@bartjevandeven Mandatory referendum if councils established (without referendum) Māori wards under legislation brought in by previous government. Not all councils chose to establish Māori wards so didn’t have to have referendum.
@bartjevandeven You may have to be prepared to change things up to get the farm. We had to shift ALOT. We have always had to be looking for the opportunities. We are doing it again 1 June - eighth farm shift!! First purchase was a rough runoff @ Tahuna as had 100% grazing bill as 50/50…
@bartjevandeven@pmdv77@m_herbert Had friends (one is a vet) use fresh sexed last year with LIC and conception was below 40% .. set their herd back. personally I would only use it week before planned start of mating, that way it doesn’t impact on your possible replacements but you might get a few bonuses
@pmdv77@bartjevandeven@m_herbert Same here! Absolutely would never touch my r2’s with a cidr again. To double down on the whole current genomic debate, I only use daughter proven bulls - have a look at the friesian offering from LIC only one genomic bull has graduated onto RAS list from 2022 catalogue
@bartjevandeven@m_herbert Hard to find grazing where R2 mating is possible. Sexed semen has had some poor conception results for some farmers. My herd top 2% and it’s with hitting basics well - only do three weeks ab…. Controversial take I know!
Tēnā koutou e te iwi "Toitū te Tiriti"
As a Māori, I encourage you all to please STAND DOWN!
Go home!
Your elected MPs (Te Pāti Māori, Labour, Greens) completely failed to ask the actual Minister responsible for the Treaty Principles Bill @dbseymour even a single question in Parliament during question time.
That same minister even went out of his way to build a bridge and reach out directly to you and you declined.
Please just go home!
You've lost all credibility. The fact nobody is engaging the minister responsible proves EVERYTHING you're doing is all for pomp and to force action by Māori. Your hikoi/carkoi whatever it is, is literally a show of Māori 'might' designed to intimidate and nothing more.
You're all taking away vital public services incl. police that are already stretched and you're causing significant unnecessary harm and costs on your own whānau, and community.
GO HOME, STAY HOME!
In November 2000, former Prime Minister David Lange stated:
“Democratic government can accommodate Maori political aspiration in many ways…
What it cannot do is acknowledge the existence of a separate sovereignty.
As soon as it does that, it isn’t a democracy.
We can have a democratic form of government or we can have indigenous sovereignty.
They can’t coexist and we can’t have them both.”
Thoughts?
.@DrArleneUnfltrd, the online profile of a retired political science academic, recorded a video just before the election where she mocks a store clerk for disagreeing with her credentialed analysis that Kamala Harris would win in a landslide.
@timgortonz We have a 8T and it’s paid for itself 10x over. Great size for races etc but not too big you are tempted to tackle something you shouldn’t. Having said that husband is pulled out of something every damn year, gotta love a trier!!