tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post5524354631557213979..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: That Loving FeelingChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-30943269933871259112009-02-14T13:57:00.000+13:002009-02-14T13:57:00.000+13:00How things change. In 1984 I joined a hikoi to Wai...How things change. In 1984 I joined a hikoi to Waitangi with various trade unionists including the late Bill Andersen. Titewhai screamed at us pakeha to piss off despite respectfully being at the ‘back of the bus’ in the march, and only there to support our oppressed Maori friends as we saw it at the time. We were not liberals slung with bone carvings, but strike hardened working class politicos. Strangely enough we were allowed to stay after the intervention of one Nick (Niko) Tangaroa later of Motua gardens fame in Wanganui.<BR/><BR/>And now Titewhai is holding John Keys hand…<BR/><BR/>Chris’ post is one of the first to try and describe for a mainstream audience what is obvious to the marxist left.<BR/><BR/>Throttling the Prime Minister is not a widely acknowledged method of building influence, but nonetheless I support the Popata brothers from Kaitaia.They are articulate and active in the local community and their kaupapa will be recalled many times in the years to come I am sure. <BR/>Per the old saying “we may not be able to defeat the bastards just yet, but it doesn’t mean we have to join them”. There is no dishonour in being part of a militant minority notwithstanding the usually long wait for effectiveness!<BR/><BR/>The Maori Party sooner than perhaps expected have revealed the basic structural flaw of identity based parliamentary political parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-55377793434847547462009-02-13T19:57:00.000+13:002009-02-13T19:57:00.000+13:00http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2009/02/nati...http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2009/02/nationalmaori-party-honeymoon-smashed.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-73365958662778438052009-02-13T17:13:00.000+13:002009-02-13T17:13:00.000+13:00I think it is very early days in the relationship....I think it is very early days in the relationship. It would not take much for the wonderful glow to turn into recriminations of "deceit", "backstabbing" and the like.<BR/><BR/>Can't see what the catalyst of that would be right now, but I think this relationship is still very fragile.<BR/><BR/>Remember we still have the trials of the Urewera "lot" and the renegotiating of the Foreshore and Seabed Act to come.<BR/><BR/>It is however inevitable that Maori will become a very significant business force. Something that would have happened anyway if the NZ Company and its cohorts hadn't reneged on their deals. <BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see if that becomes the source of a different set of grievances.rouppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446734587426078093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-53934422725989069312009-02-13T13:00:00.000+13:002009-02-13T13:00:00.000+13:00If this marriage is at it looks, a marriage betwee...If this marriage is at it looks, a marriage between non-ideological partners, then the union will be blessed by longevity... I hope.<BR/><BR/>The social problems that beset us, that bought Pita Sharples close to tears last year can only be addressed by tangata whenua gaining some control. Without being provocative, I think that level of understanding has been lacking in the past.(See Mason Durie, "Whaiora".)<BR/><BR/>A new mood in the country, a new approach to the problems, a new Waitangi day dawning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com