Don’t become an NZ Citizen in Waitakere City!
Becoming a Citizen of New Zealand is something many of strive for – especially if – like the British – you can get Dual Citizenship and don’t have to give up your birthright to do it. To qualify, you now have to have residency for 5 years, so you really have to prove you are here to stay, and make a huge commitment to New Zealand. It’s a wonderful opportunity, and something I personally felt honoured to be able to achieve. Our Citizenship ceremony – though small (being in a small rural town) was lovely and friendly.
Apparently its not if you happen to have your citizenship conferred by one Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow, who takes this opportunity to lecture you – not on the responsibilities of your new place as an NZ citizen, but on the horrors that Immigrants bring to NZ: Kidnappings amongst the Asian population, the “browning” of NZ (cos like there isn’t a home grown Brown population anyway!) and in increase in Illegal Drug Manufacture (which services a huge swathe of the Kiwi Population – I guess we are supposed to ignore that.)
Apparently he was trying (as an Ex-Policeman) to show these poor immigrants that they could trust the police here:
“I’ve said there have been instances of kidnappings in the Asian community and that is now behind us, but I do point out that in recent times there have been a number of Asian people involved in the manufacture and distribution of drugs. That’s all factual.
“I encouraged them [that] if they know anything about crime, to trust our New Zealand policemen – in some overseas countries [the police] are corrupt – and I would trust them to do the appropriate thing.
“Go to the police, don’t be frightened, as they are very safe police here.
Right – cos Kiwis are never involved in crime? Blimey – illegal drug manufacture here is so rife its almost like a weekend hobby – and it sure as hell ain’t Asians who making the bulk of it! And if this is the attitude being shown of the NZ Police Force – it really hasn’t done them any favours. Besides – the NZ Police Force not corrupt? Um – theres a lot of stuff in the news here that would tend to contradict that view rather a lot.
Now don’t get me wrong – Mr Dallow is entitled to his opinion. I may think it’s stupid – but I think he has the right to hold it and to spout forth as often as he likes as a councilor and as a private person – but he is bloody well NOT entitled to spoil this day for the new citizens of New Zealand – and he should bloody well NOT speak like that when representing the Queen and this country in such a ceremony. I hope that he is banned from EVER holding a citizenship ceremony again.
Why on earth is this twit allowed to ruin such a day in the first place??? Apparently his lectures at these ceremonies are well known, and complained about by other council staff. Which does beg the question -why hasn’t he been removed from carrying out this function. Carterton’s Mayor did ours – so why cant the Mayor of Waitakere City – Bob Harvey – take over and provide a ceremony that is civil, polite and a beautiful welcome to all new Citizens, no matter where they came from or the colour of their skin.
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