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08 25th February 2018
1.Where was Donald Brash? Where were his mob? Why was it left to elderly Esslemont alone?
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| I'm not racist, I just don't believe Maori exist. |
The steps in front of the PNCC were not crowded by tens or hundreds of supporters for the Hobson’s Pledge presentation of their three thousand plus signatures demand for a poll on the Maori Ward question. But by one lonely Scottish / English / imported and now New Zealand Citizen [I think]
After riding his
trusty bike and wearing his best University tie along with his cycle clips poor
persistent anti Donald [pictured] alone presented his signatures based on propaganda riddled half-baked
false-hoods and misrepresentations.
After
spending over a half a million dollars on ads and such like, Don Brash and his tiny
shadow Don Esslemont have forced the council to spend over one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars it can ill afford.
This
absence of actual support is evidence of how shameful this bunch are in reality and are feeling.
It’s been a well-used and practiced systematically lie to boost their so-called support, yet on the eve of a hollow victory their
supporters once again disappeared into the dark recesses and shady past from which they evolved.
Hobson’s
Pledge which really is a ‘Hobson's Choice’ construct, offer little in the way of
enlightenment. They were forced to reveal themselves once exposed by the local
media, and we have just recently become aware of the massive and huge amounts
of cash shipped in from outside of the local region.
As
we are all aware the presentation of signatures is normally accompanied by a
spirited and joyful crowd of supporters, so why did these overjoyed people prefer to stay
hidden and out of sight? Is it because, they actually feel guilty as they use a embedded race based law to hold back those who claim to be Maori. Why don’t they step
into the bright light of today? Breathe in some fresh air and caress the budding twenty-first century.
Read
more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/101666990/campaigners-gear-up-for-mori-wards-polls
2. An
important change of venue: This vital meeting was to be held at the City
Central Library but alas the council for reasons unknown to me has withdrawn
permission so we have had to find new venue:
Unlike
Hobson’s Pledge we don’t have a half million dollar bribe via the rich old
white men who are their secret bankers. We are community and locally based, made
up of real live human beings…so here is the update:
Together
Kia kotahi mai
If you feel that you would like to assist in moving down the
enlightened path to togetherness be at the All Saints Hall on Church St /
Square. There is plenty of parking space just drive down the space between
Square Edge and the All Saints Church on Tuesday of next week at 5.30pm and be
a part of the launch of “together, Kia Kotahi Mai. Please pass this
on to those who can assist in getting the message out there.
“Kia ora whanau
The launch of the coalition to support Maori Wards will be held
next week.
TUESDAY
27 FEBRUARY
5.30
TO 7.PM
ALL SAINTS HALL
CHURCH ST/SQUARE
Please make every effort to attend and bring friends and whanau.
It will be attended by the media so we need to show the strength of support in
the community.
Our launch will be addressed by Mayor Grant Smith and also have
group work around key messages and taqs.
3. The changing face of our enlightened communities:
Who is a racist? What is a racist? Can we be racist without
practicing racism? It is generally thought, as individuals that we are not
racist, at least not in our view. And that it's those who disagree with us who are
racist.
Take the question of Maori Wards for example. If Maori Wards are
created who are most directly affected? If looked at rationally the answer
naturally is Maori themselves, because only people on the Maori Roll can vote
in a Maori Ward.
So why would you ask the majority [the others] to decide what the
minority want?
Let’s move to the natural next step and picture a time when
Palmerston North finally takes the intelligent plunge and introduces a Maori
Ward. Only people on the Maori Roll can vote come election time if they live in
the Ward. Will this mean that Maori will take control of the Council? No way
there are 15 elected Councillor’s allowed in Palmerston North, Let’s assume
that two were elected via a Maori Ward the remaining Councillor’s would number
thirteen…there is no way two can out vote thirteen. So why this irrational fear
of Maori?
So for those on the General roll there is no change. You still
have your vote, Maori have not taken away your right to vote for whom you wish,
if those Maori on the General role wish to vote for someone standing on the
Maori roll then they must change to that roll because you can’t vote on both.
So as I said only Maori are affected if we had taken the enlightened step and
agree to a Maori Ward as a great majority of our Councillor’s did, the only
people affected would Maori.
Some will suggest that that having Maori Wards is separatism, that
I would suggest to the logical thinkers among us is that exact opposite, let’s
say two Maori elected [by Maori] enter the chamber and join the thirteen other
Councillor’s, that behaviour creates togetherness not separatism. We don’t live
in South Africa of the 1960’s.
I’m sure that within your household if you want to be inclusive
you invite others to join you for a meal in your dining room, and I believe you
would consider it extremely rude, to invite someone for a meal and then make
them eat alone in the kitchen!.
We have more Women for example in Council today than ever before,
why because we got over a insane and stupid phobia about absolute male
dominance over all things political. Even today some still spout past stupid
beliefs such as ‘a women’s place is it the kitchen’. Tell that to our new Prime
Minister.
Women, it would seem, are simply so much smarter than men, they
understand the futility of war and the stupidity of racism way ahead of the
male gender. And we all know how long it took for those who controlled the
power to share their male vote to give fifty percent of the adult population
the right to share in the governance of so-called civilized society.
Finally, being racist is not a crime in its self, but to practice
racism in certain circumstances is, for example; in the workplace, on the
sports field and no doubt you can think of others. But it appears not to be
crime in regard to asking those most affected when deciding the makeup of
wards, we have no right to call for a poll regarding wards so long as the word
Maori is left off, leave off that word and you cannot question the Councillor’s
vote. But when the Maori word is used you can…if that’s not racist I don’t know
what is.
Asking to share some small elements of political operational power
[Like Woman did] is not separatism, the key in the Maori Ward case, is that we
ask the right people or persons, we don’t ask Maori what’s best for Pakeha, so
why are we asking Pakeha what’s best for Maori.
Women voters and our young people have the wonderful chance to
vote for change, women have to consider just how revolutionary it was for a
majority of male Parliamentarians to share their power way back then.
Are woman the majority in Parliament, no they are not even after
all this time. We shouldn’t be scared of change; we should grasp it, test it,
adapt it and run with it. It’s a great and rewarding feeling to feel the wind
in your hair.
If you would like break free and reach new heights… then go to All
Saints Church Hall this coming Tuesday [27th Feb] maybe just maybe
this could become your starting or change point, regardless of your age and
gender, in a new and thrilling period of adventure.
Don Esslemont of Hobson's Pledge plans to express his opposition to Together Kia kotahi mai he said in a email to me:
"The meeting...has been organised by a pressure group formed to campaign for a "yes" vote in
the coming poll on "Maori" wards. I personally believe racially separate elections are divisive and immoral, and I intend if possible to attend the pressure group meeting to express my opposition..."
So much for wee Don's sense of democracy and free association...did he invite the general public to any of his secret meetings with Don Brash and his wealthy backers, if he did I didn't get one!
Don Esslemont of Hobson's Pledge plans to express his opposition to Together Kia kotahi mai he said in a email to me:
"The meeting...has been organised by a pressure group formed to campaign for a "yes" vote in
the coming poll on "Maori" wards. I personally believe racially separate elections are divisive and immoral, and I intend if possible to attend the pressure group meeting to express my opposition..."
So much for wee Don's sense of democracy and free association...did he invite the general public to any of his secret meetings with Don Brash and his wealthy backers, if he did I didn't get one!
The following w/c blog received over 5000 reads it explains the back
ground of Hobson’s Pledge:
Peter J Wheeler
