It’s official – if you vote for National, you will be voting for a continuation of Labour and Co-Governance.
This is an absolute disaster.
You can watch the video here of Erica Stanford, Senior National Party MP, Spokesperson for National on Immigration, articulating National’s stance on this issue. They key part of the video is about 7 minutes in.
Stanford’s understanding of the Treaty is shameful and inexcusable.
For a long time, voters have been left wondering what the National Party stance would be on co-governance, on continuing the Maorification of New Zealand.
Luxon has seemed to want to play his cards close to this chest not revealing whether he was for or against co-governance.
This ‘sit on the fence’ position was obviously motivated by the view that he didn’t want to lose pro-cogovernance voters or anti co-governance voters. As such, he reasoned, both groups would then vote for National hoping they would get their wish.
Well, that strategy has come to an abrupt end!
It’s a win for Act and NZ First, but a huge gigantic loss for New Zealand.
National’s stance is a political disaster, no less. You can read more (thanks to Muriel Newman) about it here
Email Standford making your view clear: Erica.Stanford@parliament.govt.nz
There is NO partnership in the treaty. This was invented in the 1980s. Maori are not entitled to anything that the rest of New Zealanders is not entitled to. Any legislation based on race is WRONG. It will end in tears. I have suspected National were not to be trusted on this issue. My Party vote was already going to Act, and I supposed that I would need to give National my elec toral vote, however this won’t be the case. Just hope Act will stand electoral candidates in all electorates..
This might let Labour back in but it appears National are just a waste of space also.
Thanks John. You are 100% correct of course. This is a tragedy country has been duped.
Just give NEW ZEALAND FIRST your Party vote.
It will keep National and ACT in Check
Email to Erica Stanford:
Madam
I saw your interview on Q @ A on the topic of Immigration and was surprised to hear you say that in developing future policy the National Party would consult with a number of Maori organisations. Can you confirm that this indicates that the Party will follow the policy of elevating those who claim some Maori ancestry to a position in what is referred to as co-governance?
You also referred to those consultations as an element of a Treaty Partnership. I have studied the three elements of the Treaty of Waitangi and can find no reference to a Partnership. The treaty is a simple document which cedes sovereignty to Queen Victoria, and her heirs and successors, in perpetuity, offers security of their property to all the inhabitants of New Zealand, and conveys the privileges of British citizenship to all the inhabitants.
Can you please also tell me how from such a simple and explicit document the idea of a partnership between the Maori of today and the Crown arises? Further, since this clear breach of the terms of the Treaty has not been put to the electorate in any form, how constitutionally and legally, it can be justified?
Graham Wright
Brilliant letter!
Well said
National can still have my vote if Luxon corrects Erica and spells out loud his policy of no co-governance of public services.
He has stated such a policy before but if Erica’s `treaty partners’ nonsense is allowed to stand, I will vote ACT/NZ First despite the risk of Labour getting back in. I am sure I’m not the only one. This makes me sick.
Anyway, as the election nears, all parties are going to have to be very clear where they stand on co-governance and other racist policies.
Like I say, after Standford’s little speech, the big winners will be Act and NZ First. Of the two Winston Peters is by far the most anti co-governance. There will be thousands of National voters who are also hard core anti-cogovernance, so Winston his likely to pick up their vote as well.