LAST WEEK The Waitangi Tribunal released Tino Rangatiratanga me te Kāwanatanga: The Report on Stage 2 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry (Wai 1040). For the sake of brevity, I shall refer to this spawling document as the Northland Report. Sadly, the Report seems destined to make the already fraught relationship between Māori and the Crown even worse. Questions relating to who wields sovereignty in New Zealand – including Northland – are fast acquiring the sort of weight and momentum that drives people irresistibly towards the conclusion that push is coming to shove.
Unfortunately Christopher Luxon has neither the will nor inclination to fight.
It's going to be up to Winston Shane and David to lead the counter coup and reinstate sane race relations. They can't do it without our support and the media and judiciary are absolutely on the side of the Waitangi Tribunal
Unfortunately Christopher Luxon has neither the will nor inclination to fight.
It's going to be up to Winston Shane and David to lead the counter coup and reinstate sane race relations. They can't do it without our support and the media and judiciary are absolutely on the side of the Waitangi Tribunal