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Road trip on Labour Weekend

Chris — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:22:00 +0000

This is what I’m doing this weekend. It should be a great event, and it will be great to catch up with people I haven’t seen in years.

I think its been 14 years since I first did some work on a multimedia presentation to help out with the research project. Its sad to read that there are only 16 C Company veterans left, but I’m glad that with the launch of this book, others will get to hear some of the stories Ive heard, that would have been lost.

I am so glad Hone Harawira is in Parliament

Chris — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:12:01 +0000

With the major parties happy to let the Australian Governments blatant human rights abuses pass with no comment. One of the few voices calling it like it is is Harawira.

“Hawawira [sic] said John Howard is “a racist bastard” trying to impose racist policies on a people who can’t fight back.”

You can see the full article on the tvnz site. Who may have fixed their spelling mistake by the time you look, but since its a Maori name they probably won’t have.

When you win the US Open you are a New Zealander, if you rob a bank you are a Maori

Chris — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:51:00 +0000

So Michael Campbell won the US Open golf tournament today. And he has been
reported as a great
New Zealander now. Of course if he had done something wrong instead, he
would then be reported to be Maori.
Not to diminish from what is undoubtedly a great achievement, but its just
funny that in the climate of Iwi vs Kiwi billboards, no one is trying to
make that distinction this time.

No you cant have the beaches, here have some cancer instead.

Chris — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:11:00 +0000

From the NZ herald today “The Cervical Cancer Audit released by the Ministry
of Health today said the programme was not reaching women and making sure
they were adequately screened.

It said Maori women were screened for cervical cancer less often than
non-Maori women and when abnormalities were found, they waited longer for
investigations such as biopsies.

Maori women were twice as likely to develop
cervical cancer and four times as likely to die from it than non-Maori
women, said auditor and Maori public health physician, Dr Sue Crengle.”.

Poxy little Islands in the Pacific

Chris — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:56:00 +0000

Well we are sure acting like it. Today was the third and final reading of
the Foreshore and Seabed legislation, amended after the select committee
process to put into Crown ownership of all the seabed and foreshore rich
pakeha dont already own.
So basic logic here “Logic 101 : Its THEFT mate” if the crown needed
legislation to get ownership, then it stands to reason they didnt legally
own it already. Under international law (and basic common sense) the
indigenous people must then have owned it. Therefore the crown has confiscated a
huge chunk of propery. This comes as no suprise, the crown has been doing
this for 164 years already.
Lots of NZers like to think we live in a clean green, progressive, liberal
place. Perhaps I should buy a pair of the rose tinted glasses they must be
wearing, cos frankly this place is turning into a craphole.

A good page listing treaty violations.

Chris — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:25:00 +0000

I found this today when I was
doing a google just to see what information about the Treaty of Waitangi
was online. Its a really good list of treaty breaches, and goes a long way
to explaining why the latest seabed and foreshore legislation is so hard to
bear. It just builds on a 164 year history of unjust treatment.

Well I call that a landslide.

Chris — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:18:00 +0000

The
By-election results are in. And the Maori party and Tariana Turia not
suprisingly cleaned up. If I was labour id be worried, theyve pretty much
thrown away 7 safe seats. Not to mention the list vote.
Gimps

Gallery site 3rd on Google

Chris — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:39:00 +0000

If you search on Hikoi 2004, my gallery is coming up third in Google. Which
is kinda cool, even if it means my bandwidth is getting chewed.

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Hikoi to Parliament

Chris — Fri, 07 May 2004 11:09:00 +0000

Well the Hikoi was huge … it would be hard for the Government to ignore,
but im sure they will try. They seem to have a pretty good knack of ignoring
what people are saying at the moment. We’ll see what happens I guess.

Hikoi in town Tomorrow

Chris — Wed, 05 May 2004 10:09:00 +0000

Well the Hikoi arrives in wellington tomorrow. Ill be going down to tautoko,
Ill take my digital camera along as well. Hopefully a lot of people turn out
and support the cause.

I think it may be one of the defining moments in NZ’s history .. are we
going to go the way of so many other british colony’s. Denying our past,
repeating the mistakes and end up a divided mess.
Make no mistake, this is a huge issue, anyone who thinks its going to go
away is surely dreaming.
After the Orewa speech and the rising anti-maori rhetoric, its only a matter
of time till someone gets hurt.