Category Archives: Cultural Renewal

Waitangi Tribunal on sovereignty – fashionable but flawed

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

When scholarship becomes focused on what is fashionable rather than what is true then trouble is ahead. Unfortunately that is precisely where the Waitangi Tribunal is taking us with the so called “modern scholarship” it has used to declare that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Maori sovereignty, Sir Apirana Ngata, Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal, William Colenso | 3 Comments

Why neither National or Labour will solve child poverty

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

More growth – or more redistribution. These are the two main themes offered into the child poverty debate by parties across the political spectrum in New Zealand. Both are necessary to some degree. However both will also fall well short … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children, Spiritual Renewal | Tagged Child poverty, economic growth, Ewen McQueen, UNICEF Report on child poverty | 4 Comments

New Zealand’s lost Christian legacy

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Many New Zealanders question if our nation ever had a strong heritage of Christian faith. Wiremu Tamihana is the answer to their doubts. As a young Ngati Haua chief, Tamihana found faith in the early 1830s under the teaching of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christian faith, Christianity and Maori, Ewen McQueen, Hobbiton, Kingitanga, Maori King, Matamata, Ngati Haua, Peria, Potatau Te Wherowhero, Wiremu Tamihana | 4 Comments

Winston pathetic on ISIS

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Winston Peters shouldn’t bother turning up at an ANZAC Day parade again. His statement today that New Zealand should not provide any help in fighting ISIS because it might make us a target for terrorist attacks was pathetic. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, International Relations, Protecting Children, Respect for Life | Tagged Ewen McQueen, ISIS, Islamic State, John Key, terrorist attacks, Winston Peters | 2 Comments

Aussies will fight terrorism – will we?

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot announced today that special forces troops and fighter jets would be deployed to fight ISIS in Iraq. The decision was made after a request for help from the US and was fully supported by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, International Relations, Protecting Children, Respect for Life | Tagged ANZAC, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, Ewen McQueen, ISIL, ISIS in Iraq, Terrorism | 2 Comments

Early Childhood Education Failing ?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

The NZ Herald reported last week that primary school principals are increasingly concerned at the number of children arriving at school struggling to speak in sentences. These are children whose vocabulary and verbal skills are so deficient, they can’t complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Protecting Children | Tagged Childcare, Early Childhood Education, Ewen McQueen, international education expert, Ministry of Education, Parents as First Teachers, school principals | Leave a comment

Child abuse – Latta ignores leading risk

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Psychologist Nigel Latta last week presented another installment in his television series on social problems in New Zealand. He gave the terrible statistics on child abuse and family violence and drew on research showing predictable links with poverty and alcohol. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children | Tagged Child abuse, Ewen McQueen, family violence, Nigel Latta, statistics on child abuse | 2 Comments

Conservatives wrong about the Treaty

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

As a party with purportedly Christian leanings the Conservative’s line on the Treaty settlement process is a disappointment. Yesterday party leader Colin Craig was reported speaking to a group of supporters in Nelson saying that the Waitangi Tribunal had contributed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Colin Craig, Conservative Party, Ewen McQueen, Spiritual renewal, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal | 48 Comments

Cunliffe’s apology hollow

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Apart from being pathetic, Labour leader David Cunliffe’s apology last week for being a man was simply hollow. It may have gone down well with some in his Womens Refuge audience, but like most discussion of domestic violence in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children | Tagged Child abuse, Cunliffe apology, David Cunliffe, Domestic violence, Ewen McQueen | 2 Comments

Voting app feeds the politics of “me”

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

A new app aimed at getting young people to vote, looks likely to reinforce the idea that politics is all about what the government will do for me. Canterbury University student Hannah Duder designed the app which matches parties with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal | Tagged Democracy, Elections, Ewen McQueen, Hannah Duder, political process, politics, President Kennedy, Voting app | Leave a comment