When viewing ‘The Nation' on TV3 on June 26, I was stunned to hear Marama Fox's verbal invective towards Dr Axel Gietz, representing Imperial Tobacco, who was brought from the United Kingdom to debate the tobacco industries' view.
The Maori Party co-leaders' views were confrontational, accusative and verbally abusive to Dr Gietz.
Ms Fox lays the blame for all negative statistics applied to Maori at the door of the tobacco industry and the European colonialists whilst she personally participates in, and owns the very best of the positive aspects the European culture has brought to New Zealand.
Her bad manners in ‘throwing her toys from the cot' and leaving the interview with a string of cultural abuse, conveyed to the viewers the value of her tribalised input.
It was pertinent Lisa Owen, the interviewer, and political commentator Paddy Gower established that TV 3 did not support personal attacks.
MJ Anderson, Pyes Pa.
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Posted on 01-07-2016 21:40 | By crazyhorse
In 2011/12, 6,750 substantiated cases of child abuse for children aged zero to four years old, equivalent to 215 cases per 10,000 children of that age: a. the rate for part M?ori children remains consistently higher than the rate for Pacific and other children. In 2011/12, 3,618 substantiated cases of child abuse of M?ori children aged zero to four years, equivalent to almost 400 cases per 10,000 M?ori children in this age group b. this rate is 1.9 times higher than the rate for Pacific children, and 3.1 times higher than the rate for other children in this age group.
What a pity
Posted on 02-07-2016 08:08 | By astex
She raves about damage to Maori who made a free choice to use tobacco products but is very silent on the many Maori children that DO NOT choose to be abused and killed.
typical
Posted on 02-07-2016 10:05 | By Captain Sensible
Bully stand over tactics is the MO of these Maori Party leaders and activists when they don't get their way. It has worked very well for them so far in the last 50 years.
Please...
Posted on 02-07-2016 22:47 | By groutby
...tell me if I am wrong, but if this is in ones DNA..then how could it be possible to.."realign it"?
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