Don Brash on the banning of karakias in council meetings 

Opotiki 80% Maori Population voted against Maori Wards. Plus racist radicals like Louis Rapihana got voted out with dismal vote numbers. So theres obiviously a big groundswell of people "Maori" who are awake but wont say nothing.

Its time to Torch the Treaty its just for the rich elite mixed race European/Maori, We as a country dont owe anyone a single thing, I myself got a good education (by going to school) then as soon as I left I started work paying my taxes, then when I got married only had children when we could afford it as a result we dont live in poverty. Race has nothing to do with it, it comes down to personal responsibility, simple really.

I remember when we were told that Treaty Settlements would end, now they are never-ending

Brash was the last decent Nat/act leader and I would swap him for either Luxon or Seymour at the drop of a hat…..history will show him correct

Good point Sean, I understand I have no rights on a Marae, I would not dare to speak or make any statement on a Marae...it's a given. So please don't hold up due process at council meetings that elected officials are paid for by EVERY rate. payer they are paid to work on our behalf that should be a given. Each religion cannot be respected equally at council meetings so better to leave it out altogether.

Big difference between creating a bilingual nation and the apartheid (apartness) system called co-governance we are having forced on us.

WE DON WANT karakia ,this is a maori custom, ONLY.

I look forward to the day when we are all considered kiwis or New Zealanders. I resent having to say what my race is on every form I fill out. I consider it to be racist and irrelevant.

ive got enormous respect for don brash

The straightest clear thinking intellectual we have

Co- governance should not happen in New Zealand.

I used to work for a DHB until 5 years ago. When there were professional development events, they were always started with a karakia. I felt this was an absolute imposition in a basically secular society, and felt really annoyed about it.

They wear a hat in Parliament, protocol dictates that hats be removed,/

Moari did do alot of running from the police

Don Brash is a good man. Listen to him.

Don't agree with all the comments made, but I did find this interview refreshing! Credit to DB for sticking to his beliefs, not easy these days!

Pleased to hear Don Brash and his comments are out there. A gentleman. I'm happy for a Maori to express a prayer. So long as it is Christian!! Secular meetings should be just that...Secular. NO prayers

It's not a prayer , they only call it that to make it sound 'harmless' and familiar, it's an incantation and calling on the ancestors for 'guidance , protection', great for maori but many other faiths do not call on the dead it is forbidden which is why many don't want it in public spaces, unless people are permitted to leave first, but then maori would be 'offended' so keeping it completely secular is the only solution

Good interview & I support Dr Don and am grateful for what he is doing. Keep it up. (Dr Andries Maritz)

A government using the words genetically superior about a particular race is wrong. It's not true. It's offensive and insulting to other races. Asking for a prayer to be removed from government business is not racist, its trying to keep it secular. In saying that, a Karakia is not religious it's cultural. If everyone agrees then imho it can be appropriate for government business in terms of just wishing for good business and a good result type thing. Im going to say this once, to keep saying there's no full blooded left, as a reason, is not a good thing to be repeating, if you do, Maori will feel threatened and it will make it worse. Do you have proof of no full blooded Maori alive? What is that evidence? Because in the mid 90s i had my English teacher say that, whilst my full blooded Maori Koro( grandfather) was at home. I couldn't care what she thought but it shows she was wrong.

Racism definition: the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. So does this mean that every time there is a call my one of NZ's cultural ethnicities for special treatment, THEY are being racist?

So labour have swung the pendulum too far left, now it will swing the other way just as far. It must be so disappointing being a labour voter.

Maybe Maori are superior by virtue of their non - Maori ancestry . Just another way of looking at it .

First off a karakia is not a prayer. Inoi is a prayer lol

Maori are superior at running, look how the ram raiders get away

One possible solution for the Waipara Council karakia dispute would be to allow prayers from all faiths and cultures. If Maori karakia are allowed, I think it is fair that prayers from other cultures also be allowed.

The Platform is a must watch talk back. So informative, just great.

Excellent interview well balanced

would labor hold a referendum on the issue of co governance. john key held one on the flag issue, i doubt labor has the balls to hold one , because they already know the outcome of it, this shows the whole population how weak and woke labor is, they are a government voted in by the people working for the people, just an FYI the whole population of new Zealand are the people, not just a select few,

Don attempted to establish chair board committee for the mongrel mob 😂no lack of trying though

GO Don your ban this rubbish.

I’m wondering what the agenda is with the coalition government to change the government department names back to English cheers

Luxtons knees will buckle in the slightest breeze, so we have winny & seymore to hold him up.

With these karakias, Who are they praying to? Which God or gods?

"Mr. Local Iwi rose to speak, raised his taiaha, ruffled his moa feathers and began..." For a full transcript of Mr. Local Iwis speech please write to this address: 7 Ooga booga Rd. Ponse.

Well I'm a white guy and no Moari athlete has caught up to me chasing me with a knife

A Karakia isn't a Māori Prayer. Karakia is The Māori word for prayer which is spoken in Māori Shaun 😂😂😂 You should know that because it can be easily translated into English 🤦🏿‍♂️😂

Maori didn't now what clay pot was

We all live in one country, all this crap needs to be stopped and the reason for it is our wonderful government

Well done Sean on letting the guest speak. I wish you would extend the same courtesy to other guests, it makes for a much better product.

Accusing everyone else of racism WHILE being the most racist of all, that's what you get when you let Maori have their way all the time! (Slow clapping).

The victim becomes the perpetrator

we all 1 people ok,i dont c any martians

Interesting that you've got a commenter here going by the name Zyclon B - the gas used in na

I'm happy to concede that Maori are physically stronger if they concede that Europeans are mentally superior.

Just go to any school in New Zealand lately.....

Always the mono culture bent get as much support as you can makes little or no difference racist certain maybe non secular perhaps but continuing resistance to any Maori ideas or practices we get you its mono culture like you're Tupuna who continue to break and show no respect for Maori nothing changes maybe you're gonna take advantage when it suits you for our / your identity and international recognition Used to be proposed as an egalitarian heaven unless you ever managed to or bothered to put light on it. Yeah/Nah

Become an mp a cop join the Army or shut up , from the RNZIR typical armchair generals.

FOON says a maori consultation group at Waipa is not racist/

We change our national anthem then Dr Don Brash cuz im sick of signing god defend New Zealand

NO karakia at council meetings.

this legistlation all talk about was start by act like rodger douglus richard prebbe been around sense 1986

So maaori can learn English but English won't learn maori

Hu brought racism to Aotearoa?

All through govt agencies as well.

Does that mean we quash the anthem God defend New Zealand , sounds pretty secular to me .

the use of maori is bringing our nation together and enhancing our identity

We are not the USA. NZ is part of the commonwealth under the King with the King under God...Christianity is the religion of the country. Being Christian we accept others regardless of religion. It is not a secular country. Maori religion is the only other that has a real claim to the country as a whole. You don't have to be Christian to be a kiwi but it is a significant part of the foundational culture. I'm an atheist myself. Just FYI

Nice interview.

I never trust an ex-Doctor that continues to use the medical school tone of voice to gain trust.

I don't think anything Don brash said tonite was extreme

Dont want to lose face. That sounds ccp

The human rights Comm. say it is not racist to have a iwi consultation group.

karakia is a prayer..

Don, stop using a Maori word to specify a group of citizens of this nation who are not Maori, it's racist and derogatory. It is similar to the now obligatory greeting in Maori by police officiers who then go on to speak with me in normal English. At best it is woke, at worst racist. It tells me that the person will speak to me in English but first they must display what they consider the superior language, so I know my place.

Maybe on your death beds,all of you who feel prayer can be inappropriate,you might see things differently,let’s hope you can resist if you happen to be in a council meeting??!!

I'm centre right conservative and Don Brash is the worst thing that has happened for our side. He & similar types are the reason everyone thinks right wingers are a-holes he is an elite corporate bankster. I do agree though that Maorifying everything in NZ is painful even though I am Maori.

Obviously anything Maori, will cause those who may/may not understand that simply a Karakia is just a nice way to bless those at any such meetings, it is a blessing to those in attendance, carrying on the days duties in a blessed way and in safety. Now all of a sudden it is detrimental to all those in attendance or otherwise, I sense it is another excuse to vilify anything Maori, it is not a vicious attack to anyone tho I suggest Don Brash is on the band wagon because it suits his agenda. Go figure

I'm sure there is some Maori science behind this, that will enlighten us all, Like I'm sure we will all be better off if we follow the Maori ways of doing things.

So you ban prayer because they are secular, but you force secularism in its stead?!

I support the Karakia. Why is Mayor Jepson and Don Brash making a big deal about it. What’s the drama about the Karakia.

WHO is Brash to say our governance is secular, bloody arrogance, keep secularism out of our governance.

EVERYTHING THIS MAN SAYS IS TRUE

Is there a possibly we end up in open conflict in NZ???? Both on the race issues & or the implementation of communism/Tyranny.