Democracy....yeah right!!!. Maori have been fighting for that since the signing of the treaty that saw the lands including Tamaki Makaurau get confiscated, which is the very reason why seats should be theirs as of right. Go on Hide...resign
Hide is right. no special seats for group of people
Mr Hide RESIGN
Creating separatism as the sure way to create racism Seats should be for New Zealanders as a whole not separate entity, I'm sure some maori have seats in there anyway. Everyone from NZ are immigrants, but we are all kiwis.
Damn ngangara. Here we go again ... a privatisation push of NZ resources ... targeting Auckland. Maori need a voice and they don't need others speaking on their behalf and telling them and setting the parameters for them to achieve it without consultion with them. We all needed to be consulted ... democracy is a croque when most people that vote are ignorant village idiots, sorry NZ but you are! For example, take a look at what Rogernomics has done to NZ - What a big sell out of NZ resources that the Government is also elected to govern on behalf of NZ - not sell them to other interest groups. HIDE away ngangara From a patriotic true blue Maori JAFFA - HARD.
Giving Maori special seats on the new council,will prove that they are intellectuality and energetically inept.
Hey kawaii, what type of fish are you. Maori should get those seats because we are traditionally from NZ, if you dont like that then go back to your home country. NZ is not your country of origin
I doubt if the majority of people in the "Seats for maori" march really understood the issue. They had obviously been misinformed to be displaying banners such as "No supercity without Maori". Stand tall like the rest of us and watch your chosen candidates stand or fall in a fair fight--i thought that was the Maori way.
Commonsense alright Jonathan. Again another example of Maori wanting special treatment. And who's creating seperatism in this country???
What MP Hide needs is a good kick in the nono! His stance in regards to Super City is a cheap way of securing media and press for ACT. The Association of Consumers and Taxpayers (ACT) in the past through Rogernomics and its policies, have never advocated or supported Maori initiatives anyhow, so it's not surprising they remain so today. I remember MP Hide and his caucus visiting Te Wananga o Aotearoa in Te Awamutu, 2005/6, he seemed uncomfortable amongst Maori. If he (and Maori) took the time for mutual learning, listening and respecting, I think he could go down as a great leader, communication is the secret - open and honest.
