Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 16. July 16 1979
Parallels in New Zealand
Parallels in New Zealand
Lapsley then turned his attention to New Zealand saying that it was interesting to note signs of fascism in New Zealand - the eviction of the Bastion Point protestors, the accusation of treason against [unclear: Treve] Richards, are greeted in the South [unclear: Afr] can press with great delight.
Lapsely claimed that there is [unclear: somet] wrong with a government that [unclear: persell] Polynesians and forces them out, [unclear: while] the same time takes more white [unclear: South] cans into New Zealand than any [unclear: other ples].
Lapsley claimed that you can [unclear: judge] country by the way it treats its [unclear: most de] fenceless citizens. The New Zealand [unclear: go] vernment has singled out the [unclear: defenseles] for concerted attack - the [unclear: unemployed], to mothers, Polynesians etc. New [unclear: Zeal] could be a land of hope or a land of [unclear: dis] ter. The answer depends on us.
Lapsley quoted Thomas Burke [unclear: "For] to prosper all it needs is for good men [unclear: t] do nothing". Are we at university to [unclear: ge] a far better paid job than the majorirty [unclear: o] New Zealanders or are we going to [unclear: use t] opportunities university offers us to [unclear: figh] for a better society?