OK, LET'S GET SILLY*

 * No, not me, as you know The Curmudgeons Inc.ⓒ is a serious and valuable information source for readers who are too stupid too lazy incapable of following news from other reliable sources. No I mean this fool:

                 Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi

 

 

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has suggested lowering the New Zealand Superannuation age for Māori to 57 — eight years lower than the current requirement.

The Waiariki MP says the move would be justified because, on average, Māori have shorter lifespans than Pākehā.

          - NZHerald 6 April 2022 

LOWER SUPERANNUATION AGE FOR MAORI

I'm pleased that we have a Maori Party in our New Zealand parliamentary system regardless of the fact that it's creation came from a 'dummy spitting' tantrum thrown by Maori leaders who were in disagreement with the Labour Government (and the Labour Party - the very party that has Maori best interests at heart) over the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, and I'm happy with some of the bills and suggestions put forward by them but this latest from Waititi is just plain rubbish. Fortunately there are other more intelligent and more sensible people in Parliament who have different views:

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni said the Government has "ruled out" changes to NZ Super while Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson said lifting life expectancy for Māori should be the focus.

Waititi is in danger of turning off the majority of New Zealanders when making outrageous suggestions like this. Sure, he could say that he is merely being a 'devil's advocate' in raising the issue but really, all he is doing is negating any good and hard work done by the party and putting them in the loony bin corner.