Ravi Musuku
Ken Shirley
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(L-R) Brian Neeson – Ken Shirley – Ravi Musuku
All three men were appointed to the Human Rights Review Tribunal. All three have connections to National, or in Ken Shirley’s case, to ACT, one of National’s coalition partners.
Brian Neeson
Party positions held:
Government appointments:
The appointment was made by the Minister – without being interviewed, as is the usual process,
““It is the chair’s view that without interviews by an appropriately selected interview panel, the process will not provide an opportunity to properly assess the candidates suitability,” advice to Power in July last year said.
“The required skills cannot be evaluated without interview. He [Mr Hindle] has also expressed concern that the suggested appointment of member without interview would be at odds with the practice of past years“.” – Source
Which was unfortunate, as Neeson has a shocking record for anti-gay/lesbian beliefs that can only be described as homophobic. He consistently voted against including gays/lesbians in protective Human Rights legislation and voted against legislation to outlaw employment discrimination based on gender. (See ” National’s version of ‘human rights’ ” at Tumeke, for full details.)
It is difficult to understand how someone of Mr Neeson’s beliefs can contribute to human rights issues in NZ, unless his appointment is specifically designed to curtail human rights for women and minority groups?
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Ravi Musuku
Party positions held:
Government appointments:
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Ken Shirley
Party positions held:
- Labour Party MP 1984- 1990
- Ranked third on ACT Party List for 1996 elections
- ACT Party MP 1996- 2006
Statement on Maori:
“Graduation day at Te Wananga. Soon after the Labour Government came to office it started showering money on all things Maori. ” – NZ Herald
“Soon after the Labour Government came to office, ushering in its flagship ‘Closing the Gaps’ programmes. It started showering money on all things Maori. ” – Ibid
“Out of this Te Wananga o Aotearoa pocketed $5.8 million and said that would go a long way towards providing for its growth. ” – Ibid
“But the Government went further. Closing the Gaps demanded even more taxpayer money be thrown at Maori. ” – Ibid
“Despite its apparent concern, it has continued to shovel huge sums of taxpayer money to this institution – all in the name of the treaty. ” – Ibid
“The
Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commissioners have foreshadowed that the
decision to allow the Maori Land Court to hear iwi claims to the
foreshore and seabed of the Marlborough Sounds opens the way for similar
claims around the country” ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Ken Shirley
said today.
I now call upon Prime Minister Helen Clark to act consistently,
and to declare such claims off limits -as she recently did in the case
of the claim for oil and gas reserves. In this instance, it was made
quite clear that oil, gas and mineral reserves were vested in the Crown
by legislation in 1937.” – Press releases on Court of Appeal decision on foreshores and seabed, Recreation Access
“I am
again calling on the Labour Government to act decisively. It must spell
out the bounds to claims – in order to prevent undue anxiety for tens
of thousands of New Zealanders, and to ensure that iwi don’t waste any
more time and money pursuing claims that should be off limits.” – Ibid
Hopefully Mr Shirley’s anti-Treaty and
knee-jerk anti-Maori beliefs will not be carried over to the Human
Rights Review Tribunal.
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.(Acknowledgement: Frank Macskasy, David M. and Tumeke)
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