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LINDSAY MITCHELL: A conundrum for those pushing racist dogma


The heavily promoted narrative, which has ramped up over the last six years, is that Maori somehow have special vulnerabilities which arise from outside forces they cannot control; that contemporary society fails to meet their needs. They are not receptive to messages and opportunities in the same way as other races because the trauma of colonisation carried from one generation to the next.


We are told, whether it's health or education, Maori cannot be reached, or cannot access, or cannot receive current 'best practice' because it is couched in racism. Until our institutions look through a Maori worldview lens, inequity and injustice will continue. Progress will be impossible. These are the circumstances that New Zealand's academic institutions and public agencies have accepted, embraced and acted on.

So I have a conundrum for them.


Teenage births are considered, by many, to be undesirable. Sixty years ago they led to shot-gun marriages; thirty years ago (and since) to long term dependence on welfare. They often lead to undesirable outcomes for offspring. After all, teenage mothers are barely more than children themselves, and the biological fathers of their children seldom actively participate in parenting.


But as females became better educated and independent, they themselves started to question the wisdom of premature pregnancy and all that it entailed. In an ultra-connected world, reality TV programmes like Sixteen and Pregnant followed the lives of teenage mothers, exposing the difficulties and hardships they experienced and were viewed by millions worldwide.


Health authorities put ever increasing efforts into reducing teen births through contraception education and availability, especially new long-acting reversible contraceptives and the morning-after pill. Secondary schools provided more guidance and advice.


In terms of welfare reform, where births were not prevented, the Ministry of Social Development got closer to the mothers, exercising control of their benefit money, connecting them to mentors, ensuring GP enrolment and keeping them in study. Unconditional cash stopped.


From youth surveys it seems young people are increasingly delaying sex and /or avoiding pregnancy.


The result?


Teenage births have plummeted BUT for Maori and non-Maori alike (as did abortions by the way).





Whatever factors are driving this steep decline, Maori females responded in exactly the same way as non-Maori females.


This phenomenon gives lie to much of the hitherto described propaganda which is now pushed as 'fact'.


Yes, Maori teenage births are still more common - and still leading to benefit dependence - but that's actually another issue.


The point here is, regardless of ethnicity, teenage girls are subject to and responding to the same social stimuli in the same way.


Maori females are throwing a spanner into the works. They challenge the current orthodoxy.


Perhaps the orthodoxy is unsound?




Lindsay Mitchell blogs here


 
 
 

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justise xtra
justise xtra
Oct 16, 2023

I have given Maori a chance, we all have bared them and for that I take, personal responsibility for. However the journey has now shown that they cannot only be trusted they can not deliver. I am happy with that since I have given them this and they cannot say they never got a chance now can they.

This one thing, that has cost not only all people in New Zealand, myself they cannot govern or understand the engine of Government. I believe that the Maori situation across the board is delivered by their inert behavior of historical laymen inherent behavior it lacks the understanding of the engine of Government and the mechanism of the Hub to which feeds th…


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winder44
winder44
Sep 29, 2023
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BS with bells on!

This is what we are up against. Blatant Bullshit!

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Len Lind
Len Lind
Oct 11, 2023
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Hi zekewulfe I agree. We dont need armed revolution! Face facts ! how do you think 120 elected mps could sit unmoved in the beehive and say to the great unwashed honest kiwis who pay there useless arses and say no jab no job. How could they feed and support thier familys with NO MONEY. Thousands of peaceful protesters sat on the lawn outside and asked for even one mp or journalist to hear them. THE SPEAKER TURNED UP THE LOUD SPEAKERS AND TURNED THE HOSES ON THEM !!!!! VOTE NZ LOYAL for a real change 32 hardworking honest kiwis who really dont want to be there, Change the constitution CANDIDATE AND PARTY VOTE LOYAL.

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fiona
Sep 28, 2023

Please, please, please stop denigrating New Zealanders by calling most of them "non-Maori'. That 'non' status has been used by totalitarians throughout history to remove human and citizen rights from unfavoured groups. Don't be swayed into using their politically-motivated language.


I, for one, refuse to be labelled a non-person.

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Bill Robertson
Sep 29, 2023
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I AM NOT A PAKEHA. !!!!! A BIT OF WHITE MEAT. As the Maori like to call the white European people ( the ones that brought them out of the STONE AGE ) 😡😡😡

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jia rui Sun
jia rui Sun
Sep 28, 2023

It is an insult to Maori to emphasize that Maori are fragile and need special care.It's racial discrimination.

We should treat Maori as normal citizens, allowing them to enjoy the same rights as everyone else, and work together to build New Zealand on the premise of equal opportunities.

It is not like the city government issuing a "disabled" sign, indicating that Maori are a group with certain problems that require special care.

Maori are just as normal as we are, and they can do what we can do.

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Bill Robertson
Oct 03, 2023
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They are the ones demanding extra care and attention We try treating Māori as normal people but what do they do. ?? The slightly less intelligent ones still Rob and Kill

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