OPINION: Rodney Hide.
In March 2023, Green co-leader and then-Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence, Marama Davidson, openly declared:
“I know who causes violence in the world. It is white cis men… who cause violence in the world.”
This wasn’t a slip of the tongue. It reflects her core belief, rooted in Critical Race Theory. In Davidson’s twisted worldview, white cis men are guilty of all violence — not because they commit it, but because they hold power. Any violence by Māori or Pasifika men is ultimately the fault of white men and the “oppressive structures” they created. Personal responsibility is erased. Race and sex are everything.
This ideology is now hardwired into the Green Party’s 2026 candidate list. Heterosexual white men have been ruthlessly sidelined:
- Zero in the top 11 positions.
- The first appears only at position 12.
- Experienced MPs Steve Abel and Scott Willis were dumped down to 12th and 15th
The message is clear: in the Greens’ eyes, white men are the problem, so they must be demoted.
Meanwhile, the actual crime statistics destroy the narrative. Māori make up just 17.6% of the population but commit nearly 50% of all violent crime in New Zealand. European men are significantly under-represented. The data is unambiguous — yet Davidson and the Greens prefer their ideological fantasy over reality.
This is not compassionate politics. It is poisonous, race-obsessed scapegoating that excuses real offenders while demonising an entire group of New Zealanders based on their skin colour and sex.
Marama Davidson doesn’t just misunderstand violence — she actively perverts the truth to fit her radical worldview. And the Green Party’s candidate list proves they are fully committed to it.
The Greens have a policy on violence: erase heterosexual white men. Even the Green ones.
Rodney Hide is a former Minister and leader of the ACT Party
