On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:19:33 -0000 (UTC), Tony
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lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/alex-holland-race-based-division
A list of Labour driven race based policies and actions. All contributing to >race based segregation.
It has not been universally supported in comments - for example see
the following comment from 4 days ago from "Full Marks":
"The article is full of misinformation and cherry picked half truths.
One example is the claim that money from the Provincial Growth Fund
channeled into marae renovations, and Maori and Pasifika businesses
was questioned by the Office of the Auditor-General.
Incorrect. The Auditor General was unable to determine if the PGF
reset represented good value for money. The PGF fund was to address
the expected economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on regional NZ. It
had nothing to do with Maori businesses.
Anyway take the points in the article with scepticism unless you
understand the context from where they’re taken."
and immediately below that:
"The article is full of misinformation and cherry picked half truths.
One example is the claim that in the NZ Health Strategy report 2023,
”Maori’ or ‘Iwi’ are mentioned 169 times while ‘European’ is
mentioned 4 times”. That is true but what he neglected to say was that
“all New Zealanders” is mentioned 17 times. Also women are mentioned 4
times more than men, so what?
Why are Maori mentioned more than all New Zealanders? Maybe it has
something to do with the fact Maori are over represented in the poor
health statistics and the Ministry of Health wants to improve Maori
health outcomes along with all New Zealanders. Continuing to do what
they’ve always done isn’t going to improve the health of Maori.
Anyway take the points in the article with scepticism unless you
understand the context from where they’re taken."
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The sort of bigotry displayed in the article is repeated in other
forums - for example see
https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2023/09/alex_holland_on_all_of_labours_race_based_policies.html
which attracted on comment that is worth repeating:
"Wayne Mapp
Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
A fair bit of this list relates to various treaty settlements dating
back as far as the late 1980’s.
Is any one seriously suggesting that we stop all treaty settlements,
which cover far more than payment of money. A lot of the settlements
relate to conservation and related issues and necessarily include the governance and management of such issues.
A list that jumbles all those things into what the current government
has done is virtually in the same space as Julian Batchelor." _____________________
Rich80105 comment: I find it interesting that Kiwiblog would allow a
post from a prominent ex-National MP and Cabinet Minister. It may
indicate that Farrar is not taking much interest in the site
moderation any more; but just as Farrar assisted the establishment of
the "NZ Taxpayer Union" to act as a conduit to support both ACT and
National in a structure that can attract donations without them
counting as political, he has become an enabler for the current "dirty
tricks" operators, along the lines that when ACT/Nat are in
opposition, any attacks on a Labour-led government are to be
encouraged.
Christopher Luxon did in effect acknowledge some of the views
expressed by Wayne Mapp in the comment above. As for the reference to
Julian Batchelor - Mapp was effectively saying that the list posted
was akin to disinformation:
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Julian Batchelor has been in the news recently
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/07/julian-batchelor-under-investigation-over-anti-co-governance-pamphlets/
which includes this:
"Batchelor’s comments are being closely watched by independent
research group, The Disinformation Project.
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa, a researcher with the Disinformation Project,
says the information spread on Mr Batchelor’s various Stop
Co-Governance websites and social channels, including the pamphlet, "
is extremely worrying. It is what you would call dangerous speech. It
incites hate, and it instigates harm offline".
"This is racist rhetoric. This is colonialism's long shadow.
"The Disinformation Project has looked at what he has said, what he
has printed, and what he's published. The traffic to his websites are significant and have shown significant month on month increase over
the course of 2023, so he is influential," Hattotuwa said.
He said people should not underestimate the level of engagement he is receiving.
"[On these websites and social channels] there is open talk,
repeatedly, of civil war. There is open calls for weaponisation, and
for taking up weapons. There is the sustained targeting of Maori," he
said.
"The entire weight of academic research and for me, lived experience,
in a region and a country which has seen this escalation of dangerous
speech online is that it never stays online and that someone,
somewhere, someday, somehow is going to take it very seriously upon
themselves to act out what is being invited, instigated and invoked." ______________________________
It does appear that you too are going down a number of the
disinformation peddlers twisted and bizarre rabbit holes, Tony.
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