tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post8383848824189370312..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: The iwi eliteMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-62596796232942307172011-04-06T21:30:51.873+12:002011-04-06T21:30:51.873+12:00I agree - the ILG have cross-party relationships. ...I agree - the ILG have cross-party relationships. I dont think that they have a vested interest in national staying in power, ther interest will be an assessment of which party is most likely to deliver results to Maori at any given time. in other words i think that their loyalty is to their own tribes, rather than to a particular party. <br /><br />I do agree that it suits the Crown to work with a defined group. I also agree that some of the members are loose cannons. But not all of the ILG members are unrepresentative of their own tribe, and you cant attribute Tuku's behaviour to everyone. <br /><br />In terms of the comments above, actually the director you are referring to resigned some time ago from her former job to concentrate on iwi work. You should be glad that she is employable and objectively qualified - the ones you should be more worried about are the ones that cant get a regular professional job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-13411779497745010212011-02-24T02:01:13.585+13:002011-02-24T02:01:13.585+13:00Good analysis Morgan, but I have to say that iwi h...Good analysis Morgan, but I have to say that iwi have strong links into Labour as well (i.e. Nanaia and Parekura). It's true though, the ILG have grown in strength under the Nats and the Maori Party, but they were there with Labour. Not a good situation at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-2972878225128404602011-02-11T08:04:32.081+13:002011-02-11T08:04:32.081+13:00That’s right.
Tuku espouses his personal views a...That’s right. <br /><br />Tuku espouses his personal views as if they are the position of all the whanau, marae, hapu and iwi of Tainui. He does so with supreme confidence as if he is the righteous saviour of Tainui. He is a toxic mix of arrogance, narrow-mindedness and duplicity. Who is he to dictate to Te Kauhanganui? He is their subordinate after all. However, he views himself as the Arikinui of Tainui.<br /><br />It worries me that Tuku and his mates (Patience Te Ao and pretty much every other TAA board member) have their hands in every possible pot. Tainui are getting ripped off by a few ‘corporate fat cats’.<br /><br />The sooner Tania Martin and Te Kauhanganui do something about it the better.Morgan Godferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-36878411630685509332011-02-10T11:50:56.380+13:002011-02-10T11:50:56.380+13:00You and me both.
This 'phantom' / purpor...You and me both. <br /> This 'phantom' / purported representation is just that. Wisps of lots of hot brown air. Falsetto mumbling strutting brown male with receding hairlines and missing teeth.<br /><br />Morgan in particular has a diminishing rep given his vicious prolonged, spectacular and unsuccessful ham-fisted attack on Tania Martin.<br /><br />We also want him gone -- his cronies on TAA are only there to support their personal desires -- as the Rules of TK are written in its favour -- with absolute power -- no ability to challenge its decisions - even after the fact. Hell they even appoint the auditor with no ability from TKI to participate or influence that decision. <br /><br />And I was shocked to see him presenting his personal views as though he had a mandate to say what he said on investing in infrastructure and other proposed SOE-purchases.<br /><br />I also did not vote for him - at any time - he is tex ormsby - aka bubba mahuta incarnate -- who also believed and managed to convince himself and other sheep -- he is an elite leader. <br /><br />Morgan is dreaming -- as an ex-tv-jock and ex-mp a move towards making him an -ex-chair and exile him to nowhere land is afoot. <br /><br />He has no cloak - no title -- no respect -- and therefore is not worthy of any acknowledgement. <br /><br />Even though the Waikato settlement occurred in 1995 the statistics have not improved -- many Waikato people still suffer poor health, deprivation, sexual, physical abuse is rife and poverty continues to befall the majority. <br /><br />TAA set up a company called Waikato -Tainui Koioara Ltd - to manage the Whanau Ora tender. Guess who sits on that board? Read who continues to double/triple dip on board and director fees? Read whose names continue to be inserted? <br /><br />Read and weep at the outcome --the bottom layer continues to languish while a few greedy pricks and prickesses get richer -- <br /><br />One female board member we calculate makes around $300k a year with the combined fees and TAA sanctioned directors appointments -- and her inflated salary as a solicitor in a auckland-based law firm. <br /><br />So what benefits flow from this one-she-person and the one-appointed dandy (Morgan) to the people they claim to represent? <br /><br />Ah - yes well - um and oh - we'll get back to you on that and it may take some time.Chrfis Websterhttp://unattachednz.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com