EDITORIAL: Is there any appetite for a hefty, time-consuming and divisive national conversation about race, colonialism and the Treaty of Waitangi? Some in the Opposition may wish for such a debate, and the raising of that perennial political bogeyman – the separatist agenda. It’s just as easy to see why the Government would want to keep its head down and stay well away. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff National leader Judith Collins is warning about separatism. A week of coverage of the He Puapua report, with insinuations that it is already having a secret impact on Government policy, means it is time to properly open up discussion.

Source: Stuff May 07, 2021 17:03 UTC