Great Report : New Zealand head coach is fired for 4 weeks because of Gambling…….

Seymour has also secured a pledge that parliament will consider his proposed law drastically redefining the Treaty of Waitangi’s principles. Luxon has promised the bill will not succeed, but it will be open for public submissions. Detractors warn this threatens months of racially charged debate about a matter that many New Zealanders consider long settled.

“The wording is so vague that if something like that were to ever go through, you would see decades of court cases and probably greater rights for Māori,” said Thomas. “But none of that matters because the bill is a cipher for people to project all of their feelings and frustrations about the place of Māori in society.”

A greater threat to Māori rights, Thomas said, was a concession won by New Zealand First, led by Winston Peters, to review and either repeal or replace all mentions of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand law, with a few exceptions.

A PRETTY GOOD LOOSE FOWARD TRIO BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read, Richie McCaw.

A very real problem right now for Razor and the All Blacks is trying to get the loose foward combination right. Back in the day we had the above trio who first came together in 2009, and then were good enough to represent us through 2 x RWC’s, namely in 2011 and 2015.

Kaino and Read especially brought height with them (6’5” and 6′ 4”) respectively, something which is lacking currently and needs to be addressed over time. Probably the best immediate solution is to move Ardie to 7, Sititi at 8 and Blackadder at 6. Thoughts everyone!

Thanks from,Don’s World of Sport.

“This is not the prime ministership that Luxon expected or planned for or wanted,” said Thomas, adding that ACT and New Zealand First had gained power unprecedented for minor parties.

 

Luxon on Tuesday promoted his government’s record on Māori matters in Parliament, citing plans to improve literacy and numeracy and to move children out of emergency housing.

 

 

“When I actually think about what we’re doing to rebuild this economy, giving tax relief for Māori families to support them in a cost of living crisis, we’re a government focused on outcomes and we’re improving them for Māori and non-Māori,” he said.

 

Luxon took Māori language lessons ahead of an election campaign in which he pledged to change the names of public agencies — some have adopted Māori titles in recent years — back to English.

 

The turmoil has arisen as a fresh Māori political movement has come of age. Māori lawmakers — including Seymour and Peters — hold 33 of Parliament’s 123 seats, six of them representing a Māori political party.

 

But Thomas said the previous left-wing government didn’t do a good job of explaining its “completely defensible” policies advancing Māori rights, with the coronavirus pandemic and cost of living crisis amplifying the backlash.