Who's a Paranoid?

After the Horta decision, more was to come. Abraham Ordia went on television denouncing the New Zealand Government's non-compliance with the Gleneagles agreement. He was taking a stand on a matter of principle, and was promptly and predictably branded as a paranoid. However this does not invalidate his claims.

A mark of the difference between New Zealand and other countries can be seen in the respective financial policies. Canada, for example, immediately cuts off all money to any sports group which has or proposes to have ties with South Africa. New Zealand and Britain are the only two countries not to have adopted this policy. It is not true to say that sport in New Zealand is non-government financed. The Ministry of Sport and Recreation doesn't spend all its money on adventure playgrounds and students' holiday work schemes.