Saturday March 11, 2023
News:
Councillor walks out during karakia: 'No-one was listening anyway'
An Otago Regional councillor says he walked out when a karakia opened a meeting because “it was just a tick box exercise” and “no-one was listening anyway”.
“No, this is me expressing my values that I have,” Malcolm said.
He took issue with the fact the regional council never agreed to introduce a karakia and that “the fellow who did it (ORC deputy chairperson and meeting chairperson Lloyd McCall) wasn’t even pronouncing the words right”.....
See full article HERE
Study to investigate lower vaccination rates and barriers for Māori pēpi
Researchers hope to boost the number of pēpi Māori under 6 months old being immunised by learning more about barriers to accessing primary health care, thanks to Cure Kids funding.
She said Hāpai te Hauora would lead the recruitment and interviews with whānau and ensure everything was done through a te ao Māori lens so everything was culturally appropriate.....
See full article HERE
Making progress on Māori mental health and addiction response
“I’m proud of this Government’s commitment to kaupapa Māori primary mental health and addiction services, in this region and many others. Had we not invested in this way, we would not have been set up to pivot and respond to mental wellbeing issues in smaller communities arising from Cyclone Gabrielle and the other recent severe weather events,” Mr Henare said.
“This Government set out to set up a whole new mental health system and we are achieving more and more within this new system every day. This evaluation and seeing the success of providers like Whakaoranga Whānau Recovery Hub show us that we are making progress....
See full article HERE
ProCare announces recipients of top Māori and Pacific General Practice Scholarship Award
ProCare, a leading healthcare provider, has today announced the recipients of the ProCare Annual Prize in General Practice scholarships for the 2022 calendar year, in partnership with the University of Auckland, as Hannah Corban (Ngāpuhi) and Kun-ka Miha Yoshihara-Leger, of Pacific descendants from Tonga and Kiribati as well as Japanese lineage.
These scholarships, worth $2,000 each, are awarded annually to the top-achieving Māori and Pacific student respectively in the General Practice attachment of the University’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB).....
See full article HERE
Special launch creative scholarship for Māori rangatahi through AUT
Special Aotea, the culturally led, creative, strategic and business rōpū within Special has launched a fully paid scholarship, open for young Māori students with the goal to create more pathways into the creative industry.....
See full article HERE
The government is investing $5.1 million in Māori horticulture in the Bay of Plenty
Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan says the investment from the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund towards four horticultural businesses is to advance developments on underutilised whenua Māori in the Bay of Plenty
Paengaroa North A1 Section 2 have been approved a loan of up to $1.16m and the Waihau Bay Horticulture have secured a loan of up to $2.12m, to develop kiwifruit orchards.
Ngāi Tamarāwaho have been approved a grant of up to $726,000 to develop a purpose-built contracting yard that will provide nursery services to support ecological restoration, planting and eco sourcing seedlings on Māori freehold land.
Te Moana a Toi Truffles Collective, made up of seven Māori landowners, will receive a grant of up to $1.11m to plant 13 hectares of truffle trees in the Eastern Bay of Plenty....
See full article HERE
No easy answer for Māori representation on Kaikōura council
The question of a Māori ward is a complex one for Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura.
While there has been a push nationally for Māori representation on local councils, the issue is not straightforward for Kaikōura’s mana whenua as its takiwā (territory) traverses three districts - Marlborough, Kaikōura and Hurunui.
Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura chairperson Hariata Kahu said the legislation around Māori wards needed to change to make it more workable for South Island mana whenua.
“We are the treaty partner and the Mana Whenua of the area, and we have a role to represent everyone, regardless of whether you are Māori or Pākehā or any culture if you live within the takiwā.....
See full article HERE
See full article HERE
Study to investigate lower vaccination rates and barriers for Māori pēpi
Researchers hope to boost the number of pēpi Māori under 6 months old being immunised by learning more about barriers to accessing primary health care, thanks to Cure Kids funding.
She said Hāpai te Hauora would lead the recruitment and interviews with whānau and ensure everything was done through a te ao Māori lens so everything was culturally appropriate.....
See full article HERE
Making progress on Māori mental health and addiction response
“I’m proud of this Government’s commitment to kaupapa Māori primary mental health and addiction services, in this region and many others. Had we not invested in this way, we would not have been set up to pivot and respond to mental wellbeing issues in smaller communities arising from Cyclone Gabrielle and the other recent severe weather events,” Mr Henare said.
“This Government set out to set up a whole new mental health system and we are achieving more and more within this new system every day. This evaluation and seeing the success of providers like Whakaoranga Whānau Recovery Hub show us that we are making progress....
See full article HERE
ProCare announces recipients of top Māori and Pacific General Practice Scholarship Award
ProCare, a leading healthcare provider, has today announced the recipients of the ProCare Annual Prize in General Practice scholarships for the 2022 calendar year, in partnership with the University of Auckland, as Hannah Corban (Ngāpuhi) and Kun-ka Miha Yoshihara-Leger, of Pacific descendants from Tonga and Kiribati as well as Japanese lineage.
These scholarships, worth $2,000 each, are awarded annually to the top-achieving Māori and Pacific student respectively in the General Practice attachment of the University’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB).....
See full article HERE
Special launch creative scholarship for Māori rangatahi through AUT
Special Aotea, the culturally led, creative, strategic and business rōpū within Special has launched a fully paid scholarship, open for young Māori students with the goal to create more pathways into the creative industry.....
See full article HERE
The government is investing $5.1 million in Māori horticulture in the Bay of Plenty
Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan says the investment from the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund towards four horticultural businesses is to advance developments on underutilised whenua Māori in the Bay of Plenty
Paengaroa North A1 Section 2 have been approved a loan of up to $1.16m and the Waihau Bay Horticulture have secured a loan of up to $2.12m, to develop kiwifruit orchards.
Ngāi Tamarāwaho have been approved a grant of up to $726,000 to develop a purpose-built contracting yard that will provide nursery services to support ecological restoration, planting and eco sourcing seedlings on Māori freehold land.
Te Moana a Toi Truffles Collective, made up of seven Māori landowners, will receive a grant of up to $1.11m to plant 13 hectares of truffle trees in the Eastern Bay of Plenty....
See full article HERE
No easy answer for Māori representation on Kaikōura council
The question of a Māori ward is a complex one for Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura.
While there has been a push nationally for Māori representation on local councils, the issue is not straightforward for Kaikōura’s mana whenua as its takiwā (territory) traverses three districts - Marlborough, Kaikōura and Hurunui.
Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura chairperson Hariata Kahu said the legislation around Māori wards needed to change to make it more workable for South Island mana whenua.
“We are the treaty partner and the Mana Whenua of the area, and we have a role to represent everyone, regardless of whether you are Māori or Pākehā or any culture if you live within the takiwā.....
See full article HERE
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
Friday March 10, 2023
News:
Marae trial new approach to family harm
Police were at Nga Whare Waatea Marae in Mangere today to launch a pilot programme addressing family harm.
Marae manager John Cameron says Tiaki Whanau is an extension of Te Pae Oranga community panels which focus on offenders and victims in an attempt to deal with crime and prevent reoffending.
Marae manager John Cameron says Tiaki Whanau is an extension of Te Pae Oranga community panels which focus on offenders and victims in an attempt to deal with crime and prevent reoffending.
John Cameron says Nga Whare Waatea and Manukau Urban Maori Authority expect to run up to three Tiaki Whanau panels a week, on top of other restorative justice activities.....
See full article HERE
First Kaupapa Māori Youth Housing Due To Open In Tāmaki Makaurau
Mā te huruhuru are stepping into the gap in response to the overwhelming human rights crisis facing taitamariki. Māori are disproportionately represented within our homeless population with taitamariki experiencing homelessness at a disproportionate rate with almost half the homeless population said to be taitamariki (according to most recent 2018 census data).
Despite the immense need for housing services for taitamariki in Tāmaki there is a huge gap in housing and homelessness services, with current services overwhelmed and often faced with turning away referrals.....
See full article HERE
Latest family violence report proffers mātauranga Māori as solution
A report has found that not having an after-care system for children who have experienced a family homicide can result in homelessness, drug and alcohol problems for survivors.
It comes in the Family Violence Death Review Committee's eighth report, with proposed guidelines for after-care anchored in mātauranga Māori and tikanga Māori, including whanaungatanga, aroha, kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga.....
See full article HERE
Māori Fisheries Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to implement recommendations from Te Ohu Kai Moana, following an independent review of the Act and consultation with iwi. The bill aims to give iwi a greater degree of rangatiratanga over their assets, improve benefits to all Māori, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Specifically:....
See full article HERE
$80,000 scholarship a boost for Māori financial independence research
An $80,000 scholarship will make a world of difference to Rachael Evans, a busy academic and mum, who is pursuing a PhD in Law at Canterbury University, focused on improving the financial independence of Māori.
The Canterbury law lecturer received the scholarship last month and will use it to look at how iwi can exercise rangatiratanga (sovereignty) through the development of fiscal authority.
“Before colonisation, iwi and hapū with tino rangatiratanga were active political and economic entities making their own decisions according to their tikanga [customs] and kawa [protocol],” Evans (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana, Pākehā) said.....
See full article HERE
Better internet connections needed for marae
Internet New Zealand wants to see marae hooked up to the internet as a matter of course.
Chief executive Vivien Maidaborn says with marae increasingly becoming part of the emergency response, they need to be seen as communications hubs that can serve both first responders and their communities.......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Chris Trotter: The Revolution Has Begun
False Narratives – Dr Muriel Newman.
Our choice for the future: Equality or tribal rule – John Robinson.
Chris Gollins on the MANDATORY Treaty training for real estate agents
Propaganda:
Māori with cancer experience racism, 'confusing' information
Laws should safeguard indigenous languages, Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins says
First Kaupapa Māori Youth Housing Due To Open In Tāmaki Makaurau
Mā te huruhuru are stepping into the gap in response to the overwhelming human rights crisis facing taitamariki. Māori are disproportionately represented within our homeless population with taitamariki experiencing homelessness at a disproportionate rate with almost half the homeless population said to be taitamariki (according to most recent 2018 census data).
Despite the immense need for housing services for taitamariki in Tāmaki there is a huge gap in housing and homelessness services, with current services overwhelmed and often faced with turning away referrals.....
See full article HERE
Latest family violence report proffers mātauranga Māori as solution
A report has found that not having an after-care system for children who have experienced a family homicide can result in homelessness, drug and alcohol problems for survivors.
It comes in the Family Violence Death Review Committee's eighth report, with proposed guidelines for after-care anchored in mātauranga Māori and tikanga Māori, including whanaungatanga, aroha, kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga.....
See full article HERE
Māori Fisheries Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to implement recommendations from Te Ohu Kai Moana, following an independent review of the Act and consultation with iwi. The bill aims to give iwi a greater degree of rangatiratanga over their assets, improve benefits to all Māori, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Specifically:....
See full article HERE
$80,000 scholarship a boost for Māori financial independence research
An $80,000 scholarship will make a world of difference to Rachael Evans, a busy academic and mum, who is pursuing a PhD in Law at Canterbury University, focused on improving the financial independence of Māori.
The Canterbury law lecturer received the scholarship last month and will use it to look at how iwi can exercise rangatiratanga (sovereignty) through the development of fiscal authority.
“Before colonisation, iwi and hapū with tino rangatiratanga were active political and economic entities making their own decisions according to their tikanga [customs] and kawa [protocol],” Evans (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana, Pākehā) said.....
See full article HERE
Better internet connections needed for marae
Internet New Zealand wants to see marae hooked up to the internet as a matter of course.
Chief executive Vivien Maidaborn says with marae increasingly becoming part of the emergency response, they need to be seen as communications hubs that can serve both first responders and their communities.......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Chris Trotter: The Revolution Has Begun
False Narratives – Dr Muriel Newman.
Our choice for the future: Equality or tribal rule – John Robinson.
Chris Gollins on the MANDATORY Treaty training for real estate agents
Propaganda:
Māori with cancer experience racism, 'confusing' information
Laws should safeguard indigenous languages, Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins says
Thursday March 9, 2023
News:
Resilience plan as Kahungunu rebuilds
Ngāti Kahungunu chair Bayden Barber says the iwi needs a lot of government help to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and build future resilience.
He says the damage in Hawke’s Bay from the cyclone and its associated flooding will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
He says the damage in Hawke’s Bay from the cyclone and its associated flooding will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Maori horticultural businesses have been decimated, and there are many hundreds of uninsured whanau who face uncertainty over rebuilding costs – if they can even live in their former homes again....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Rahui nonsense – Sir Bob Jones
Propaganda:
We've been doing co-governance all along, just look at the Treaty
Māori and Crown paddle double-hulled waka on the Waikato
Harry Styles sings Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, flies Tino Rangatiratanga flag at Auckland show
Harry Styles praised for embracing Māori culture, te reo and tradition at Auckland show
Articles:
Rahui nonsense – Sir Bob Jones
Propaganda:
We've been doing co-governance all along, just look at the Treaty
Māori and Crown paddle double-hulled waka on the Waikato
Harry Styles sings Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, flies Tino Rangatiratanga flag at Auckland show
Harry Styles praised for embracing Māori culture, te reo and tradition at Auckland show
Wednesday March 8, 2023
News:
Govt Boots Anti-democratic Rotorua Bill To Touch
“Labour has quietly withdrawn the Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill from Parliament. This is a win for ACT and democracy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“ACT has consistently said that democracy means one person, one vote. Human rights are universal. Different political rights by birth is divisive, racist, and contradicts the Treaty’s call for ngā tikanga katoa rite tahi -the same rights and duties for all. We’ve done it even when copping the nastiest and most disingenuous abuse. This backdown is ACT’s victory.....
See full article HERE
Warning from tiriti ancestor
Minister of Te Atawhai Crown Māori Relations Kelvin Davis has told Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders they can do better in their treaty than Māori.
Mr Davis says he gave last Australia and New Zealand School of Government’s First Peoples’ Conference in Brisbane a cautionary tale about his Ngati Manu ancestor Pōmare.
“If I could travelback in time I’d tell my tupuna ‘hey,taihoa, let’s think about this.’ If he knew that within five years he himself would be taken prisoner without trial, his pa plundered by the British and his people chased inland. If he had known that within 183 years his descendants would be amongst the most impoverished, least educated and die on average seven years younger than others, non-Maori, would he still sign?” Mr Davis says....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Dawkins’ views on teaching mātauranga Māori go viral
Don Brash: Richard Dawkins is surely right
Propaganda:
Co-governance the answer for country's challenges - Waikato professor
Willie Jackson: Targeting cyclone funding to Māori as racist is ugly politics
How mātauranga Māori is being rolled out in schools, Rangi Mātāmua explains the knowledge system
Warning from tiriti ancestor
Minister of Te Atawhai Crown Māori Relations Kelvin Davis has told Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders they can do better in their treaty than Māori.
Mr Davis says he gave last Australia and New Zealand School of Government’s First Peoples’ Conference in Brisbane a cautionary tale about his Ngati Manu ancestor Pōmare.
“If I could travelback in time I’d tell my tupuna ‘hey,taihoa, let’s think about this.’ If he knew that within five years he himself would be taken prisoner without trial, his pa plundered by the British and his people chased inland. If he had known that within 183 years his descendants would be amongst the most impoverished, least educated and die on average seven years younger than others, non-Maori, would he still sign?” Mr Davis says....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Dawkins’ views on teaching mātauranga Māori go viral
Don Brash: Richard Dawkins is surely right
Propaganda:
Co-governance the answer for country's challenges - Waikato professor
Willie Jackson: Targeting cyclone funding to Māori as racist is ugly politics
How mātauranga Māori is being rolled out in schools, Rangi Mātāmua explains the knowledge system
Tuesday March 7, 2023
News:
Iwi-led Census process in rohe makes big difference - Ngāti Wai Trust
In a bid to boost Māori participation, Te Tai Rāwhiti, Te Tai Tokerau and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui have lead the collection of Census information in their rohe.
The 2018 Census data was unusable after an extremely low turnout of 68.2 percent, forcing officials to find information in other places.
The 2018 Census data was unusable after an extremely low turnout of 68.2 percent, forcing officials to find information in other places.
The Iwi Chairs Forum raised concerns about how it would affect the number of Māori seats and funding for public services.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Barend Vlaardingerbroek: Navigating by the stars isn’t science
Propaganda:
Oxford graduate Te Aro Moxon is all in for the long Māori health inequity haul
We need to decolonise our world view and make alliances with movements in Australia, Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas
ANZ reports 23.3% Māori and Pasfika pay gap
Are we there yet? The slow inclusion of mātauranga Māori in schools
Propaganda:
Oxford graduate Te Aro Moxon is all in for the long Māori health inequity haul
We need to decolonise our world view and make alliances with movements in Australia, Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Americas
ANZ reports 23.3% Māori and Pasfika pay gap
Are we there yet? The slow inclusion of mātauranga Māori in schools
Monday March 6, 2023
News:
Government backing away from co-governance - John Tamihere
"With a new prime minister and a new clean broom coming in, not only was there a bonfire, this is a handbrake, and it looks like it could even be in a reverse gear."
He said Campbell's "ability to unpick government budgets, his ability to cut right to the chase in regards to where blockages are, was very important" but "handbrakes are going on, on the transfer of resources" to Māori initiatives and programmes.
He said Campbell's "ability to unpick government budgets, his ability to cut right to the chase in regards to where blockages are, was very important" but "handbrakes are going on, on the transfer of resources" to Māori initiatives and programmes.
Tamihere said self governance, and delivery of services by Māori to Māori is being resisted "particularly in the bureaucracy".....
See full article HERE
Centre’s new Māori name announced
A Dunedin research centre which looks at the manipulation of light has been given a fitting new Māori name.
The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies officially received its new name at an Ōtākou Marae ceremony yesterday.
Centre director Prof David Hutchinson said he was delighted to announce the centre would also be known as Te Whai Ao.....
See full article HERE
Iwi wants Basin Reserve’s Wakefield Memorial to go, cricket fans divided
Dr Taku Parai of Ngāti Toa wants the memorial gone from the Basin Reserve.
“Those who had a hand in early instruments in colonisation, and enacting those for the acquisition of profit and land, need to be removed,” he said.
“A lot of that stuff was hugely unfair. Wakefield was part of it. We are talking about the effects of profiteering and the quick demise of our status of mana whenua......
See full article HERE
Vehicles banned from Marlborough’s east coast, except for 9km stretch
Vehicles have been banned from Marlborough's east coast, except for a 9km stretch during the day, in a bylaw that's been years in the making.
But a Marlborough iwi says by restricting access without explicitly allowing for customary rights, the Marlborough District Council has breached the Treaty of Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
A.E. Thompson: (Oral) History Never Repeats - RNZ's 'NZ Wars' Series
Propaganda:
Elon Musk, Richard Dawkins’ criticism of mātauranga Māori in schools faces backlash from Kiwi researcher
Why did Māori leaders sign Te Tiriti?
Centre’s new Māori name announced
A Dunedin research centre which looks at the manipulation of light has been given a fitting new Māori name.
The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies officially received its new name at an Ōtākou Marae ceremony yesterday.
Centre director Prof David Hutchinson said he was delighted to announce the centre would also be known as Te Whai Ao.....
See full article HERE
Iwi wants Basin Reserve’s Wakefield Memorial to go, cricket fans divided
Dr Taku Parai of Ngāti Toa wants the memorial gone from the Basin Reserve.
“Those who had a hand in early instruments in colonisation, and enacting those for the acquisition of profit and land, need to be removed,” he said.
“A lot of that stuff was hugely unfair. Wakefield was part of it. We are talking about the effects of profiteering and the quick demise of our status of mana whenua......
See full article HERE
Vehicles banned from Marlborough’s east coast, except for 9km stretch
Vehicles have been banned from Marlborough's east coast, except for a 9km stretch during the day, in a bylaw that's been years in the making.
But a Marlborough iwi says by restricting access without explicitly allowing for customary rights, the Marlborough District Council has breached the Treaty of Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
A.E. Thompson: (Oral) History Never Repeats - RNZ's 'NZ Wars' Series
Propaganda:
Elon Musk, Richard Dawkins’ criticism of mātauranga Māori in schools faces backlash from Kiwi researcher
Why did Māori leaders sign Te Tiriti?
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
10 comments:
Government backing away from co-governance? Surely everyone realises that this is correct until after the election. If labour get back in, co-governance will be ramped up again of course. Do they really think we are that stupid? . Another 3 years of these clowns and actiivists will be a total disaster.
re 6th. To most NZers the concept of maori control is anathema. But to date, if they have thoughtabout it at all, most brainwashed citizens have seen co governance as benign. If near the election the opposition parties spent their war chests and made very clear the inevitability of maori control given co governance, the parties would romp in. Co governance is not just by maori for maori (using tax funds from the rest). The controlling mechanism and the associated gross inefficiencies have been well demonstrated by the Tupuna Maunga Authority in Auckland. Seems Hipkins is reducing the risk. The sacking of Campbell curious. Although a basic contradiction, there were apparently two aims in the health reforms; co governance to pander to maori, and efficiency. With the inevitable associated inefficiencies, it is strange that Campbell is/was so keen on the former. But he is apparently very good at the latter; potentially too good it seems as myriads of redundant admin workers in the health sector just prior the election would not have gone well for Labour. And there would likely be a strong reaction against the myriad trace maori Labour mps who to date have apparently run the party.
Wakefiled was somewhat of a rogue although he meant well for the settlers. if it were not for his plans forcing action it is likely there would have been no Treaty. Maori would probably have ben conquered by some country, a process they fully understood.It would likey have solved many problems, although perpetual attempts at utu could have proved even more tedious than th eantics of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Re the 7yh. With so many maori organisations spreading to the otherwise apathetic the gospel that a high maori count in the Cebsus is to their advantage, then instead of ignoring as the imagining decolonisation mantra would require, the trace maori population is likely to participate enthuiatically, with a reamrkble increase in numbers, real and contrived,
The Herald article linked here, “We need to decolonize our world view…..” by Simon Collins, is a real eye-opener illustrating the shocking claptrap so prevalent in NZ today.
Collins calls for a South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission for NZ. South Africa implemented their Truth and Reconciliation Commission when apartheid was dismantled. It would certainly not be appropriate for NZ now, where apartheid has only just begun to be implemented. I suspect Collins does not properly understand apartheid and does not understand the function of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His views are so clouded, I suspect he also does not understand history and racism.
Collins adds: “We need to decolonize our thinking – stop thinking that European ideas such as democracy, capitalism and rationalism are superior to other cultural traditions”. Collins does not enlighten us as to what he suggests are better replacements for democracy, capitalism and rationalism. He also does not suggest what the majority of NZers who favour democracy, capitalism and rationalism, would do if these concepts are replaced.
It is quite shocking that this claptrap is printed in the NZ Herald. I can’t believe anyone would pay to read such nonsense.
re 8th. The non maori Labour caucus seems to have at last caught up with the maori caucus and realised that co governance is effectively maori control, anathema to the majority citizens and potential death for the Labour Party. At last the non maori caucus seem to have overcome their fear of cancellation and acted. Thus the Rotorua proposal stopped. Hopefully opposition parties will extract promises of preservation of democracy so co governance cannot easily return, even if Labour flukes it and does.
Kelvin Davis laments the fate of his tribe. Relatively hard up though they may be, vastly better off then pre Treaty. Perhaps insufficient intermarriage to inherit the full benefits of European industriousness. Or too much with the wrong sorts.
On his return visits to the Sounds, Capt Cook was dismayed to find that previous occupants had successively vanished, eaten (as the crew of the Resolution) or hounded away. Similarly Polack reports tribes eliminated (including that of the Boyd miscreant, George). It is not unlikely the Treaty saved Davis' ancestors as it did very many others. Becoming British subjects largely eliminated routine infanticide which might also have thwarted his line.
The purpose of history is to learn from it so that you don't repeat mistakes of the past. You don't go back to the past, dwell on it as if it is happening now and then try to change it. If I think of my ancestors back in in Scotland in earlier times, there were so.many wars. The Romans, vikings and many others took their land and raped and killed. Humans back then had scant regard for the lives of others, The average person only lived until the age of 30. Biut this is not acceptable in 2023. So to play this race based, shaming game on people living in nz in 2023 is totally illogical. The fact that certain mp's promote and push this agenda to try to turn people against each other based on race is utterly evil.
8th
If Davis had been around 183 years ago, he would be one of the lucky ones. Not enslaved, not killed in combat with other tribes, not eaten.
Stirring up hatred here is bad enough, doing the same in Australia should be enough to get sent home.
He really has no idea how he and other part Maori have got to where they are by the very system they want to overturn.
Re the 9th. Maori in Hawkes Bay are demanding more flood assistance because many were uninsured. Perhaps we should pay social workers to home visit maori with food boxes etc to entice them to insure, much as they were enticed to vaccinate. And under the propaganda headings, the Waikato River co governance is cited as success. No comparison of running cots before and after. But unlike the Tupuna Maunga Authority, many co governance outfits have exercised restraint for fear of compromising further arrangements. What the Waikato outfit will demand when fully unleashed remains to be seen. Apparently Winston is on record as stating that co governace is Bro governance. I wish i had thought of that expression. Fear that it might become generally known may have spurred the current Labour walk back.
If blue eyed Amber had a baby would it be a pepe? These derivatives of English words because maori cannot trouble to pronounce are absurd. Yet we are berated for not pronouncing maori words in accord with current academic dictates(often different from pronunciation noted by early settlers). I wonder if Amber knows one can purchase brown contact lens.
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