In a bold move that could be described as a 'middle finger from Northland to Wellington,' Whangarei has resolved not to fluoridate the city’s water supply, defying the directive. Show this video to your local body & ask them: what are they waiting for?

@elleonwheels @robertsepehr I contacted him and asked if Iwi and Hapū are the indigenous people of New Zealand. It would be nice to hear the opinion of an anthropologist.

@Rolllikethis01 @Kohikiwi64 Thank you for the video. Very Interesting. We need to educate people about this. What tribe are you from?

1 Samuel 16:12 (KJV) describes David when he was chosen as king: “Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.” 1 Samuel 17:42 (KJV) when Goliath saw David: “And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.” My Jewish great-grandmother had blue eyes and was from a settlement that dates back to BCE. If you are interested, here is a history lecture from someone who knows much more about the topic than I do, assuming it is accurate.

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@kfry420 It's politicians who divide the population on the basis of ethnicity and then 'represent' them in an imaginary war. Both sides will have to adjust to colorblind legislation.

Not only that, but his nationality was hidden from me until after he passed away, as you can't rely on children to keep their mouths shut. That explained why my mum is a maths wizard, why Jewish foods were in on my menu and why my great-grandmother shared her name with the mother of Jesus.

@Artoriusbriton Good that you pointed it out. Indoctrination needs to stop, as well as any mention of race in legislation. That way, there will be no motive to prove one's nobility.

I probably would feel the same. But it is a shame that the ghost of the past, which exists only in people's imagination, gets in the way of accepting who they truly are—neither Māori nor European, but a unique New Zealand breed. I personally think of myself as no one, otherwise, it may get too complicated.

You are right. Thank you for correcting me. In NZ, the procedure is surgical dilation and evacuation (D&E), not dilation and extraction (D&X). I was at one of his meetings where he was asked why he voted for abortion. His response was: "Women are not vessels for bearing children."

The political map of the world is not static. Israel exterminated the inhabitants of the land where they now live, including all their idols. The British did not exterminate the 'indigenous people' of this land but instead granted them sovereignty of the United Kingdom. Remember, empires become empires because they excel at expansion. Today, if you are a small country without nuclear weapons, the only way to survive is by becoming a part of a nuclear superpower. The image below shows a site in Hokianga that remains unexplored, potentially offering new insights into early settlement and Māori migration history. What appears to be 1 km may have actually been 2 Chinese li.

@MaoriMind For them, it will be a big boom, but for us, a small one—wind and water patterns do not cross the equator. This is why billionaires are moving to New Zealand..

There is no such word, but there is such a phenomena. How do you think language develops? The suffix '-ism' is added to a noun to indicate a doctrine, belief system, practice, movement, state or condition. It is commonly used in philosophy, politics, religion and ideology. Ethnicity is typically patrilineal, except in Judaism, where it follows the maternal line. Māori identity is unique, passed down indefinitely through ancestry rather than genetics. The term 'Maorionism' is needed in English to distinguish this cultural lineage from biologically inherited lineages. Europe is not the model I would recommend following. The U.S., on the other hand, is turning a new leaf. Shrinking government and eliminating income taxes prioritises individual prosperity and independence, regardless of ancestry—we all had to be born somehow.

@whangazadam It is up to women to use it, but he voted for it.

@whangazadam The euthanasia referendum and law, promoted by David Seymour as relief for terminal patients, can quickly expand to include the poor—just as it did in Canada, where he started his political career. Incrementalism takes time—let's wait and see.

@whangazadam Seymour uses the other side of ethnic division to push forward the same anti-human policies, such as partial-birth abortion—where they wait for the head to emerge from the birth canal before inserting a vacuum to extract the brain—euthanasia, and the Gene Tech Bill.

@Leandro11194993 We are all guests on Earth, and only for a very short time.

One time, we came across some Māori oyster farmers stranded on a boat with a broken engine, struggling to get back to shore from one of the inlets here. We gave them a tow, and they couldn't have been happier. Of course, we expected nothing in return, but they insisted we take a bucket of oysters!

@Sejanus6667 The opposite of unity is division. When ethnic division is institutionalised and exploited for political power, it can lead to oppression, violence and genocide.

Northland Māori are genuine people and are under completely different leadership. We donated food to the Waitangi occupation, which began about 12 days after the Wellington protest started in 2022 and continued for a year until FNDC Mayor Moko Tapenia ordered the police to dismantle it in preparation for the Waitangi Day celebrations.