She may not have concocted the headline but she wrote the shallow, misleading drivel below it.
‘Shoot the natives’, ACT conference told
Race relations dominated today’s ACT party conference with one delegate suggesting the party should introduce a policy to ”shoot the natives.”
The comment came as guest speaker Don Brash outlined why he thought the Treaty of Waitangi was ahead of its time.
”I’m not someone who wants to scrap the Treaty. I think it’s a fantastic document. It was a move that was well ahead of it’s time.
”In 1840, when the British colonial power arrived in Australia…[the policy] was to shoot the natives.”
One member piped up: ”Lets bring it back.” The remark was met with a groan…’
The NZ Herald did considerably better, although that’s faint praise:
‘ Don Brash has attacked the practice of public functions opening with a Maori prayer and claimed most people who call themselves Maori are actually a blend of races.
He has also unleashed a scathing criticism of his former colleagues in the National Party for their handling of Maori matters.
“Sometimes I think the Government cannot see other races but Maori,” he told Act’s annual conference today.
Dr Brash questioned why prayers – he was referring to karakia – were said in Maori at public events even when no Maori were present. “It’s beyond me.”
His comments, which drew loud applause, were something of a return to the themes of his landmark speech in 2004 on race relations which propelled him and National up the opinion polls just months after becoming that party’s leader…’ (before the National (Socialist) Party of Kiwiland stabbed him in the back, of course–honesty was never part of their agenda. kg)
REDBAITER does a better job of this story than the hurried, caffeinated Wabbit.
