The Takeover of New Zealand
Amy Brooke, Quadrant, Jun 12 2025
We well know rule by communist parties leads to totalitarian politics, repression, restrictions of human rights, poor economic performance and artistic and cultural censorship. If we replace the word communist with today’s radicalised Maori agenda, the tentacles of which now have a firm hold on virtually every aspect of our national life, we see New Zealanders are faced with political and cultural bullying so entrenched that the outcomes have become almost identical. The literary and arts establishments have long been lost causes in the hands of far-Left organisations prioritizing biculturalism and adept at obtaining government funding, much of which ends up in the pockets of those administering it.
Poor economic performance is now endemic, with the current coalition of the National, ACT and New Zealand First parties landed with the shocking mismanagement of the economy by Jacinda Ardern’s previous Labour government. The pathway ahead from the recent government budget shows continuing borrowing and spending, with no apparent plan to deal with the increasing deficits projected from 2030 onwards. Strangely, the government’s books omit a massive and known ACC liability. Treasury predicts debt rising from $250.9 billion this year to $354 billion by 2029, or $49160 per household. Moreover, the gullible or worse Simon Watts, our Climate Change minister, is determined to stay with the sinking ship of the Paris Accord and Net Zero abandoned by other countries, estimated to cost New Zealand between $24 to $37 billion. None of our 32 government ministries have been abolished. Yet Switzerland, with double our population, manages with only seven cabinet ministers.
The size of our government bureaucracy today is a major reason the country is in decline, with the civil service bloated both in size and pay. The core public service is now 60% larger than under former Prime Minister John Key. Average public sector pay exceeds that of the private sector. Six years ago the Reserve Bank had 225 staff: it now has 660. This is the bank which changed its focus from fighting inflation to wasting taxpayers’ money on virtue signalling with its commitment to DEI, Te Ao Maori (i.e. the Maori worldview, referring to cultural beliefs, practices and values) and climate change. In addition to doubling staff numbers, it helped pour fuel on inflation by printing millions of dollars in an attempt to paper over the Covid crisis. It is regarded as costing taxpayers millions of dollars with reckless interventions.
