co-governance

Labour MP Duncan Webb has taken this governance offensive beyond political targets into the Companies Act. His Member’s Bill was drawn in 2021 from the parliamentary ballot. It states that when determining the best interests of a company a director may recognise the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Apparently, this is designed to modernise governance. It boosts directors’ obligations beyond shareholders to other stakeholders. It is obvious such a provision will feed litigation against private companies by Māori claimants. Given partnership is a key Treaty principle, the mind boggles.

You known the old saying.

Get them an inch they take a mile.

And there's another saying but you will have to think of it yourselves.

“The concept of partnership has got legs which it doesn’t deserve,” Graham said.

Nobody had had the courage to argue against it or question the logic behind it.

“So it has got away. I don’t think anybody is explaining what it means or where it takes us or the raison d’etre for the whole thing.”

His view on the potential for difficulties over the partnership decision is not new. In a book he wrote 25 years ago, Trick or Treaty, about being Treaty Negotiations Minister, he said the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal were creating problems in describing the Treaty as a partnership, instead of like a partnership.

“The Crown is not in partnership with Māori in running the country and it would be totally unacceptable in my view if this concept were to be pursued. It implies some sort of joint management with veto rights vested in each party. That cannot be the case.”

In his interview, Graham said if it was the intention of the parties to the Treaty that henceforth New Zealand would be governed 50:50 Māori and the Crown, it would have said so.

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Was browsing f/b yesterday and saw a comment from a friend supporting a girl at the Kaipara protest who was holding a placard saying - RESIGN RACIST

Did a little more reading and learnt that there are christian and non christian karakia (I didn't know that). The one that was asked to be said at KDC was a christian one.

I'm struggling to see how the race card is being pulled here. Just because a white man says you can't say a prayer to the sky wizzard doesn't seem racist to me.

Why does racism have to come into it?

I get that the previous mayor had them. But just because one mayor did it for 6 years doesn't mean it's now a abosolute right.

But it is racism.

Craig Jepson is not only an elected councilor representing his area, but he is also manawhenua. Karakia has cultural significance at important meetings and his ignorance of this is racist.

Where does it end? Is he going to stop all of his sub-committees having Karakia? He is a leader and should be leading by example and recognizing the importance of Karakia to the community that elected him.  Is there any more important meeting than the meeting of councilors that Karakia should be said at?  I mean this is the most important meeting that council have.  It's not like some sub-committee in the dungeon that skips Karakia because none of the Pakeha at the table know how to say one.

My company has started doing Karakia at the beginning of important meetings, many of you would call it Woke, but for the minority in the room it's really uplifting and costs the woke-believers nothing. I personally enjoy it.

In that example, being ignorant is not being racist. I'm sure you can put an arguement that gross ignorance is offensive.

But to me, I've always associated racism as being an un-founded bias against someone because of who they are. Racism has normally meant being subject to violence, extermination and discrimination. Clearly the burning neck tie type of racism has setttled down a bit, both in the US and in SA, but it an still happen.

The discrimination thing, there is no active discrimination in NZ. This is legalised social segregation. No blacks in shops. Whites only schools etc. Much like how the unvaxed were / are discriminated against. No Dr's, nurses or teachers are allowed to be black. Sorry, unvaxxed.

People argue that the unequal outcomes is racist. That isn't racist, but there is a good arguement to be had around equity and equaility.

It would be fair to call the Mayor racist if he chucked out the Maori ward councillor on the basis she was Maori, or representing a race based ward. Or if he wouldn't let her speak at all. That would be racist.

There is a flip side to all of this. How does saying a karakia actually help Maori? I'm talking in education, justice / prison stats, at my kids school in learning to read and write? I don't understand this. In my simple view, at my kids school, they should stop fucking around trying to teach 2 languages, and make sure all of the kids and read and write properly in one language. There are many exaples of trying to learn phonetics and spelling that get messed up because the vowels are all just a little different in Te Reo.

Logic question, people say Maori kids under acheive and are behind in reading writing and maths. OK. But how does learning Te Reo help their reading, writing or maths? I'm all for good outcomes and equality, that is why I voted Labour twice. But I don't see the relationship.