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In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government "will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori".

Tad hyperbolic, don't you think?

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[–] Xcf456 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Yes, the important thing is the (fake) hurt feelings of the government when being called out for:

  • purging Te Reo from the public service
  • committing to the Crown unilaterally reinterpreting the Treaty
  • threatening the Waitangi tribunal
  • slashing services both in scale and in approach (e.g. removing Treaty obligations from OTs remit), while massively increasing funding for prisons.
[–] Ilovethebomb -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

purging Te Reo from the public service

They are mandating English first in agency names, Te Reo will still be there.

committing to the Crown unilaterally reinterpreting the Treaty.

As far as it's first reading in the house, sure.

threatening the Waitangi tribunal

Threatening them with what, exactly?

slashing services both in scale and in approach (e.g. removing Treaty obligations from OTs remit), while massively increasing funding for prisons.

Labour's approach to crime has failed spectacularly, even Hipkins has admitted they got things wrong. This is also exactly what they campaigned on.

[–] BalpeenHammer 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They are mandating English first in agency names, Te Reo will still be there.

Te Reo is an official language of this country. The only reason to do is racism.

As far as it’s first reading in the house, sure.

Are you saying that the government said it will kill it after the first reading?

Labour’s approach to crime has failed spectacularly,

Only if you are daft enough to believe the hyped up stories about ram raids in the run up to the election. Also of course if you are daft enough to believe the way to end crime in this country is to build more prisons and lock up even a greater percentage of the population.

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