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Māori Party’s policy on nuclear ship ban

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Should New Zealand lift its ban on nuclear-powered ships entering its ports?

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Very strongly agree

No

Consistent with the party’s pro–nuclear-free, disarmament-oriented stance and alignment with Pacific anti-nuclear movements; maintaining the 1987 nuclear-free framework fits its emphasis on sovereignty, environmental protection, and demilitarisation. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No, never risk a radioactive accident in our pristine harbors just to please the US Navy

The party would broadly support the precautionary/environmental protection rationale and resistance to US military pressure, consistent with nuclear-free and kaitiakitanga themes—though the absolutist wording (‘never’) is slightly stronger than typical policy phrasing. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No, New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance is a proud symbol of our independence and moral leadership

Te Pāti Māori would strongly agree with protecting the nuclear-free stance as a marker of tino rangatiratanga/independence and moral leadership, echoing the national consensus around the 1987 nuclear-free legislation and Pacific nuclear-free advocacy. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

Yes

Te Pāti Māori generally supports Aotearoa’s nuclear-free policy and Pacific anti-nuclear kaupapa; lifting the ban would conflict with the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 and long-standing Māori/Pacific opposition to nuclear militarism. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes, the ban is an obsolete Cold War relic that isolates us from our ANZUS allies

Framing the ban as an ‘obsolete relic’ and prioritising ANZUS alignment runs against Te Pāti Māori’s emphasis on independence from great-power military blocs and support for the nuclear-free identity established in 1987 (and reinforced by opposition to nuclear weapons/testing in the Pacific). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes, modern nuclear propulsion is safe and essential for hosting our closest military partners

The argument that nuclear propulsion is ‘essential’ for hosting military partners conflicts with Te Pāti Māori’s anti-nuclear and anti-militarisation principles; the party would be unlikely to trade nuclear-free policy for closer US/Navy interoperability. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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