April 11, 2023
Te Pāti Māori Kingmakers must have immediate bottom lines for every New Zealander
Te Pāti Māori Kingmakers must have immediate bottom lines for every New Zealander
The latest polls from Roy Morgan and the Taxpayers’ Union Curia Poll spell out that the Kingmakers in the 2023 Election will be Te Pāti Māori.
The power and obligations of Kingmaker make immediate demands upon the Māori Party that they must deeply consider.
The Mana Party had a saying, ‘What is good for Māori babies is good for Pakeha Babies’. This was the understanding that social policy that lifts the material well being for one, lifts them all, that was the power of the Feed the Kids policy.
There are numerically more poor white babies in Aotearoa than Māori and Pacifica combined.
The leverage for true transformative policy that can lift every New Zealander is an obligation to any Party given the power to negotiate.
The hard Right of New Zealand Politics as expressed via the ACT Party will use the news of the Māori Party being Kingmakers to spook middle New Zealand into fearing some stupid co-governance conspiracy that Māori are taking over by stealth.
This is the opportunity for the Māori Party – as Kingmakers – to surprise the electorate and calm irrational Pakeha fears of a takeover by advocating for immediate social policy that brings rapid material well being to every New Zealander.
GST off food, a Financial Transaction Tax to fund the extra social infrastructure we require, Free Public Transport and Free Dental.
Those polices would impact Māori most significantly WHILE benefiting everyone.
If Te Pāti Māori win the privilege of being Kingmakers and can genuinely negotiate some real social policy change that drives an immediate upgrade of material well being, then Te Pāti Māori will win the trust of the people and remain Kingmakers forever more.
This is a time to build legacy.
Martyn Bradbury
Editor – TheDailyBlog.nz
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