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Submission on the Electoral (Entrenchment of Maori Seats) Amendment BillPeter Zohrab 2018 |
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Separate seats for Maoris were established for the specific purpose of providing representation for Maoris at a time when the franchise was so restricted that no Maoris would have been able to vote, if separate Maori seats had not been established.
See: https://www.parliament.nz/en/get-involved/features-pre-2016/document/00NZPHomeNews201109011/the-origins-of-the-m%C4%81ori-seats
At the present time, Maoris can vote without needing the separate Maori seats. At present, Maoris are over-represented in Parliament and in the leaderships and deputy leaderships of the Parliamentary political parties. The Maori seats increase the number of Maoris in Parliament and are therefore unfair to Non-Maoris.
The third article of the Treaty of Waitangi grants Maoris "all the Rights and Privileges of British Subjects," and there is no implication that Maoris should have more rights than other New Zealanders. Any interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi which claims that the British made all sorts of concessions to Maori chiefs but got nothing at all in return is absolutely insane and insincere.
Maori seats also facilitate gerrymandering, according to which anyone can claim to be a Maori, irrespective of their genetic makeup. This artificially inflates the number of Maoris for statistical and political purposes.
Therefore, the Maori seats should be abolished and should not be entrenched.