Today's NZ Herald op-ed about the proposed reserved Maori seats today contains a lie;
Ever since the rush-of-blood decision to exclude Maori, Mr Key has, quite correctly, been seeking to fashion a compromise.
Maori are not excluded just because reserved seats are not allocated.
Hell, it's not even as if they had reserved seats and their removal has been proposed.
Why has this business become so convoluted that a lie is now propagated as the truth in New Zealand's major newspaper?
Last week I was invited to a Barnardos organised Every Child Counts conference in Auckland. Very unusual. It'll be harder for me to get there than some of the other participants because I live in Wellington. In fact, the cost of an airfare could even be prohibitive. But I am not going around saying I have been excluded from participating.
That would be a lie.
Ever since the rush-of-blood decision to exclude Maori, Mr Key has, quite correctly, been seeking to fashion a compromise.
A compromise? How about inclusion on the same terms as everyone else.
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