tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post536989990625101113..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Does NZ's future success rest on skin colour?Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-30013629527025072992010-01-04T09:02:43.114+13:002010-01-04T09:02:43.114+13:00Just becuase of the attraction on an individual ba...Just becuase of the attraction on an individual basis I am sure the problem will dissappear due to the merging. There will be extremists on both sides to fight the 'good' fight but the majority will have other concerns ... like global warming in whatever form it takes and maintaining a good and caring social welfare system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-86171984636406149692010-01-01T18:13:57.836+13:002010-01-01T18:13:57.836+13:00Good for you Dirk. I have never figured out how tw...Good for you Dirk. I have never figured out how two races so irresistably drawn to each other on an individual basis can't work it out collectively.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-34490654758294013702010-01-01T17:38:09.690+13:002010-01-01T17:38:09.690+13:00My wife and I fly Tino Rangatiratanga from our hou...My wife and I fly Tino Rangatiratanga from our house in the once heartland of Nationals political landscape. <br /><br />She is a cultured Maori lady and I'm rough and ready Kiwi bloke. <br /><br />The flag for us is a symbol of our unity as a couple. We demonstrate our ability to combine two cultures in harmony while at the same time we remain uniquely individuals as we roam through life.<br /><br />We started this long before the "radicals" claimed the flag as their own.<br /><br />DirkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-19045099997571845812010-01-01T12:24:23.837+13:002010-01-01T12:24:23.837+13:00It stands to reason that more and more people with...It stands to reason that more and more people with have some Maori ancestry. However, some may not identity with their Maori culture as some Maori do not identify with their European side – like many in the Maori Party. Many others with identifying with their Maori side with not identify with the radicals who want to create racial disharmony. This is shown by the low percentage of those identify as Maori in the census do not vote for the Maori Party. <br /><br />Sadly many of those with some Maori ancestry who do not support the radicals with go overseas, mainly to AustraliaChuck Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359116789492498882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-84504227489888711462010-01-01T12:08:26.175+13:002010-01-01T12:08:26.175+13:00"Its culture stupid"
The trouble is of ..."Its culture stupid"<br /><br />The trouble is of course that these people will know all about <br />Maori and Indigenous studies.<br /><br /><br />But nobody will know how to run power stations, and sewerage works.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-12045710954531547702010-01-01T11:24:44.692+13:002010-01-01T11:24:44.692+13:00The other advantage of time is that, like those wh...The other advantage of time is that, like those who see the TR rag as a symbol of separatism and racism, the haters and wreckers who rally round it eternally in grievance mode will also have perished.PM of NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095175012980278919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-54861555775856987832010-01-01T10:54:35.042+13:002010-01-01T10:54:35.042+13:00It depends how you look at it.
By 2030 that 14.8%...It depends how you look at it.<br /><br />By 2030 that 14.8% of Maori will no longer be about 70-80% European but maybe 80-90% European, none will be half caste, and on the basis of current migration figures proportionately more Maori than Pakeha will live in Australia.<br /><br />Based on trends since the 80s Maori in the future will be less "Maori", better educated, increasingly (30%+?) based in Oz and Britain, more independent and much less inclined to speak the language.<br /><br />JCJCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-32418846099472019882010-01-01T10:30:16.898+13:002010-01-01T10:30:16.898+13:00What bugs me about it is the fact that is is yet A...What bugs me about it is the fact that is is yet ANOTHER waste of our precious tax dollars.<br /><br />Money that should be in the pockets of those who EARNED it.<br /><br />Not buying more flags and flag poles for public buildings!Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.com