Bob Brockie MNZM is a New Zealand cartoonist, scientist, columnist and graphic artist. He was an editorial cartoonist for the National Business Review from 1975 to 2018, specialising in political satire.
BOB BROCKIE: Australian migrants
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Have all thinking kiwis seen the latest public referendum result on aboriginal representation in their govt ? David Seymore gave a pre election promise ta ALL kiwis that he wanted a binding public referendum on the true meaning of our 1840 treaty with NZ native chiefs and the crown.
To give just one example, The word fish does not exist in maori language, but tribal elite control /own50% of all our deep water fish species ? Do they pay tax on the profits ?I fail to see how Act can form a govt with National without betraying his voters and NZ ?
Thanks so much to all those on the center right, who believed in this honorable cause and worked so diligently to put an end to the crazy mindset that inflicted so many terreble policies on us. Where did these useless politicians who wanted to foster dependency to harvest votes come from?! Every self-motivated NZer will celebrating our new found freedom now. Those tireless determined souls who have hopefully ridden us forever, of those brainless imbeciles who were taking our country down doomsday road!
Too many of our children have become economic refugees because of poor wages and high living costs here.
This loss of precious human resources has been ongoing for decades and is not due to the recent Labour government.
I hear many excuses for this disparity that do not really justify it.
Something is hindering our productivity and prosperity and we ought to figure out why.
Perhaps it is too much reliance on government and not enough respect for individual ambition, effort and competence?
In my opinion too much government central control and too much regulation gets in most people's way but also enriches the minority who are favoured by it.
Totalitarian "rule" by a politically elite minority became excessive during…
We have listened to Aarons rants for so long and it seems to me the very same names come up every day.in support of what we all believed in the first place , so to me we are those that are already convinced of the way forward,
It is now past time to let those past problems go and anticipate a balanced way forward.
It is time to think fully , and how to peacefully go forward to achieve this as many activists or radically indoctrinated children will unfortunately be forced into the future debates without the actual knowledge of what is actually correct.
Aaron , you need to get out and listen to the birds and the bees ,…
The biggest thing Australia has going for it right now is that they had a referendum on actual indigenous voices and an overwhelming majority including Aboriginals voted NO.