Dr Don Brash delivered the controversial "Orewa speech" in the New Zealand town of Orewa on 27 January2004. It addressed themes of race relations in New Zealand.
Some liberal and social democrats consider the speech racially biased against the indigenous Maori population. Some conservatives found that the speech addressed the 'special treatment' which Maori had received in government polices, in affirmative action and in Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
The speech resulted in a huge surge of popularity for the National Party as measured by opinion polls. Subsequently though much of this popularity fell away.
Dr Brash returned to Orewa on 25 January2005 and gave a speech on social welfare and on welfare dependency.
External links
Text of the 2004 speech (http://www.national.org.nz/speech_article.aspx?ArticleID=1614)
Text of the 2005 speech (http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=3498)
The OrewaSpeech is a controversial speech delivered by the leader of the New Zealand National Party Don Brash to the Orewa Rotary Club on 27 January2004.
The speech itself was framed in terms of equality and pragmatism, arguing for dispensing with affirmative action programs and poorly understood references in legislation to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Dr Brash returned to Orewa on 25 January 2005, hoping to capitalise on the previous year's success, and gave a speech on social welfare and on welfare dependency.
Orewa, a town in the North Island of New Zealand lies on the Hibiscus Coast, 30 kilometres north of Auckland city, and close to the base of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.
Orewa lies on the east coast of the North Auckland Peninsula, within the Rodney District and lies on State Highway 1.
The town achieved headlines on January 27 2004 when Don Brash, the leader of the New Zealand parliamentary opposition National Party, gave the Orewaspeech to the local Rotary Club branch.
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