Here is my spur of the moment email to Luxon and my Electorate MP Catherine Wedd – sent at 20.34 last evening after I had digested the gloating I saw at the start of TV1 news last night.
`Sir I am appalled to learn from the TV1 News this evening that you are not supporting the ACT Party initiative to require referenda for Maori Wards in Councils..
Almost all of these Wards were introduced without Ratepayer consent and the referenda requirement was removed without any mandate or consultation by Nanaia Mahuta and the Labour Party. Having any unelected people on councils is an enigma in a Democracy based on one person one vote.
I cannot understand how you personally and your National Caucus colleagues can in all conscience condone these wards. Look around you in the Parliamentary Chamber and you will see an overweight to population representation of Maori Members through all Parties.
Right throughout New Zealand Councils have Maori represented on merit by Election through the Electoral systems used by the individual councils.
Maori do not need special Wards and I know a number of Maori people, friends of many years standing who detest the tokenism that separate Wards provide.
On this basis I urge you to re think your stance.’
No Minister 
Very sad. Sad for the country and sad for National. It is a blind spot that Luxon seems unable to break out of.
He seems to think the country will shatter into racial warfare if he doesn’t appease. Like most bully’s, the Maori elites and their non democratic agendas, will wither on the vine if you stand up to them.
Luxon has mis read the room and clearly his lack of political experience is showing.
As we know he backed himself and National into a corner on Acts Treaty referenda, this doubles down on that. Here was a golden opportunity to walk back towards the Act position.
My feeling, along with Winston and David Seymour is that the country has had enough of this Maori nonsense.
Time will tell.
I doubt many, if any, on here will argue with your last two sentences Rossco.
Meh. Entirely expected. If you read Wayne Mapp’s comments on KB over the last few months you’d have known this was coming.
You’ll be hearing a lot of “Bigger fish to fry” and all that.
Luxon is well along the way to confirm he is what many of us feared, a spineless, leftist fool.
I for one voted National in the hope that this time would be different and they wouldn’t sell us out. They just don’t seem to understand that the majority are sick and tired of all the pandering to the Maori “elite”.
Luxon and the simps around him are fools but I am a bigger fool for falling for the bs that things will be different this time in spite of Nationals track record of always selling us out.
I’m at the end of life stage now and am very distressed at the train wreck we are leaving for our kids.
What they really don’t understand is how they’re leaving solid foundations in place for the next Left-wing advance a Labour-Green-Te Paiti Maori government will make circa 2029 or 2032 (at the latest).
But that’s a consistent failure to understand over many decades.
Look at the “Bright Line Test” for property owners. I recall Lefty Danyl McLauchlan being quite gleeful about that, pointing out that all a future Labour government would have to do would be to tweak the timeline to effectively create a CGT without all the screaming. And they did, although they never dared push it to zero. I’ve no doubt National will reverse that timeline, but basically it’s just two sides fighting over control of the throttle of an engine that should be dismantled.
National exist solely to keep Labour out of government. That’s it. Nothing else.
Cumudgeon,Don’t feel bad Luxon hoodwinked many of us.
A cell phone is lifted off the desk in National Party HQ, and a call made.
“Heya Chris, Big Boss here, how ya doing.”
Good ,says Chris with a bit of a quiver in his voice
“Look , just touching base on the Maori thing, and making sure you are on message”
Yeah , look I have this thing under control.
“Yeah I know Chris but thats what you said about the election, and we had to bend over for David and Winston…not a good look”
“I just want to underscore its not about freedom and Democracy, one man one vote nonsense, those days are gone for good and the big German has a plan, and we are part of that plan. Its a whole new paradigm, as you know.”
“Ja”, says Chris, ooops sorry came out wrong. Look don’t panic we have the Maori thing right where we want it. I am arse kissing them through the back door, and you know about the back channels. Those contacts I made at Air New Zealand with the videos were priceless. Keeping those undemocratic fools on the Councils is a cunning move, shows the country we aren’t going to budge on Seymour’s little referendum. In another 6 months all the fire will have gone out of that idea, Winston will be bored, and we have a few other prezzies for the elites.
“Good boy Chris, thats the spirit.” exclaims Big Boss, all the while thinking the personality profile they got on Chris from Unilever was spot on, malleable ,obedient and not a free thinker, not to the hierachy anyway. John Key was spot on with this selection.
“Talk later Chris”
“Thanks BB, you can count on me, and John rings me every Thursday. As you know he worked the elites.”
“Look Chris I know all that, its my agenda from way back. Dont forget give Mapp a call if you get caught short.”
“Remember Chris we are counting on you to be leader at the next election so dont screw this up, as there are no jobs at the big table if do.”
“Kea Car Ha “says BB, thinking hope I got that right.
Chris stares at the buzzing phone and thinks how the fuck…………..
Very funny Rossco and factual 👍👍
Many a true word said in jest Rossco.
National are the establishment. They are the enemy. They have a vested interest in perpetuating Venezealand, because that’s how their supporters got wealthy and got to be in charge in the first place. I hope people are, finally, starting to figure that one out.
On reading your note about TE REO I send an email to both the PM and our local member saying That’s the final straw ,if this is correct I will no longer be a supporter.
Chris Bishop came back and said
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“Didn’t see the story but we have a coalition commitment to require referenda on the continued use of them so no idea what the below is about”
So what is correct ?
ED
What I saw on TV1 news on Thursday was reporting that Luxon declined to endorse the ACT policy of referenda for Maori Council Wards.
You can probably see it on TV1 ON Demand in case I misinterpreted what I saw..