This piece of slimy, crude propaganda by one Yvonne Tahana in this morning’s NZ Herald is clearly aimed at softening up the public for the National/Maori government’s backroom deal to hand over vast areas of coastline to Maori. What’s even worse is that most Kiwis will swallow it.
‘Just $5 buys entry to a coastal paradise
The ownership of New Zealand’s coastline and the issue of customary title are shaping up as major political issues as the Government prepares to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
…..Visitors to Nora and Waata Rameka’s piece of paradise in Northland pay for the privilege of surfing off Takou Bay.
……..Most of the families, fishermen and surfers who come through don’t complain too much, says Mrs Rameka, a former university lecturer.
……..But access to Takou has not always been appreciated, Mr Rameka believes. “We shut it off for a few years. We were getting too many yobbos drinking down here chucking and leaving their glass bottles. We’d have to clean that up otherwise the kids would get hurt.”
Aaah, of course…”for the kids” eh. Pity she doesn’t show the same level of concern for the “kids” Maori are beating to death on a fairly frequent basis..
Or perhaps for the older of their “kids” who are threatening, robbing and raping tourists fairly frequently, too. And the article fails to mention the drug use, welfare dependency and crime which are rife in these areas. Somehow, after years of leeching off the taxpayer, a $5 charge for Kiwis to access what was always regarded as their birthright is going to fund all those things the taxpayer’s dollars have failed to provide…….
These people have lived in their “coastal paradise” for years, while hardworking people have been forced to fund their welfare lifestyle -in many cases, for generations. Make no mistake–this isn’t about “justice” at all. It’s about power. The power of a few to dictate to the many and the National Party’s sleazy deals with those few in order to stay in power.
See also: ‘John Key – Selling Out to Maori Activists’ and ‘The Great Foreshore and Seabed Sellout “
