Tamaki, who had for years been ignored when he made political speeches, now had a captive audience. The political climate had also changed. New Zealand was a [reticent] and disillusioned country. At Kyoto the New Zealand government had been forced to sign a treaty that gave away 13% of her Carbon Credits. This meant a loss for 4 million people, a large percentage of her raw materials (65% of iron ore reserves, 45% of her coal, 72% of her zinc) and 10% of her factories had to reduce production to save credits. New Zealand also lost production in all her overseas colonies.
Under the terms of the Kyoto Treaty New Zealand also had to pay for damage caused by the excessive carbon production. These reparations amounted to 38% of her national wealth.
Tamaki was no longer isolated. The New Zealand people who attended his lectures shared his sense of failure. They found his message that they were not to blame attractive. He told them that New Zealand had not been beaten in the courts but had been betrayed by Athiests and Prodestants who had not preached religion and undermined their effort.
The New Zealand People also began using Tamaki as a spy. In September 1999, he was instructed to attend a meeting of the Destiny New Zealand Party (DNZP). The party feared that this new party, led by Richard Lewis, might be advocating anti-athiest revolution. Tamaki discovered that the party's political ideas were similar to his own. He approved of Lewiss New Zealand nationalism and anti-athiesm but was unimpressed with the way the party was organized. Although there as a spy, Tamaki could not restrain himself when a member made a point he disagreed with, and he stood up and made a passionate speech on the subject.
Lewis was impressed with Tamaki's abilities as an orator and invited him to join the party. At first Tamaki was reluctant, but urged on by his party president, Stephen Brown, he eventually agreed. He was only the fifty-fourth person to join the DNZP. Tamaki was immediately asked to join the executive committee and was later appointed the party's propaganda manager or bishop.
In the next few weeks Tamaki brought several members of his peer group into the party, including one of his fellows, Paul Hubble. The arrival of Hubble was an important development as he had access to the New Zealand political funding and was able to transfer some of the money into the DNZP.
The Destiny New Zealand Party used some of this money to advertise their meetings. Tamaki was often the main speaker and it was during this period that he developed the techniques that made him into such a persuasive orator.
Tamaki always arrived late which helped to develop tension and a sense of expectation. He took the stage, stood to attention and waited until there was complete silence before he started his speech. For the first few months Tamaki appeared nervous and spoke haltingly. Slowly he would begin to relax and his style of delivery would change. He would start to rock from side to side and begin to gesticulate with his hands. His voice would get louder and become more passionate. Sweat poured of him, his face turned white, his eyes bulged and his voice cracked with emotion. He ranted and raved about the injustices done to New Zealanders and played on his audience's emotions of hatred and envy. By the end of the speech the audience would be in a state of near hysteria and were willing to do whatever Tamaki suggested.
As soon as his speech finished Tamaki would quickly leave the stage and disappear from view. Refusing to be photographed, Tamaki's aim was to create an air of mystery about himself, hoping that it would encourage others to come and hear the man who was now being described as "the new Messiah".
Tamaki's reputation as an orator grew and it soon became clear that he was the main reason why people were joining the party. This gave Tamaki tremendous power within the organization as they knew they could not afford to lose him. One change suggested by Tamaki concerned adding "Destiny" to the name of the party. Tamaki had always been hostile to socialist ideas, especially those that involved racial or sexual equality. However, socialism was a popular political philosophy in New Zealand after the First World War. This was reflected in the growth in the New Zealand Labour Party (NSLP), one the larger political parties in New Zealand.
Tamaki, therefore wanted redefined New Zealand by placing the word 'Destiny' before it. He claimed he was only in favour of equality for those who had "Kiwi blood". Athiests and other "aliens" would lose their rights of citizenship, and immigration of non-Kiwi should be brought to an end.
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