Turns out that I was right about the Left-wing blogs and the media continuing to rabbit on about John Key’s “cannibalism” joke. And, yes, it does make them look like complete prats. The editor of the Herald on Sunday even goes as far as to suggest that the coalition between Maori and National is falling [...]

Paul Holmes talks about the disturbing double standard in the way Hone Harawira’s outburst has been treated. He does not add a lot to what has already been said in the blogosphere but he does make one intriguing remark. Could it be, in fact, that they cannot refute what he says because they share his [...]

Good on Tariana Turia for walking out on Labour’s childish filibuster. She also strongly opposes the bill, but clearly knows that there is a strong line between making a protest and wasting government time. Labour thoroughly crossed this line yesterday. Their are only two rational reasons to filibuster. The first is to protest a bill [...]

Tariana Turia laments the sad state of Maori Health after reading the Mortality and Demographic Data for 2005 (PDF here) and the report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PDF here). She is right that they make grim reading for Maori, although it is not all doom and gloom. Although Maori mortality is [...]

Liberty Scott points out the Tariana Turia is on record saying: (it) “is about alternative points of view. Some members of our community see it as a crime; others see it as an expression of identity“.  She is also on record as saying: “It is about resistance, it is about alternative points of view.” These [...]

Yesterday, I blogged about how I thought left-wing remarks about a deal between the Maori Party and National were very patronising and insulting. It seems that Tariana Turia agrees with me. I am struck by the sheer stupidity of Goff’s remarks. They can only ensure that the Maori Party have even less reason to support [...]

Today, the Maori party are negotiating with National. Whatever happens at this meeting (and, knowing our Maori folk, it will be the start of a series of huis), the meeting itself is historic. There is still an enormous amount of distrust of National amongst the Maori people, much of it instilled by Labour’s fear-mongering to [...]