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New Zealanders Encouraged to Challenge Racist Policies
Rt Hon Winston Peters
New Zealand First Leader
04
September 2012
New Zealanders Encouraged to Challenge Racist Policies
New Zealand First says if cynical backroom deals between the National and Maori parties leads to preferential treatment for Maori over water rights then all New Zealanders should claim to be Maori.
Rt Hon Winston Peters says such a move would force the Government to declare exactly who it considers to be Maori enough to get special deals on assets already owned by all New Zealanders.
“John Key could write to those New Zealanders he considers ineligible to let them know they’ve missed out.
“That way the racial divide being
created in this country by Mr Key over his ill-informed
asset sales programme would be clearly marked for all to
see.
“It is the only honest thing to do if National
intends to lead New Zealand down a path littered with
racially segregated policies formulated behind closed doors
with the Maori Party,” says Mr
Peters.
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