill, that is who you are and this is how you will be remembered. Toitū Te Tiriti.

 

 

Seville Cathedral, built over a mosque; now mosques replace churches 

Lord save us, we perish