Re: ‘No room for race-based seats on our council' (The Weekend Sun, May 27).
R Paterson's letter correctly states the majority view as to Maori local body representation. It
Shouldn't be a gift, but earned through the normal democratic process. Stand...and be elected or not.
He also mentions abolishing the Maori parliamentary seats is ‘technically still on National's bucket list'. In that he is wrong.
On August 22, 2014, in response to my query as to when they would be doing that, Tauranga MP Simon Bridges replied (in part): 'it [National] would not seek to remove the Maori seats without the consent of the Maori people”. How stupid and pointless is that kind of an election pledge? On that basis it will never happen.
Wouldn't it be a good idea if the rest of us were asked if we consented to paying tax? If we didn't, we are exempt!
G Allan, Tauranga.
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race based
Posted on 11-06-2016 14:20 | By [email protected]
you have got to remember that national is the most rascist party in government and the sooner the people wake up the bet we will be although Labour and the greens will be no better but 1law4all will get rid of apartheid that has been distroying our country since G Palmer removed us out of the treaty so that Maori could have special rights which is an insult to all the people who are called Maori. Ian Brougham Wanganui with out the 'h'
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