Hipkins did not say they should have cut services in favour of mega prisons.
I don't care if they campaigned on their terrible policies (although the ones they didnt campaign on are worse in that regard), they're still terrible.
They are mandating English first in agency names, Te Reo will still be there.
Te Reo is an official language of this country. The only reason to do is racism.
As far as it’s first reading in the house, sure.
Are you saying that the government said it will kill it after the first reading?
Labour’s approach to crime has failed spectacularly,
Only if you are daft enough to believe the hyped up stories about ram raids in the run up to the election. Also of course if you are daft enough to believe the way to end crime in this country is to build more prisons and lock up even a greater percentage of the population.
This kind of comment is designed specifically to garner attention. I assume the attention being generated is why TPM leadership is standing behind the comments.
I highly doubt that any of them actually think the government is trying to exterminate Maori. If it was actually case, I would expect a case being raised at the ICJ and massive international attention. Even with the wars going on, a western democracy that is part of various international alliances going from very liberal to hard fascist in less that a year, would cause massive international attention.
Nobody is thinking the government wants to commit mass murder of Maori like Israel is doing in Gaza. What people are saying is that the government wants to erase the Maori culture and language. This is of course a huge task and they won't be able to do it in one shot or even one term so they are doing everything they can this term and if they are given additional terms they can continue that work.
It's not like you guys would take them seriously if they didn't say it. You didn't take them seriously before this statement, you won't take them seriously after this statement. They are not talking to you. You are unreachable to them. You have already made up your mind about the Maori in this country.