Legislation Dividing New Zealanders by Race
Some examples:
1974. Maori ACairs Amendment Act.
Definition of Maori changed to include part-Maori, with any degree of Maori ancestry. 1975. Treaty of Waitangi Act.
Waitangi Tribunal set up to hear historical grievances of Maori only, given sole power to interpret the Treaty. The Tribunal allows oral accounts with no cross- examination. By its nature, this is far less reliable than written documentation. 1985. Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985.
Tribunal empowered to hear claims all the way back to 1840 - way beyond anyone’s first-hand knowledge or experience.
1986. State- Owned Enterprises Act.
Invents Treaty ‘principles’ and inserts the requirement that “Nothing in this Act shall be inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”.
1986. Environment Act.
Management of physical resources must have regard to the principles of the Treaty. 1987.
In the Court of Appeal, Justice Robin Cooke defined “Treaty principles”, including the invention that “The Treaty established a relationship akin to a partnership between Crown and Maori”. This was a lie. 1987.
Maori made an oQicial language of New Zealand. (English is not an oQicial language.) 1987. Conservation Act.
Conservation Boards must consult iwi on all management plans for fish and game. 1988 and 1989.
Prime Minister David Lange promises protection for private property, that “not one single inch of private land is under threat from the Waitangi Tribunal”. 1989.
Missing final English (‘Littlewood’) Treaty draft found, and subsequently ignored. 1989.
GeoQrey Palmer publishes newly-fashioned “Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”. 1989.
Claimant and Waitangi Tribunal member Hugh Kawharu rejects previous meaning as explained by Hongi Hika and Apirana Ngata, and redefines taonga, kawanatanga and rangatiratanga to strengthen Treaty claims. He thus perverted the meaning of Te Tiriti, to which only the meanings of the words in 1840 are valid. 1989. Education Act.
Acknowledges ‘principles’ of Treaty.
1989. Oranga Tamariki Act.
Requires “Special regard for values, culture and beliefs of Maori people”. But not others. 1989. Public Finance Act.
Nothing in this Part shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi).
1990. NZ Bill of Human Rights Act.
Allows for race-based aQirmative action.
1991. Resource Management Act.
A local authority may transfer its powers to an iwi authority, compulsory to have an agreement with iwi or hapu to co -govern along with local authority, iwi or hapu are given full power in some areas, the Environment Court prioritises Maori customs, iwi and hapu are oQicial guardians of natural resources, Maori land is exempt from subdivision restrictions, tribes get special rights to geothermal water.
1992. Crown Research Institutes Act.
Ministers must respect Treaty principles when transferring land to a CRI.
1992. Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act. Regulations to give Maori special food-gathering rights.
1993. Te Ture Whenua Maori Land Act.
Recognise that land is a taonga tuku iho of special significance to Maori, with a priority to promote the retention of land. The Preamble has the protection of the rangatiratanga exchanged for kawanatanga in the Treaty of Waitangi (the newly minted version).
1993. Biosecurity Act.
The Minister must consult with tangata whenua when making biosecurity plans.
1994. Maritime Transport Act.
Local tangata whenua must be consulted on contingency plans for marine oil spills.
1996. Auckland War Memorial Act.
The Board must take regard of advice given by Taumata-a-Iwi.
1996. Fisheries Act.
Treaty principles give Maori rangatiratanga over fisheries.
1996. Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.
All persons exercising powers and functions under this Act shall take into account the principles of the Treaty.
1997. Royal Society of New Zealand Act.
Employment of personnel must take account of the aims and aspirations of Maori, and the employment requirements of Maori.
1998. Crown Pastoral Land Act.
The Commissioner must take into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
1998. Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act.
This, the fifth “full and final” settlement and the dodgiest of all Treaty settlements, included customary fishing entitlements, barring the public from various formerly public fishing spots in the South Island so that only members of Ngai Tahu tribe can fish there.
1999. Ngati Turangitukua Claims Settlement Act.
Ngati Turangitukua, as landowners, are entitled to be protected under the Treaty.
2000. Employment Relations Act.
Must have regard for the principles of the Treaty.
2000. Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act.
The Forum must have regard to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
2000. Energy ECiciency and Conservation Act.
Sustainability principles include the principles of the Treaty. All draft strategies must seek input from Maori organisations.
2000. NZ Public Health and Disability Act.
District Health Boards (DHBs) have a “Treaty” obligation to close the gap between Maori and non-Maori. This is a lie as there is no mention of health in the Treaty. Each DHB
must have at least two Maori members, chosen solely because of their race. The Act instructs the DHBs to “close the gap” between Maoris and others in healthcare; this can be done only by depriving the public of resources and giving them to those who have some Maori blood in them.
2000. Museum of Transport and Technology Act.
The Board must recognise and provide for biculturalism and the spirit of partnership and goodwill envisaged by the Treaty of Waitangi.
2001. Local Electoral Act.
Allows for separate, race-based Maori wards: Any territorial authority and any regional council may resolve that the region be divided into one or more Maori constituencies.
2002. Chartered Professional Engineers of New Zealand Act.
Requirements to be a good employer include recognition of aims and aspirations of Maori, employment requirements of Maori, the need for involvement of Maori as employees.
2002. Local Government Act.
A Local Authority has the power to withhold publication of information where necessary to avoid serious oQence to tikanga Maori; must provide opportunities for Maori to contribute to its decision-making processes; must consider the Maori ward option every six years. Decisions about land and water require acknowledgement of a special Maori bond with nature.
2002. Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act.
Government must promote sport in way culturally appropriate to Maori. But not to others.
2002. Climate Change Response Act.
Requirements to recognise and respect the Crown’s responsibility to give eQect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi include consultation on any Orders in Council, any forest land allocation plan, any fishing allocation plan with representatives of iwi and Maori that appear to the Minister or chief executive likely to have an interest. Any independent panel must have at least one member who has the appropriate knowledge, skill, and experience relating to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and tikanga Maori to conduct the review; the review panel must consult with the representatives of iwi and Maori that appear to the panel likely to have an interest in the review; and the terms of reference for the review panel must incorporate reference to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
2002. Trade Marks Act.
A trade mark may not be registered if likely to oQend Maori. Establishes committee to advise whether trade mark is derivative of a Maori sign, text and imagery and likely to be oQensive to Maori; the advisory committee must include a member with knowledge of te ao Maori and tikanga
2003. Families Commission Act.
The Commission must have regard to the needs, values, and beliefs of Maori as tangata whenua.
2003. Gambling Act.
Calls for consultative procedure with organisations representing Maori; distribution of proceeds must have regard to the needs of Maori.
2003. Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act.
If the co - ordinator considers that the care recipient is Maori and the care recipient agrees with that assessment, the co - ordinator must try to obtain the views of any suitable Maori person (wherever possible, a member of the care recipient’s whanau, hapu or iwi) or Maori organisation concerned with, or interested in, the care of persons who have an intellectual disability.
2003. Land Transport Management Act.
Requirement to separately consult Maori where proposed activity may aQect Maori historical, cultural or spiritual interests. Agency must establish and maintain processes for Maori to contribute to decision making processes. The Transport Agency may approve a Maori roadway qualifying for payment from the national land transport fund.
2003. National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa) Act.
The Minister must consult with Minister of Maori AQairs before appointing Guardians to the Alexander Turnbull Library.
2003. Maori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori) Act.
The board must consist of seven directors, four of whom are appointed by Te Matawai, the independent statutory entity charged with revitalising the Maori language.
2003. Racing Act.
Special consultative procedure appropriate to organisations representing Maori.
2003. Social Workers Registration Act.
The Board must ensure aims and aspirations of Maori as tangata whenua are integral and ongoing priorities.
2003. Television New Zealand Act.
Content must reflect Maori perspectives.
2004. Building Act.
The Chief Executive must recognise tikanga Maori when making a determination.
2004. Crown Entities Act.
The Crown must recognise the aims and aspirations of Maori.
2004. Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act.
The needs, values and beliefs of Maori must be considered and treated with respect; the board must include one or more Maori members with expertise in Maori customary values; where there is a Maori donor the provider must obtain information of the donor’s whanua, hapu and iwi where available; the Registrar must maintain information on the whanau of donor oQspring.
2004. Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act.
The Crown must provide 20% of space in the coastal marine area for Maori aquaculture.
2004. Maori Fisheries Act.
The Preamble quotes the Freeman version of the Treaty of Waitangi, not the true treaty: “By the Treaty of Waitangi, the Queen of England confirmed and guaranteed to the chiefs, tribes, and individual Maori the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their fisheries for so long as they wished to retain them.” Considerable control of, and rights to, fisheries are to be handed over to Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited and to iwi organisations, which must comply with, and implement, a given kaupapa even though the Treaty did not mention fishing rights.
2005. Charities Act.
Almost all Maori entities (iwi, runanga, post-settlement governance entities, etc.) may register as charities. Maori Authorities and Maori Trusts, with combined assets of approximately $15 billion, may then pay virtually nil income tax.
2005. Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Management Act. Maori recognised as guardians under Treaty principle of kaitiakitanga
2005. Public Records Act.
Processes must be in place for consulting with Maori; at least two members of the Archives Council must have a knowledge oftikanga Maori; Council will provide advice concerning recordkeeping and archive matters in which tikanga Maori is relevant.
2005. Registered Architects Act.
The Board must recognise the aims and aspirations of Maori, the employment requirements of Maori, and the need for involvement of Maori as employees.
2006. Geographical Indications (Wines and Spirits) Registration Act.
Establishes a special Maori Advisory Committee.
2008. New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act.
Two board members to be appointed by the Minister of Maori AQairs, who have a knowledge of tikanga Maori and te reo Maori and are able to provide advice in relation to the naming of geographic features and Crown protected areas for which tikanga Maori or te reo Maori is relevant. One Board member to be appointed by Ngai Tahu.
2008. Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act.
Council must involve tangata whenua Ngati Whatua and Te Kawerau a Maki.
2009. Local Government (Auckland Council) Act.
An Auckland Independent Maori Statutory Board will promote cultural, economic, environmental and social issues significant formana whenua and mataawaka
2009. Methodist Church of New Zealand Trusts Act.
Church to appoint a tumuaki (an executive) to the Hui Poari to lead the tangata whenua, Te Taha Maori within the Methodist Church.
2010. Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act.
Hearings Panel procedure must recognise tikanga Maori where appropriate.
2010. Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act. Sets up co -governance of the Waikato River.
2010. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. National, with its Maori Party partner, supported this declaration, which Labour had refused to do in 2007 on the grounds that it is separatist and violates the principles of democracy and equality.
2011. Environmental Protection Authority Act.
A Maori Advisory Committee will provide advice to any marine consent authority, which advice must be given from a Maori perspective.
2011. Legal Services Act.
Legal aid may be granted for proceedings before the Waitangi Tribunal, which hears claims only from those of Maori descent.
2011. Maori Fisheries Act.
Provides for the development of the collective and individual interests of iwi in fisheries, fishing, and fisheries-related activities in a manner that is ultimately for the benefit of all Maori. [Not for the benefit of all New Zealanders.]
2011. Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act.
This thieving and racist Act, masterminded by National’s Christopher Finlayson to buy the support of the race-based Maori Party in Parliament, is the largest theft of public rights and resources in New Zealand’s history.
Customary Marine Title may be granted to iwi, hapu and whanau over common marine and coastal area (foreshore and seabed); A customary marine title group has, and may exercise, ownership of minerals (other than petroleum, gold, silver, and uranium existing in their natural condition) that are within the customary marine title area of that group out to 12 miles at sea. A tribe may exclude the public from any part of its beach by declaring it to be wahi tapu
2012. Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental ECects) Act. Decisions to be informed by a Maori perspective; hearings must recognise tikanga Maori where appropriate and receive oral or written evidence in Maori.
2012. National Animal Identification and Tracing Act.
Values to be protected include the relationship of Maori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, waters, sites, wahi tapu, and taonga.
2012. Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River Act).
A co -governance entity is set up, based on the Waikato -Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 and the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act 2010.
2012. Ngati Manuhiri Claims Settlement Act.
Includes co -governance of the Te Hauturu- o -Toi / Little Barrier Island gift area.
2013. Game Animals Council Act.
Council members must have knowledge of, and experience relating to, Maori hunting interests and kaitiakitanga (being guardianship of natural and physical resources in accordance with tikanga Maori).
2013. Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act.
The majority of members of an appointed accord territorial authority panel must have knowledge of and expertise in relation to planning, design, and engineering and appropriate knowledge and experience relating to the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and tikanga Maori (Maori customary values and practices).
2013. Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Act.
Pardons Mokomoko for the brutal murder of Rev. Carl Volkner in 1866.
2013. Ngati Whatua o Kaipara Claims Settlement Act.
Claims a partnership: “The relationship between Ngati Whatua and the Crown was founded on the partnership created in 1840 through the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.” This is a lie as there was no partnership. Includes an apology: “The Crown deeply regrets that the benefits Ngati Whatua o Kaipara were led to expect from the relationship, including benefits from the sale of land, were slow to arrive or were not always realised.” There is a long list of cultural redress properties.
2013. Patents Act.
Establishes a Maori Advisory Committee, whose members must have knowledge of matauranga Maori and tikanga Maori, to advise on any patent application derived from Maori traditional knowledge or indigenous plants or animals, and whether any commercial exploitation is likely to be contrary to Maori values.
2014. Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act.
At least four members must have knowledge of te ao Maori and tikanga Maori. The Council must recognise in the arts the role of Maori as tangata whenua.
2014. Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act.
As part of the settlement of the historical claims of Ngati Toa Rangatira, the Act acknowledges that Te Rauparaha was the composer of Ka Mate. The haka must be
treated with respect: the values which Ngati Toa Rangatira seek to uphold are the ihi, wehi, and wana - the ihi being the spiritual force and the wehi and wana being the emotions that emanate from understanding and performing correctly, inspiring emotional pride in the performer.
2014. New Zealand Mission Trust Board (Otamataha) Empowering Act.
The 1852 Crown Grant that awarded the land to the Church Mission Society was considered to have been in breach of the Treaty principle of active protection. [Such principles of the Treaty were only invented in 1986.]
2014. Tapuika Claims Settlement Act.
Sets up co -governance. The Kaituna River Authority must acknowledge the interests of iwi, and must respect tikanga Maori.
2014. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act.
Scientific investigation of any site of interest to Maori requires the consent of iwi or hapu.
2014. Environmental Reporting Act.
There are requirements to provide for te ao Maori to be an impact category in preparing synthesis and domain reports, to ensure that those reports, and the topics, are informed by a Maori perspective; and for consultation with iwi authorities before regulations may be made.
2015. Hawke’s Bay Regional Planning Committee Act.
There will be a Regional Council committee, with co -governance between mana whenua and elected representatives overseeing development and review of Resource Management Act documents; Committee standing orders must not contravene tikanga Maori.
2015. Ngai Takoto Claims Settlement Act.
There will be tribal rights over conservation land; the parties must work together to develop a wahi tapu framework for the management of wahi tapu including, if appropriate, management by the mana whenua hapu and iwi associated with the wahi tapu.
2015. Te Aupouri Claims Settlement Act.
There will be tribal rights over conservation land.
2015. Te Rarawa Claims Settlement Act.
There will be tribal rights over conservation land.
2016. Environmental Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Act.
Two of the members of the transitional governing body must be persons recommended by Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu; members must have knowledge of, and expertise in relation to, tikanga Maori.
2016. Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Recovery Act.
Members of the Recovery Review Panel should have knowledge of matauranga Maori (Maori traditional knowledge) andtikanga Maori (Maori protocol and culture); the Minister can only remove any member recommended by Ngai Tahu after consultation.
2016. Te Ture mo Te Reo Maori 2016 Maori Language Act.
Maori language is a taonga of iwi and Maori, protected by article two of the Treaty. The Crown has a commitment to work in partnership to protect and promote the Maori language. [Article two does not mention language; this fiction depends on the
falsification of using the alleged modern meanings of words in an 1840 document to create a new meaning of ‘taonga’.]
2017. Land Transfer Act.
An application for adverse possession cannot be made against Maori land.
2017. Resource Legislation Amendment Act.
Agreements are to provide a mechanism for tangata whenua through iwi authorities to participate in resource and decision-making processes.
2017. Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act.
Declares that the Whanganui River has all the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of a legal person; the rights, powers and duties of the River (Te Awa Tupua) are exercised by two persons (Te Pou Tupua), the human face of the Whanganui River, with mana and skills to perform the functions of Te Pou Tupua (including to develop mechanisms for engaging with, and reporting to, the iwi and hapu); deems the river (Te Awa Tupua) and the two appointed guardians (Te Pou Tupua) to be the same person for the purposes of the Inland Revenue Acts.
Note: the list above is incomplete.
Note also: the practical application of these statutes are both racist and unfair, e.g. hospitals that have visiting hours and restrictions on visitor numbers, but allow Maori patients to have unlimited visitors at any time.
And the Victoria University of Wellington school of design has an entire working area of computers for Maori and Pacifica only, which students of every other nationality are forbidden to use.
The above list of race-based statutes only extends to 2017 – but then the racial division really ramped up during the six year Labour tyranny – some parts of which are now wisely being revoked by the National Coalition.
Race Based Division (2023)
• Labour announced 12 new HIGH protection areas in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf to ‘protect and restore marine ecosystems’, while STILL allowing only Maori to fish in them. They are not marine reserves; they are race based exclusive fishing zones.
• Te Whatu Ora is using taxpayer money for Maori & Pacific of any age (only Maori & Pacific ethnicity) to receive free advice and ‘management’ (including free medicines) at pharmacies for certain conditions.
• Reduced/removed rates for Maori landowners under the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021: 1. write oQ rates owing. 2 Remove rates altogether for land owned but not developed. 3. Reduce any remaining rates.
• The new $26 million visitor centre for Punakaiki rocks given to local Iwi who then charge for entry.
• New guidelines from Pharmac reveal that “Maori are the priority population”. Essentially, those with Maori ethnicity will now be guaranteed priority treatment ahead of others with greater health needs.
• Iwi allowed their own justice system, which often does not go in the victim’s favour and gives lenient outcomes to oQenders.
• Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations giving priority to Maori and Pacific Island patients (contrary to the Human Rights Act 1993).
• Since May 2023 only Maori & Pacifica are allowed to get GP referrals for free counselling.
• New Zealand Health Strategy 2023 should be equally about all New Zealanders but focuses on 'Inequity for Maori'. ‘Maori’ or ‘Iwi’ are mentioned 169 times while ‘European’ is mentioned 4 times.
• The Department of Internal AQairs has released a proposal for a new way to regulate social media and traditional media platforms that will control what can and cannot be discussed online. However, Maori are given elevated status in a co -governing role within the regulatory body. Maori are granted protections to "express themselves freely," a privilege not given to any other New Zealander. The proposal will place Maori at the heart of the decisions about what New Zealanders are allowed to say.
• Labour have decided that rather than looking for low price and minimum risk, government agencies need to ENSURE 8% of government contracts go to Maori business. Only Maori can apply for all government contracts, everyone else is restricted to 92% of them.
• $560 million taxpayer funding to support Maori in getting the free Covid vaccine, including cash incentives for Maori to get vaccinated. Also, a Covid vaccine ‘Priority Access Code’ was made available if you were Maori.
• $438 million in taxpayer funding given to upgrade privately owned marae across the country (510 projects - 358 marae, from a ‘range’ of crown funds including from the Covid funds).
• Labour set aside $7.75 million for truancy issues for Maori & Pacific students.
• All employees from the Department of Conservation will get paid $3500 (of taxpayer money) if they attend a Maori language course.
• Labour have changed the rules so if Maori or Pacific Islanders make up over half of a GP's clients they get an increase in funding. If the proportion is 49% or below, they get no increase.
• Three waters proposal will give Maori 50% voting rights (with only 16% ‘opting’ as Maori) and power of veto over all water. Labour spent $14 million taxpayer dollars on increasing Iwi/Maori understanding of the changes, including a $220 per hour ‘strategic advisor’ in Maori.
• New water services entity amendment bill (for 3 waters) states that public submissions (Community Priority Statements) ‘may’ be considered. In contrast, the Water Services Entities (WSE’s) ‘must’ respond directly to Te Mana o te Wai Statements and ‘must’ include a plan how the Water Services Entities intends to give eQect to Te Mana o te Wai Statements - the new “Community Priority Statements” fall well short of the powers provided to local Maori through Te Mana o te Wai statements. This is what Labour is not telling you about as these are at the operational level, unlike the (50%) c*o -governance at the Regional Representative Groups level.
• Labour giving Maori access to funding for their legal costs to claim the Seabed & Foreshore, from mean high tide out to 12 nautical miles. Opponents to Maori claims must fund their own legal costs.
• $7.3 million taxpayer dollars to make new screening process for cervical cancer screening free for Maori and Pacific Island women but anyone else pays $40-$60.
• Labour funded $107,280 in taxpayer money to a racist stage show about murdering James Cook, his descendants and 'white men like him’ with pig hunting knives.
• Requirement for staQ to take into account a student’s cultural identity when awarding passing grades; rather than their individual merit.
• Labour announced 20 percent of commercial spectrum to be given to Maori, a permanent Maori spectrum entity will be established and $75 million of funding will go towards development.
• Maori get free bowel screening from 55 years old. Also, Andrew Little announced Maori will get superior access to bowel screening etc.
• Maori and Pacifica are automatically entitled to free flu injections over 55 years of age, aged 30 & over are eligible for a free extra Covid booster and free anti-viral Covid treatment over the age of 50 (for everyone else it is 65 & over).
• Labour has prioritised Plunket care for Maori and Pacifica, all other ethnicities have been deprioritised.
• Labour using taxpayer funds during a cost- of-living crisis & record debt to rename streets, parks & government departments to Maori names – no cost/benefit justification given.
• Labour spent taxpayer money to reformat the New Zealand passports so that now Te Reo is before any English rather than after it - no cost/benefit justification given, and now every border control in the world has to sift through a foreign language to read the passport (reducing eQiciency).
• Maori don’t have to score mid to high 90’s to pass exam to get into medical school.
• Only Maori can legally collect particular shell fish in particular areas.
• Auckland Council is aiming to have 5 percent of the value of all direct contracts awarded to diverse suppliers – Maori and/or Pasifika- owned business or social enterprises.
• Auckland Transport's target is to have 2 percent of the value of procurement spend with Maori- owned businesses by the end of 2023.
• Watercare aims for 5 percent of total spend to be with Maori businesses by the end of the 2025 financial year.
• Powers given to Maori to close public National parks (e.g. Whirinaki Conservation Park rahui restricting all access for people from outside the immediate community had been invoked by Ngati Whare).
• Without consulting anyone, Tuhoe had removed 15 huts from the Ureweras and planned to remove the other 33.
• Labour deciding what input Maori (only) should have in immigration policy.
• Labour removed rights voters had to trigger a local binding referendum – e.g. Maori wards.
• Labour's Local Government Minister trying to get 50% of Council seats to be held by Maori.
• $12 million government support for Maori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry.
• Report by the Auditor-General on the $290 million "Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme": The Tourism Recovery Minister decided to fund all tourism businesses that scored more than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process. They also decided to fund all eligible Maori tourism businesses, including those that scored less than 15 out of 30 points in the assessment process.
• Labor's Budget for 2020 had $1 billion to improve outcomes for Maori in response to Covid-19.
• $1.1 billion for Maori in Budget 2021.
• 2022 Budget: An extra $26m (now $155m in total) for “Progressive Procurement” – i.e. favouring Maori- owned businesses as government contractors. $118m in “advisory services” for farmers and Maori land owners. $580m for “Maori Health and wellbeing” including $188m for the new Maori Health Authority. $20m establishing new “Iwi-Maori Partnership Boards” (i.e. introducing co -governance to the new health system). A $1 billion “Maori Budget” including: $91m on Maori trades, training, and cadetships, $3m for “marae connectivity”, $5m for Iwi/Maori teachers. $200m for Maori education. $28m for Maori “language, culture and identity”. $162m for Maori organisations to reduce emissions, including $36m for “matauranga [traditional knowledge]-based approaches to reducing biological emissions” and $30m for “Maori Climate Action”. $178m for councils dealing with RMA reform with a new “National Maori Entity” to co -govern resource management.
• Maori have been allocated a total of $825 million in 2023 Wellbeing Budget.
• 2023 Budget: Te Matatini (Maori performing arts festival) has its annual funding increased from $2.9 million per year to $34 million over the next two years.
• Money set aside for poor people is being taken from the community services card fund to give Maori and only Maori women a $50 Prezzy card who turn up for their pregnancy assessment. That means if you have 1% Maori ancestry and are rich, you will still get a $50 Prezzy card (from the fund for the poor) because of your trace of Maori ancestry, not because you need it. Not available for anyone actually in need that doesn’t have Maori ancestry.
• Labour splashed taxpayer money on Warriors match tickets or food vouchers for Maori and Pasifika who hadn’t filled in their census forms. $2 million was budgeted for handing out support vouchers to get non-responding individuals and households to complete the census.
• Taxpayer money for ‘Whanau to achieve their aspirations' through Whanau Ora commissioning agencies.
• Free hospital parking tickets to Maori with a family member in hospital.
• Maori private business given tax payer money & loans – e.g. Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa: $14 million given to it and an additional $38 million dollar tax payer loan.
• Primary Healthcare operations/organisations paid $25 per patient to screen Maori & Pacific for Cardiovascular.
• Specialist Education is scaled where Maori & Pacifica leap frog others for specialist education support.
• Labour handed out $70 million in taxpayer dollars to set up 30 Iwi lead community panels instead of courts for Maori oQenders. Also, the Police Commissioner has established a 21-member Maori Focus Forum that not only co - designs policing strategy for dealing with Maori oQenders, but also plays a “governance role”. The end result of this partnership with Iwi is that Police “live up to the joint expectations of those partners, to improve long term wellbeing for Maori who come to Police attention.” In other words, Maori justice is all about the oQender – ensuring they have a positive outcome. There is little regard for the victim. A violent attack that sent a tourist to hospital resulted in no arrests, no charges, no court, no sentence – only a chat with a community panel of iwi. It seems the Police have now become “an inclusive partner for Iwi Maori”. As a result, oQenders who are Maori now have a diQerent pathway – one that looks past the victim to embrace the culture of the oQender.
• Probation OQicers being told to move away from recommending imprisonment for Maori & Pacific Islanders.
• Labour launched a $98 million dollar strategy to reduce Maori overrepresentation in prisons in August 2019. By 2022 the proportion of Maori in prison had increased. Meantime, Marama Davidson (leader of Greens party) stated “I am a prevention violence minister. I know who causes violence in the world, it is white cis men”.
• The Plant Variety Rights Bill introduces a Maori Plant Varieties Committee. It can block plant varieties being registered and the bill says ‘A person must not be appointed as a member of the committee unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the person is qualified for appointment, having regard to that person’s knowledge of matauranga Maori.'
• Maori party put on their website that ‘it is a well-known fact that Maori are genetically superior’. To date, no apology has been given.
• Labour is removing or reducing biodiversity protection restrictions for Maori land (changing FNDC SNA mapping), but does this extend to anyone else?
• Labour has dedicated $18 million taxpayer dollars (over four years) for iwi-based events and resources that support whanau, hapu and iwi to grow and lead their practices and customs relating to te kahui o Matariki/Matariki Public Holiday.
• Government lead Mapping for Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori (SASM) didn’t involve Farmers consultation – Timura council alone has identified 4000 property owners whose lands fits into the 5 categories of SASM regulations (sacred areas).
• A fund administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment invests in projects designed to strengthen capability, capacity, skills and networks between Maori and the science and innovation system.
• Parliament's new 'Te Kahui Mouri' (2 wooden Maori poles) unveiled in July 2023 cost taxpayers $500,000, described as "tone- deaf" during a cost- of-living crisis when Kiwis are "being asked to tighten their belts".
• Counsellors being told they can only accept young people & Maori & Pacifica. Also, a psychologist in Wellington said that hospitals are referring Maori & Pacific Islanders to private psychologists and the businesses are losing money because they often don’t turn up. Any other ethnicity can only be referred to the public
health system, there is a 5-month waiting list unless they pay for private care themselves.
• Police and the government turn a blind eye to illegal occupation of private land only if under Maori protest occupation (e.g. Ihumatao & property on the banks of the Taipa River).
• $55 million fund for media to promote that the Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership - forty percent of the first allocations went to projects benefiting Maori journalism. The fund prevents an opposing point of view to the Labour government’s race-based program.
• An Independent Maori Statutory Board has been established tasked with representing the views of Maori at the governance level in councils.
• The Hauraki Gulf Forum voted 11-7 in favour of changing its composition to that of a 50:50 co -governance authority with mana whenua and ‘others’. It is also proposing to develop its own statutory plans, that could prevail over council policies and central government decision-making, for all matters in respect of the Gulf. Although the elected members voted 7-5 against the proposals, six more votes were collected from the tangata whenua appointed members making the final vote 11-7 in favour of the proposals.
• $49,999 towards an Indigenised Hypno -soundscape to take you to the ‘imagined worlds of our Korero Purakau’.
• The Health Coalition Aotearoa claiming ‘The Burden of obesity has been disproportionately carried by Maori and Pacifica’ is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill setting a significant precedent for unelected iwi representation.
• $100 million regional employment scheme to focus on Maori & Pasifika people.
• The Maori Health Authority (Te Aka Whai Ora) is spending more than $1.15 million a month on contractors and consultants. The Maori Health Authority will have veto rights over the entire health system; Maori patients to be prioritised over non-Maori.
• Even before the Pae Ora (Health Reform) legislation came into eQect, $22 million was allocated to establishing the Maori Health Authority board headed up by Nanaia Mahuta's sister Tipa.
• In 1997 the New Zealand Government returned the rights of greenstone (pounamu) ownership to Te Rūnanga o Ngai Tahu. Therefore, all greenstone found becomes the right of Iwi to obtain & sell.
• In conservation, an Options Developments Group set up by the Department of Conservation to better recognise the ‘Treaty partnership’ recommends “the delegation, transfer and devolution of functions and powers within the conservation system to tangata whenua”.
• Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 262 report categorises as Maori ‘taonga’ a wide range of ‘treasures’ including intellectual property rights, genetics, and all living species in the country – both native and introduced. In 2020, $6.2 million was allocated to develop a Treaty partnership programme to ensure Maori ‘participate in, benefit from and make decisions’ over anything identified ‘taonga’.
• A 91.75% majority vote to change Playcentre Aotearoa’s constitution has been overruled due to Maori co -governance vote having ultimate power.
• Labour quietly slipped through legislation that empowers Iwi (only Maori) to legally run roadblocks.
• Labour announced a $730 million Maori housing budget to build 1000 homes and repair 700 owner- occupied homes over four years.
• 68 public schools’ ownership moving to Ngati Toa Rangatira.
• The Mahi Whakaara programme is part of the Maori Trades and Training Fund (MTTF), a $18.5 million government leg up for Maori jobseekers.
• Labour announced $38 million will go to strengthening existing initiatives in Maori and Pacific communities for family and sexual violence prevention.
• Tax payer funds committed to develop a specific Maori Climate Strategy and Action Plan.
• Kainga Ora spent $204,897 on koha between 2019-2021 (interact with marae or have someone perform a ceremonial role, majority of time it has been a monetary contribution). That is just one government agency, what other agencies have given money to Iwi? What other cultures have received equivalent gifts – if any?
• Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson says Labour will invest $25 million into the Cadetships programme, delivered by Te Puni Kōkiri.
• Te Pae Tawhiti programme which supports research and innovation in the Maori economy is getting a further $27.6 million investment over the next four years.
• $25.9 million funding for Ngai Tahu to reduce young South Island Maori in state care.
• Labour funding polytechnic to convert its workbooks and assessments for its level 3 automotive engineering course to Te Reo Maori.
• Labour is allocating $6.5 million into a programme set to enhance Maori employment outcomes in the research, science and innovation workforce.
• Planning laws to be taken from local councils – given to 14 co -governed entities. The Herald reports, Labour has decided that there will be 14 regional planning committees throughout New Zealand comprising representatives of the local government and of Maori.
• The new Maori Health Authority has a budget of half a billion dollars and CEO Riana Manuel has allocated $100 million of that to support centuries- old treatments called “maramataka” - the Maori tradition of using the moon and stars to help treat mental health issues.
• Nanaia Mahuta was associate minister when her husband's firm was awarded $72,999 Government contract to facilitate six meetings (hui) and 14 workshops to engage with Maori and to provide a "high-level overview" of the agency's Auckland housing projects.
• Labour announced a $80 million Maori media strategy.
• The Reserve Bank is looking to use its position and insights to improve access to capital for Maori (only).
• Auckland Council uses rates for Maori outcomes funding & Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan.
• Cyclone Gabrielle: Maori given $15 million to support a Maori-led recovery of flood-hit communities.
• Pacifica & Maori patients in South Auckland are to be seen by a medical professional on the day they seek help, pushing everyone else further down the list.
• Health minister has set aside $2.2 million on ‘PR consultants’ on new Maori Health authority.
• Think tank Tokona Te Raki - Maori Futures Collective has launched a new action plan to remove streaming from schools by 2030 because they consider it ‘racist’; rather than advancing the top tier students, they would prefer to hold back potential.
• Te Kainga rental building - quality two and three bedroom apartments for Wellingtonians that are below market rate for the inner city. Applicants who work for Maori organisations are prioritised.
• Special provisions for Maori culture: Kindergarten Teachers Accept Latest Collective Agreement OQer including ‘a cultural allowance for kaiako Maori’.
• Students who have some Maori or Pasifika heritage not only have access to the scholarships designated for them, but also have the opportunity to apply for the same scholarships that a non-Maori/Pasifika can.
• Only Maori get to choose what electoral role they are on and swap back and forth at any time. Maori seats were meant to be abolished in 1879 when the rule was removed that you had to own land under your personal name (inadvertently excluding groups/tribes) to be able to vote.
• Labour has encouraged integrating Te Reo into English to normalise ‘Pidgin English’, rather than supporting both as separate important languages in their own right. Labour used this Pidgin English to communicate important announcements throughout Covid19 & other emergencies – whether you understood it or not. Rawiri Waititi called all non-Maori New Zealanders who did not speak Maori "dumb".
• Hone Harawira says it is appropriate for Maori (only) to eat Kereru (protected native pigeon).
• Labour has spent taxpayer money on introducing a school ‘history’ curriculum that supports the Maori view of New Zealand to indoctrinate children into ‘Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles & partnership’.
• Special tax rates e.g. Maori ‘Charitable Trust’.
• State Funding proposed for ‘A new fund – Te Putea Whakangawari Korero a-Tiriti / Treaty Facilitation Fund – should be available to facilitate party and candidate engagement with Maori communities, in ways appropriate for Maori.’
• The taxpayer paid free school lunches programme was given an extra $323 million in the 2023 budget to keep it running. 48% of students receiving the free lunches are Maori. A Treasury report was hugely critical of it with found no evidence of impacting attendance or benefiting akonga Maori.
• Maori Party calling for Maori (only) to get pension to start at 57 years old.
• Covid Response funds are spent on:
o Atawhai Interactive Tapui, which received $250,000 towards production of Toroa, that gives tamariki and rangatahi an experience to fly as Toroa on its journey from the Pacific Ocean back to its home on Taiaroa head. It will explore the themes of whakapapa as the Toroa soars over the ocean, deified as Takaroa, on the winds of Tawhirimatea.
o $1,323,000 Taki Rua Productions - The development and delivery of two immersive live productions of large-scale contemporary Māori performing arts pieces.
o $1,015,300 Maoriland Charitable Trust to deliver Purita, a capability system to enable identification and development of Maori potential.
o $248,460 on traditional Māori painting.
o $20,000 Te Runaka o Ōtakou scoping the use of a web platform to leverage purakau [myths and legends], and traditional and contemporary technologies to connect with the Otakou diaspora.
o $20,000 on a business plan for Tongan mat-weaving.
o $20,000 To develop a business plan for virtual reality recreations of current Maori wahi tapu [sacred places] with an initial focus on Kai Tahu marae and their historic sites of interest.
o $20,000 To contribute to the creation of a te reo Maori children’s book which uses an app to embellish the story with music and claymation videos, and allows the reader to recreate waiata using instrumental loops.
• There are New Zealand national sporting teams & awards defined by race.
• Maori Data Governance Model has been designed by Maori for use across the New Zealand public service - that could aQect your data.
• While the Waitangi tribunal holds the government (tax payer) to account for historical transgressions against Maori, there is no tribunal holding Iwi to account for any of their historical transgressions (e.g. Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga genocide & slaver y of the Chatham Islands Moriori up until 1867).
• While no financial assistance is available for anyone wanting to oppose tribal claims, the government has provided lucrative funding of up to $458,000 for applicants to prepare their case, with further funding available for historical research as well as for legal fees and other costs associated with court hearings – including accommodation, air fares, meals etc.
• Researchers asked academics to assess their own freedom on a number of issues on a scale of zero to 10. Newsroom reports: The lowest scoring area was freedom to debate or discuss issues around the Treaty of Waitangi and colonialism.
• Money channelled into marae renovations, and Maori and Pasifika businesses questioned by the OQice of the Auditor-General - on the $640 million of public money spent on the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), we are not yet certain that Parliament or the public can have confidence that the investments made through the PGF reset will ultimately represent good value for money, did not see evidence of planning for, or commitment to, an evaluation of the outcomes.
• In 1948 Prime Minister Peter Fraser signed the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”, but this Labour government has introduced laws & policy to remove equal rights: The surgical waitlist equity adjuster tool introducing racial profiling into healthcare, the eligibility for drugs funded by Pharmac, the eligibility for Medical School training and the eligibility for screening etc.
• Labour Kieran McAnulty on Maori special treatment: “There are provisions that we have in this country that wouldn’t stand up to a purely academic democratic framework but that’s not how we work in New Zealand”.
A Few Minor Pay- Outs on the Basis of Race:
• $523,000 – to investigate the world of Maori body adornment.
• $845,000 – to research last known Maori sail.
• $842,000 – to study ethnic women politicians in NZ.
• $870,000 – to “re-imagine antiracism theory in the health sector.”
• $300,000 – the future of Maori academics in NZ universities.
• $600,000 – listening to the voices of our harbours: Kawhia, Manukau and Whangarei.
• $841,000 – languaculture within Te Ao Maori.
• $840,000 – to investigate Maori string figures (Te Whai). ?? !!!
• $870,000 – to bring an Indigenous perspective to the SFD (Sports for Development).
• $1.2 million – examining the lived experiences of intersectional ethnic minority youth.
• $1.1 million – using the lunar calendar to help Maori connect with the environment.
• $387,000 – providing gay Maori teenagers with “decolonizing and matauranga Maoriinformed bodies of knowledge.”