by Amy Brooke
Our coalition government would do well to reflect that a country is never grateful for the actual improvements a governing party makes if it simultaneously backtracks on promises important to the people. Moreover, the National Party’s folly in ignoring the fact that the electorate has long sent it the message that their leader, Christopher Luxon, is not perceived to be up to the mark, is costing them hugely.
New Zealand would fare better to adopt the Swiss system which follows the example of the Roman Republic – requiring the country’s leader to step down after a year, so another can then take his/her place. The Swiss President, handing over the reins of power after only one year for the next in line to step up (usually the finance minister) operates simply as primus inter pares, i.e. the first among equals. This President does not behave as Luxon does – as if he is CEO of a company – but simply the nominal head of their seven member cabinet. In this way, no highly determined individual like a Geoffrey Palmer, a Jacinda Ardern, a Helen Clark or a John Key can dominate the cabinet and push their own agenda on the country, with the disastrous results we have seen from all four.
The National Party, by not listening to the country and continuing to endorse Luxon – while at the same time continually caving in to the demands of a small minority of identity-obsessed part-Maori – has left very many New Zealanders with the intention of no longer voting for them in the forthcoming election. Reneging on its promise, National has supported co-governance in various areas and extravagantly bestowed millions of dollars in funding on supposed Maori organisations – although there are in fact no Maori individuals left in this country. In other words, Maori no longer exist as a separate ethnic group.
Moreover, New Zealanders are fed up with the constant targeting of special funding towards supposed Maori interests, and are not pleased to see $48 million now being targeted for Maori Broadcasting. Why? Given that we no longer have any Maori in New Zealand, but only part-Maori and as most of these individuals are now of predominantly other genetic descent than Maori, why do we continue to throw money at them, particularly when the Maori economy is worth about $126 billion?
Moreover, scores of millions of dollars have accumulatively been spent on inventing that artificial language te reo. Te reo is not (as constantly claimed) the genuine Māori language, which understandably had a very limited number of words. Te reo is overwhelmingly inauthentic, a made-up language being inflicted upon the country, on teachers, and on school children who could be learning far more worthwhile languages. Yet the National Party MP Tama Potaka has instructed the Department of Conservation (DOC) to use te reo “everywhere and anywhere”, directly contradicting the Government’s official position that public service departments and Crown entities should communicate primarily in English, for obvious reasons.
When Prime Minister Luxon was asked to comment on this, he simply dodged answering, and government agencies and departments have not received any official government directive to do this. It is little wonder that Luxon is performing so abysmally in the polls. At 29% he has become a liability to National, deservedly so, since they did not have the political courage to ask him to step down when they saw his poor performance as leader.
It is little wonder that Don Brash, in a recent communication, asks what Luxon actually stands for. Contrary to the promises made before the last election, co-governance has been inserted into public institutions. The principle of equal citizenship has been increasingly replaced by racial preference. Although long advocated, the government is not abolishing the Maori seats, so there has been an historic transfer of power on racist grounds. We do not have one electoral roll. i.e. the same democratic arrangement for every New Zealander. We have Maori seats and Maori wards, with the completely irrelevant Treaty of Waitangi, for some obscure reason, constantly being treated as relevant to the education curriculum and everywhere else possible.
Why is this happening?
This is a crucial point. As individuals claiming to be Maori are in fact only part-Maori (with many by far predominantly European, or of another ethnicity) in the eyes of many, their claim to be Maori is fraudulent. Given that this is the case, it is high time our pusillanimous government stopped dodging this issue and provided a legal definition of Maori, which would rule out by far the majority of those with their hands out, continually obtaining special funding and privileges on the basis of being Maori – which they basically are not. It should also be noted that many -in fact probably most part-Maori – do not agree with our successive governments kowtowing to the demands of the extremist, if not actually fanatical minority, constantly seeking special financial advantages and prior positioning on the grounds of race. Probably the majority of part-Maori, like all other New Zealanders keep their head down, working to provide for themselves and their families.
What we in fact now have is a tyranny of the minority up against the cowardice of our successive governments. And behind the scenes public sector organisations which should be neutral are calling the shots, backing left-wing politicians. For example, officials have been “warning” that the English-first logo change could harm Crown- Maori relationships. A typical example has been the claim that “the proposed changes are likely to be seen as inherently detrimental and a reprioritisation of the promotion of te reo, the language in need of revitalization in order to survive, and is diminishing Crown efforts to meet its duties of active protection and partnership, thus doing material harm to the Crown Maori relationship.” Another briefing said that the branding change would not benefit trust in the public sector.
This, of course, is sheer bunkum. We already know te reo is not the Maori language, although it is fraudulently claimed to be so. The assertion is simply emotional blackmail. Nor has there ever been any partnership between the Crown and the disparate Maori tribes scattered throughout the country at the time of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi which having served its original purpose, but now constantly reinvented, should be consigned – like many other treaties – to the dustbins of history.
All this squandering of money on supposed Maori interests has long been costing the country a great deal, with hundreds of millions of dollars accumulatively diverted from cash-strapped areas which badly need it – such as health and mental health services, education, our hospitals – and for important medications such as those freely available for cancer overseas but not available in this country. And it is fundamentally quite shocking that we have become a racist society, with the concept of equality before the law being dismantled, piece by piece, including by activist judges invoking the nebulous concept of tikanga to take precedence over common law. That every New Zealander is supposed to be treated the same is obviously now a foreign concept to our successive governments.
Moreover, with iwi influence now infiltrating our various local councils it has become shockingly prevalent for these pseudo-tribes (in fact corporate entities, many paying little or no tax on spurious grounds) to demand a pay-off. A correspondent who owns and operates a consulting engineering practice and works for a number of organisations tells me that the NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) maintains a supplier approval system and wanted to know his Maori shareholding and Maori directors. The Christchurch City Council asked similarly. In reply he said that he refused to work with racist organisations. He added that he has worked all over the world in many different societies and never has he been asked such questions …the only thing that has mattered is whether he could can do the job. He says it has to stop.
That rogue, pseudo-tribe Ngai Tahu does not think so. With its tentacles stretching everywhere, and while trying to take control of the waterways of the South Island, it is also trying to impose consideration of its supposed “cultural values” on land use and consent decisions over the Gore district down south.
We have long been waiting for our successive governments to grow a spine and stand up to the bullying of fanatical part-Maori constantly seeking more and more advantages on racist grounds. It is utterly infamous that things have been to allowed to deteriorate so far in this country that the idea of equality before the law is being dismantled, piece by piece. Every New Zealander should be treated the same. What we now have is quite obviously a system of apartheid with officials, councils and even the government prioritising supposed Maori interests.
But why?
The public’s disillusion with the Luxon-led National party extends to its shocking ignorance with regard to the climate catastrophe scam which includes Luxon’s foolish commitment to continuing support for Net Zero 2050 – now being abandoned throughout Western countries. Other policies have raised concern, such as granting $60 million to a Fletcher Building subsidiary, Golden Bay Cement, which faces closure basically due to rising carbon costs under our foolish Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Given the excellent articles in overseas publications examining the agenda behind the demonization of CO2, there is really little excuse for the ignorance of our governments and their researchers.
Part of the blame for this ignorance, however, can be laid at the door of publications like Stuff whose editorial staff have quite blatantly stated they will not publish any articles challenging this flawed hypothesis. Whereas our media were once at the forefront of opposing censorship they are now promoting it themselves. However, deliberately preventing public debate can well be regarded as fundamentally corrupt – as much as when they succumbed to the bribe of government handouts by Jacinda Ardern’s government – provided they endorsed government policy – a shocking capitulation by the mainstream media which should be playing a central role as a free press in a democracy.
With other government policies now under scrutiny, but with a majority of New Zealanders very keen to no longer vote for a Labour government which needlessly inflicted shocking debt upon the country, and promoted racism, attention is now being focused on New Zealand First. ACT is also under scrutiny, with the best policies in relation to tackling the fanatical proposals of that small but vociferous minority of part- Maori continually seeking self-advantage. Its core principle is that need, not race, should be the priority, it advocates equal rights for all our citizens, and removing Maori prioritising in public services and of activist minorities’ reinterpretation (or rather, reinvention) of the original provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi.
However, ACT leader David Seymour’s support for the horrific practice of abortion to be legal even up to birth – as well as his (and the kind, compassionate and caring Jacinda Ardern’s) actually voting against any medical care or support to be given to a live aborted child has repelled many. Do Seymour, Ardern and those others have no moral compass?
Seymour’s equal enthusiasm for the practice of euthanasia, recently voted down in the UK, must deter many, given what has happened overseas where the expansion of assisted suicide puts pressure on so many. Individuals in Canada state they are being pressured to choose assisted suicide to save the expense of state care, with the element of choice now even being removed from some.
He cannot possibly be unaware that this is a very slippery slope, with these now horrific consequences in Canada and elsewhere. As one commentator has noted, “Once you cross that line, you’ve crossed it forever. If it just becomes the norm that at a certain age or with certain diseases, you are now a bit of a burden, that’s a really dangerous position to be in.” It is little wonder that euthanasia has now become a subject of intense political debate in Canada with approximately 5% of all deaths in the country now by euthanasia, and pressure put on the elderly or disabled to choose this course. ACT is apparently hoping that given its new addition of the flamboyant television personality, Paul Henry, its chances in the polls will improve. However he is a controversial choice given what some regard as his inappropriate centre-staging, his childish behaviour and his crude language.
However, New Zealand First’s leader also has a chequered record, and foremost is Winston Peters’ neglected promise to restore all the English names to our government departments and institutions. He can be credited with ensuring that English is now belatedly recognised as an official language of this country – but this is by no means the same thing. Not only has he completely reneged on his promise to ensure this would happen, but his deputy, Shane Jones, already deservedly in hot water elsewhere, has dismissed concerns raised about this not happening. Jones has said it is “a trivial matter” that the English-first directive is not being adhered to by government agencies – nor indeed by the government itself which still has “Te Kawanatanga o Aotearoa” first as a header in bold text followed by “New Zealand Government” in non-bold text (see https://www.govt.nz/). And of course not only did Maori have no word for a government, but the name of this country was not Aotearoa.
This issue is far from being a trivial matter – a promise given is just that. And it has long been an important issue for most New Zealanders. Ardern’s government’s renaming all the government departments and institutions in te reo was ridiculous, even given her racist agenda behind it, as te reo is not the Maori language at all. One can only wonder what the original Maori for the Department of Inland Revenue is supposed to have been…
Above all, restoring the English names to our government departments and institutions would make it obvious to all what they actually stand for. What, for example, is Oranga Tamariki, or Whanau Ora? Most New Zealanders find these terms unintelligible and wouldn’t have a clue. Restoring the English names would also be part of the fight back against the growing Maorification of this country which has caused so many problems.
It has been pointed out that ACT are correct to highlight the failings of the Coalition in Maori-related areas, and Shane Jones should be neither denigrating them for doing so nor dodging the issue by deferring to Judith Collins who, unsurprisingly, did a good impression of not wanting to do anything to ensure that the English-first directive is followed. Neither Jones nor the media seem to have taken on board the fact that many New Zealanders voted for New Zealand First because among other sensible policies it was committed to restoring English names first for government agencies. Did Jones just lie, pretending to acquiesce in his party’s pledged policy which of course is simply common sense? He has also been forced to backtrack on commercial fishing rules which, incredibly enough, would have removed minimum legal size limits for commercial fishing. He has also been severely criticised for favouring bottom trawling with its detrimental environmental effect on the seabed. However he has also shown a welcome interest in the judicial activism now challenging Parliament’s role.
However, the equally slippery Winston has been no better. Concerned that restoring the English names, as promised, wasn’t happening, a correspondent tells me that he emailed New Zealand First in 2024 and was told that “changing the names of the government departments was not on the list of the most pressing tasks” ( i.e. those in the coalition government’s 100 day plan), “unfortunately, and while it is important for us, too, I’m unable to give you a date as to when each appropriate department will revert to English first.”
This, of course, is utter nonsense. It could easily have been undertaken immediately with no loss of focus on other important issues. The question is being raised: to whom is this government disgracefully bending the knee? Simeon Brown, to his credit (although he has not performed well in other areas) did this immediately, requiring the management of the absurdly named Waka Kotahi to reinstate itself as the New Zealand Transport Agency. As this is one of the government departments which has now obviously been infiltrated by Maori-preferment interests, the NZTA keeps on board Waka Kotahi as well and is now replacing signs right around the country substituting the word Kura for School. Each sign is a total waste of money in materials and labour. The NZTA is a typical example of all those institutions nationwide which have been infiltrated by those with a basically neo-Marxist agenda of fragmenting the country by attacking the values and customs of the majority.
At any rate, the correspondent asked if we were to infer that ensuring English first naming would be implemented is no longer important to New Zealand First. He of course got no reply, but stated that he regards them as a pack of quislings. And although Winston has been a highly competent Minister of Foreign Affairs, there are other issues on which he has not delivered, as with a pre-election promise of pay rises for care workers, and his vow to repeal punishing tobacco taxes. Moreover, his welcoming the deeply compromised Stuart Nash as a new member, saying he would have no problem giving him a senior position, showed very poor judgment, given that Nash was far from trustworthy in his previous Labour Party role – and his utterly crude definition of what a woman is.
I, too, had much the same response as this correspondent who called the New Zealand First parliamentary office, simply getting fobbed off with a vague assurance that it would happen in due course. It hasn’t happened at all as far as New Zealand First is concerned. Many think we have simply been lied to. Yet this issue is by no means unimportant, although corrupt media have no intention of pointing this out. It is part of the almost complete takeover of this country by powerful iwi, embracing small but fanatical and extremist groups of part-Maori.
There is little doubt that a great deal is going wrong , and that there is a failure on the part of our politicians to rectify things which obviously need addressing. A question that needs to be asked of any society is: what is going wrong and what should be done about it?
And one of the biggest issues now facing us is Muslim immigration. Informed New Zealanders know very well what our government does not seem to have taken on board – that multiculturalism does not work. Social cohesion is fragmented, and where a Muslim population has grown large enough, inevitably it is infiltrated by extremists. Parts of Germany, France and Britain are now avoided by their mainstream populations, and we have the example close to hand of Australia where Islamophobia is on the rise, given public reaction to last year’s Bondi Beach massacre. There is concern, too that in Sydney’s best-known Muslim neighbourhood, 61% of its population is Muslim.
While the majority of New Zealand’s Muslims live law-abiding lives there are always integration challenges and security concerns involving at this stage only a small fraction of individuals. However, the fact that we now have approximately 85 mosques in the country and three Islamic schools raises concerns, together with the fact that a prominent Muslim spokesperson is now apparently importuning the government to create anti-blasphemy laws – in direct opposition to our belief in free speech as essential to a free society. What might be next – another Salman Rushdie?
The people of a country have the right to decide whom they want to allow to come and live among them. But New Zealanders have not been consulted, and our apparently ignorant government seems to have no idea of what is happening overseas when societies become fractured. Our poorly thought-out immigration policies are encouraging this. Shane Jones’s unpleasant attack on the Indian population, many of whom work hard as small shop owners serving the community, is unwarranted. Hinduism is not antipathetic to the Christian values on which this country was founded, and many Indians are themselves Christian. However, questions have been raised about what is seen as an inordinate number of Indians being allowed into the country, some with quite different cultural values and less than desirable standards of honesty. Once again the fact that New Zealanders themselves are not being consulted about the number and origin of immigrants allowed into the country has aroused resentment.
It makes far more sense for a country like New Zealand, founded on Christian values, to welcome those whose cultural mores are the same. Islam is fundamentally opposed to Christianity, targeting Christianity worldwide, and a number of Muslims are basically antisemitic. It would have dismayed many when the typically ignorant Christopher Luxon, questioned about our immigration policies, said we were non-discriminating.
This is the very last thing we should be. We should be highly discriminating, bearing in mind that multiculturalism has been a disaster everywhere it has been tried. And we would be very foolish to think that we should be endorsing the social fragmentation of our country. This is not a matter of Islamophobia, but of sheer common sense. From that fine Australian commentor, Bill Muehlenberg comes this warning: https://billmuehlenberg.com/2026/08/01/what-we-must-know-about-the-spread-of-islam/
“Allowing Muslim immigration is one of the most idiotic policy mistakes our country has ever made.” Brandon Gill.
Many now think that we are losing the country. And I hear on all sides people understandably saying that they simply don’t want to vote for any of our political parties.
However, if individuals will not bother to stir themselves to fight back for our country, to contact politicians to make their views known, they deserve to lose the country. A friend of mine laments that when she asked a grown-up son and daughter to oppose a very poor decision made by our local council they refused, saying it wouldn’t make any difference. They should be ashamed of themselves.
It has been said that the price of democracy is eternal vigilance. And I recall the reminder attributed to Dante that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
We can fight to win this country back – as the Swiss did. It needs a tipping point of New Zealanders to help support the 100 Days initiative, to tell others, to approach their MPs. And an intelligent philanthropist to help fund this proposal to make it far more widely known would be a wonderful asset.