This Maori v Pakeha thing is going to be a thorn in National's side.
I'm not sure it will cost them any votes, because I don't vote National, but I am sick and ******* tired of the constant crying from Maori, and even more so when successive governments have given them priority over every other race. I will vote for National in future if Labour looks like caving in to the demands, and things like tomorrow's Budget protest are a perfect case in point - Te Paati Maori is just being dickheads.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350292440/te-pati-maori-protest-not-strike-experts-say
I did have a good laugh at the idea of Maori taking a day off work to join the protests.
I am also sick to death of the grievance industry, in which a
"certain group" are continually agreeing to settlements, and then trying to come back for more.
That
"certain group" I refer to are those I call
"The Entitled Māori", a small, core group (a very small minority within Māori it self) who are nothing more than opportunistic
"reverse racists" (Hone Harawera, and your abusive scumbag family, I'm looking at you!
These are people who think they are entitled to special status, and their claims are based on hokey, quasi-religious forms of woo woo, such as their gods inhabiting certain parts of the country, and that their people are
"spiritually one with the earth, sea and sky" . I find it suspicious that many of these so-called
"ancient rights" that have never previously been heard of, only seem to come to light when there might be some money to be made for the privileged few Māori who have direct claims to tribal ties. Non-tribal Māori, often referred to as
"Urban Māori" are not entitled to the benefits of these claims. To make a claim, they must be able to genealogically prove a blood-tie to a tribe - that is about as racist as it gets. The fact that Māori have no traditional written language makes it very easy to make stuff up as there are no supporting historical documents to back-up claims.
Now, the vast majority of Māori are just ordinary Kiwis like the rest of us, who want to get on with life, play for and support their sports teams, get married, raise their kids, work for a living and do everything that everyone else does.) Without exception, all of the Māori kids I grew up with, as well as those who have ended up being workmates over the years utterly cringe when
"The Entitled Māori" make spurious claims and demands, mostly because it reflects badly on them, but also because some of the demands, claims and expectations are just ludicrous.
Of course, there will inevitable be those who will think my stance is racist, but it isn't, its simply facts gleaned from observation.
