I agree that whatever we do moving forward, it has to be under one Government where everyone is equal under the law. I cannot see a workable long term solution where one group has 'special rights' over the majority.
None of it matters if the long term 'solution' to help Maori is not going to be acceptable to the NZ public long term. It just makes things worse.
I forwarded the proposed treaty principles to davflaws, and will be interested to see his take (as to me, they seem hard to really argue with - but I am open to the idea that I could have a big blind spot somewhere and maybe I will learn something).
I relented and did a quick search Ferg. This article popped up:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...abour-mps-warn
Sounds like there are some yahoos saying they will "go to war" over any referendum. Not exactly clear to me without any other context that it definitely means violence as we often talk about "going to war" over an issue figuratively. And I do note that Willie Jackson (someone I don't have a huge amount of time for) did make a point of saying he does not advocate for violence etc.
You must be looking at something different though? Can you share please? Otherwise I am doing my own search and potentially looking at something different to you. I need to see what you see.
And I assure you I will take a very dim view to anyone who is throwing around comments about violence. I don't care if you are Maori, white or any other damn thing.