Woohoo! Rick Peters serves up some mindless, colonial rhetoric nonsense and gets slammed!

In case you haven't noticed Rick Peters there is more to this country then just European. This is not a white country. Maybe it was in the past but now we are multicultural and that's how it is going to stay. If we want a better representation of our counrty I propose we add the Samoan language in our anthem too.
To me 'Maorification' is just a made up word by a known redneck Don Brash who is only looking to have another shot at Parliament through a dying party. It's a shame how he is undermining democarcy by setting up these dodgy deals with National because I'm not sure, Rick, that your forefathers who fought in the wars would approve of this. It is dirty politics at its best.
As I type this I realise how much I hate people like you Rick because you infect your children all these false lies of how Maori have received all this technology through colonisation. It is crap because Maori have earned these things through hard work just like you have. And what would you say to Maori who drives a Mitsubishi? Would they have to thank European colonisation for that as well? Perhaps Maori have been PC for too long because the very thought of everything being 100% 'Europeanified' is a sheer fantasy and something that doesn't belong in the 21st Century.

Someone doesn't want to face the facts here. Cannibalism!?! that's below the belt from a so called Irish who's own history is riddled with incidences describing exactly that, no different to the early British Invaders supported by Irish treasonous historically, cannibalism was used by the colonial powers to justify the enslavement of what were seen as primitive peoples; cannibalism has been said to test the bounds of cultural relativism as it challenges anthropologists "to define what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior". So Mr Peters there's plenty of air between your ears obviously when Pakeha 4 Change eloquently presented an argument to the topic 'Patriotism in NZ.' Short of regurgitation out dated racist redneck sentiments what solutions lay in front of our nation at present that will amplify nationalism to the point of patriotic approval? Come on Rick the Union Jack did your people over and many others innocent nations. Do you have any other possible solution other than the typical over stated 'Common Wealth' rant that offers no common wealth whatsoever to it's country's host; in our case Iwi of Aotearoa.

Patriotism is not about race. It is about honoring the flag of this country. The reason we do that is it is the flag our forefathers fought several wars to defend. The flag means democracy for all who live in this country. People have given their life to fight for democracy under our flag. I suggest we get off the racial band wagon and burn the treaty of Waitangi as all it is, is an old piece of paper that is constantly read our of context by part Maori who want to make money. I am not part Maori therefore I have no mana, nor do I want mana. I am Irish decent and proud of it. Perhaps we have been politically correct too long and it is time to stop. I agree with views held that it is time to stop Maorification in this country. Maori is not our heritage, it is not our country's heritage. Maori is only a very small part of it. White colonization is responsible for dragging the indigenous population of this country from the stone age to modern times. Oh, and yes colonization put a stop to cannibalism. So take the maori out of our national anthem then it might be sung a bit louder (like the English & Irish do) at he RWC. Because it is an embarrassment to us with European heritage.

Jeremy I agree with you that patriotism is a good thing despite the the obvious discontent between Maori and Pakeha clearly neither side wanting to unite under a collective understanding of true partnership. In stating this the Treaty of Waitangi (through many modern day treaty rulings) proves to be a deceitful ploy to disengage ownership and control from Maori over time even having officially recognized Aotearoa as a sovereign nation 5 years earlier (1835) through the Declaration of Independence. One would think that this day should be celebrated as a national day due to it's significance yet we as a nation don't. Correctly inferred Jeremy Maori and Pakeha collectively momentarily unite under the symbol of the silver fern to celebrate sporting achievements together as one, once that is over we return back to our uncompromising mind sets, they are them and we are us mentality. Clearly England's Union Jack is a symbol of division, hardship, poverty, inequalities polarizing this nation and needs to be removed from our society in all aspects as many across the divide see it as a move in the right direction for this young nation of ours to move forward together as one. The ongoing political conflict in the moment yields no healthy outcome for this nations citizens what ever way you see it. Clearly the small percentage of the wealthy are getting richer capitalizing off the immoral loss to Maori while the vast majority continues to get poorer. Patriotism is there such a thing here in stolen Aotearoa? Will there ever be such a thing here in stolen Aotearoa? In a true democratic society it's the 'will of the people' that will pave the way forward, liberating the masses from the confines of inequalities. We can do it, other nations have and so can we. Come November election I urge you all to vote on policy rather than personality and clearly there is only one real choice for the poor and impoverish; Mana is in all of us you just have to find it, nurture it and embrace it.