Massey Finding Raises Race Relations Hope

The Massey University study's finding, reported today, that most Kiwis are in favour of one law for all is extremely heartening, ACT New Zealand Maori Affairs Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.

"This finding, that most of us see our New Zealander identity first and our ethnicity second, is great," Mr Franks said.

"New Zealand will not become a Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka - or the now extinct Yugoslavia - if we refuse to see our neighbours, schoolmates, fellow sports fans and church-goers through a racial lens.

"The study shows that the racists in the government, in education, in churches - who have been teaching people to see themselves separately - have, thankfully, failed so far.

"This study raises optimism that - despite the current race relations and foreshore controversy - New Zealand has a bright future," Mr Franks said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>