Articles by Michael Bassett

Michael Bassett CNZM QSO is a former Member of Parliament. He served as a cabinet minister in the fourth Labour Government.

New Zealanders' Modern Cultural Cringe

elocal Digital Edition • March 2021 • Opinion

by Michael Bassett

A bizarre craze seems to be sweeping New Zealand right now. All things derived from Europe except our creature comforts must be set aside as we are expected to embrace all things Maori. It’s racism on a grand scale. No longer do our television stations refer to New Zealand. In fact, we are lucky if its Aotearoa-New Zealand. No reference to the fact that, as Michael King shows, Maori didn’t have a name for these lands, and only came to accept…

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