Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised, on the night of her general election triumph last October, to govern for all New Zealanders. Labour is encouraging the creation of designated Maori seats on city and district councils, despite the idea being resoundingly rejected by voters in local referendums wherever they have been proposed. All of this would be alarming enough, but is made more so because no one is standing in the way. Historically the dominant force in New Zealand politics, it seems to be waiting for a new messiah to guide it out of the wilderness. None of the above conveys adequately the scale or force of the ideological tsunami currently washing over New Zealand.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 18, 2021 02:37 UTC