Gordon Campbell: On The Hikoi Arrival, And Taylor Childers

Politicians like to bang on all about the need to heal society’s racial/economic divisions, but in their actions they’re more keen on stoking those divisions, with the Treaty Principles Bill being the classic example. The Bill seeks to dilute the Crown’s responsibilities to Māori at the same time as it diminishes the rights available to Māori under the Treaty. What could possibly go wrong?Obviously, stacking the deck in this fashion is not how to conduct in good faith a reasoned constitutional “debate.” Good way to start a riot, though.