“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped,” Thunberg said in pre-recorded footage shared by the coalition.
Thunberg kidnapped
Punishment for Māori reveals true nature of race relations in Aotearoa
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders suspended from Parliament for 21 days
From RNZ news. Friday, 06 June 2025 :
And former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe cautioned: “When you come into this House, you swear the oath… you agree to the rules of this House. You can’t have it both ways.”
Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ recent comments also tell a story. Speaking to RNZ last week, he questioned Te Pāti Māori’s choice of priorities, a line aimed squarely at centrist voters who might support Māori aspirations but baulk at Te Pāti Māori’s tactics.
This is so disgusting. The word punishment itself should be banned for this action. It is a ghostly echo of children being punished for speaking Māori, Te Reo, in schools all those years ago. Māori sovereignty is at stake behind these actions because the Treaty Principles Bill to attacked Māori sovereignty, and now the action here speaks louder than words. I hope there is a ferocious counter-attack, especially on Labour for going along with this. demeaning colonisation.
No punishment, no apology.
Rhythm and rest
Occasionally I come across one of my artworks that I did a decade go that I like and that stand out, here is another
Ninth Street Women (book)
I did not finish the book. It seemed an endless list of name dropping. I may get back to it.
Marx in Moreno’s Writing
I’ve been writing here about my close reading of Moreno’s writing on Marx and revolution. I’ve been reading Who Shall Survive and other sources.
I’ve stopped posting chapters here as I’m editing in Google Drive
See my whole effort here.
That link is auto updated with every edit!!
Mashed Traditions
Occasionally I come across one of my artworks that I did a decade go that I like and that stand out, here is one
Mashed Traditions
Open AI for Countries
I had an experience of a post to Reddit being rejected. Continue reading “Open AI for Countries”
Peter Pinney Update
Monograph 13: Sociodrama
This research and my comments are of more than academic interest as you may have gathered. I want to organise a regular sociodrama group linked to our local psychodrama community. The sociodrama is to be a form scientific socialism, influenced by Marx and Moreno. Continue reading “Monograph 13: Sociodrama”
Monograph 12: Experimental Revolution.
Lets get going with the next references to Marx. It is in a chapter called Experimental Social Revolution (pp.27-31) The whole chapter is littered with references to Marx, Lenin, and revolution, I need to quote the whole section. Continue reading “Monograph 12: Experimental Revolution.”