Yeah referencing existing flag colours with the shape referencing mountains & marae wharenui

I’ve seen this comment a few times now and I’m pretty conflicted, especially as I’m the white coloniser and can’t speak for Māori.

I think it’s important to point out that Māori have worked incredibly hard to reclaim and preserve their language, culture and this particular Haka seems to have resonated with a lot of Māori. It’s not a land acknowledgement from a blackrock CEO, or the Democrats kneeling for George Floyd.

But… The cynic in me says: It is performative. As are all parliamentary speeches and rituals. As is the bill itself which is right-wing virtue signalling. The lib in me: It has brought a lot of attention to the bill, and made it clear to “well meaning anglos” that it’s fucked up. The materialist in me: The treaty barely impacts capital’s ability to make profit, so overturning it seems quite far down the list (for now) for the local borg.

The blue and white fern was an abomination

Red peak objectively better

Smaller than the average mcmansion

The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti arrived in Wellington NZ today. The haka went viral the other day, but this is the bigger story of the public mobilisation against the bill introduced by our right-wing, reactionary, ACT party.

The other right wing parties in coalition have said they won’t support it past the first reading. But they probably would if they thought it would be easy for them.

Māori party has mobilised a series of protests and now this to get the bill in the news cycle. Which actually seems like a reasonable electoral strategy when the right wing government doesn’t seem that motivated to push it through.

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But yea I saw people posting about it and that was the easiest reference to find on my phone

IRGC report that Haniyeh killed by short range missile. Maybe a shoulder launched missile? https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/8/3/haniyeh-killed-by-short-range-projectile-fired-from-outside-home-irgc