Saturday February 10, 2024
News:
Tikanga Māori and state law – an exploration of He Poutama
Bell Gully will be working with the Māori Law Review to publish a series of articles on Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission’s study paper, He Poutama (NZLC SP24). He Poutama aims to provide frameworks for the interaction between tikanga on the one hand and common law and statute on the other. Our series will engage with He Poutama on this important issue.
Series #1 Understanding core tikanga concepts
Series #2 The interaction with state law
Series #3 What lies ahead?
Finally, we will also consider the Commission’s views on how the courts may better engage with tikanga, including through the appointment of pūkenga as court experts, counsel assisting the court, or the calling of pūkenga by parties to provide expert evidence,12 as well as the referral of questions of tikanga Māori to the Māori Appellate Court for a binding determination.13....
See full article HERE
Tukoroirangi Morgan retains Tainui leadership role
Tukoroirangi Morgan has retained leadership of Waikato-Tainui’s powerful Te Arataura executive in a second vote after initially failing to get the numbers needed.
The iwi on Friday confirmed Morgan’s reappointment as chair, joined by Jackie Colliar as deputy, with treaty issues and dealings with the government likely to be a focus of their term.....
See full article HERE
University of Otago appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori
Legal scholar Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) has been appointed to the new role, which was established to lead the Māori academic agenda at the tertiary institution.
Ruru was the first Māori woman to be recognised as a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Māori professor of law.
As part of Otago’s senior leadership team, Ruru will work to strengthen, recruit and retain Māori staff, and help Māori students to continue to succeed....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Waitangi: where to from here? - Ann Arnold
Propaganda:
Marae kōrero reveals knowledge gaps on Te Tiriti
Series #2 The interaction with state law
Series #3 What lies ahead?
Finally, we will also consider the Commission’s views on how the courts may better engage with tikanga, including through the appointment of pūkenga as court experts, counsel assisting the court, or the calling of pūkenga by parties to provide expert evidence,12 as well as the referral of questions of tikanga Māori to the Māori Appellate Court for a binding determination.13....
See full article HERE
Tukoroirangi Morgan retains Tainui leadership role
Tukoroirangi Morgan has retained leadership of Waikato-Tainui’s powerful Te Arataura executive in a second vote after initially failing to get the numbers needed.
The iwi on Friday confirmed Morgan’s reappointment as chair, joined by Jackie Colliar as deputy, with treaty issues and dealings with the government likely to be a focus of their term.....
See full article HERE
University of Otago appoints first deputy vice-chancellor Māori
Legal scholar Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) has been appointed to the new role, which was established to lead the Māori academic agenda at the tertiary institution.
Ruru was the first Māori woman to be recognised as a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Māori professor of law.
As part of Otago’s senior leadership team, Ruru will work to strengthen, recruit and retain Māori staff, and help Māori students to continue to succeed....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Waitangi: where to from here? - Ann Arnold
Propaganda:
Marae kōrero reveals knowledge gaps on 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.
Friday February 9, 2024
News:
Macrons added to street signs in Marlborough
Three years after agreeing to put macrons on more than a dozen incorrect te reo Māori street signs in Marlborough, most of them have been fixed.
The iwi made the request in a submission to the Marlborough District Council’s annual plan in 2021. The basis of the submission was that te reo Māori was a taonga, and something that should be treasured, Hebberd said last month.....
"For the National Party, we recognise right in our [Nationals] constitution that the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, is our nation's founding document and we honour it as such."
See full article HERE
New school opens gate to students
The school officially welcomed its students, ranging from Year 1-6 onto the new site at 72 Millers Rd on February 7.
Before this, an opening ceremony on January 23 opened the Tomokanga Gateway with a dawn ceremony.
Formally known as Brookfield School
“In 2020 our school whānau, community and hapū (subtribe) Ngāi Tamarawaho all were able to vote. It revealed that the majority of our whānau wanted to change the name to Te Kura o Manunui.”.....
See full article HERE
Call for more transparency from Iwi Chairs
A director of the northern Te Rarawa iwi’s commercial arm says the Iwi Chairs Forum needs to do a better job at communicating what it does.
He says not enough information from the hui was made public.
He agrees the Treaty must be protected – but Māori also need to strategise for their future, because commercial success will also strengthen the social fabric of iwi....
See full article HERE
Audio
Reality Check Radio: Paul Brennan chats to Elizabeth Rata on the events at Waitangi and her research on the two Treaties
The Platform: Sean Plunket chats to Muriel Newman on the Treaty Principles Bill
Articles:
Suze: There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up
Mike's Minute: Time for some facts on the Treaty Principles Bill
Graham Adams: The highly inconvenient Sir Apirana Ngata
New school opens gate to students
The school officially welcomed its students, ranging from Year 1-6 onto the new site at 72 Millers Rd on February 7.
Before this, an opening ceremony on January 23 opened the Tomokanga Gateway with a dawn ceremony.
Formally known as Brookfield School
“In 2020 our school whānau, community and hapū (subtribe) Ngāi Tamarawaho all were able to vote. It revealed that the majority of our whānau wanted to change the name to Te Kura o Manunui.”.....
See full article HERE
Call for more transparency from Iwi Chairs
A director of the northern Te Rarawa iwi’s commercial arm says the Iwi Chairs Forum needs to do a better job at communicating what it does.
He says not enough information from the hui was made public.
He agrees the Treaty must be protected – but Māori also need to strategise for their future, because commercial success will also strengthen the social fabric of iwi....
See full article HERE
Audio
Reality Check Radio: Paul Brennan chats to Elizabeth Rata on the events at Waitangi and her research on the two Treaties
The Platform: Sean Plunket chats to Muriel Newman on the Treaty Principles Bill
Articles:
Suze: There Will Be Blood on the Floor if They Keep This Up
Mike's Minute: Time for some facts on the Treaty Principles Bill
Graham Adams: The highly inconvenient Sir Apirana Ngata
Thursday February 8, 2024
News:
Treaty referendum 'one of the issues' raised at Waitangi, says Willis
ACT's push for a referendum on the Treaty was just one of the issues discussed in Waitangi, says Finance Minister Nicola Willis.
"For the National Party, we recognise right in our [Nationals] constitution that the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, is our nation's founding document and we honour it as such."
"Article Two of the Treaty, it talks about tino rangatiratanga, and when I think about that I think about what does it mean for iwi and Māori to really have determination and control over some of the services in our community."
National's philosophy was, where possible, to devolve those services to the community level, she said....
See full article HERE
Act launches Treaty Principles referendum campaign to twist National’s arm
Act leader David Seymour is not taking “no” for an answer when it comes to support for his Treaty Principles referendum, which, if successful, would redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Seymour and the Act party have launched a public information campaign to build public support for the bill, in a bid to twist National and NZ First’s arms. The proposal, to redefine the Treaty Principles, is already quite popular, with an October Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll finding that 60 per cent of people supported the idea, compared to just 18 per cent who did not. Support for actually having a referendum is far lower, with just 45 per cent wanting to hold a referendum, compared to 25 per cent who opposed the idea.....
See full article HERE
Respect Waitangi Tribunal says Moxon
A Māori health leader says the Government’s plan to scrap the Māori Health Authority is an attack on the Waitangi Tribunal.
“What this government is saying is there is only one sovereign government, and that is us. And we’re the ones who can make any decision that we so desire, so wished to do and that’s been my biggest nawe, because of course, under Treaty of Waitangi, it’s a covenant between two people, the crown, and Māori,” she says
Lady Tureiti Moxon says the Tribunal has nearly 50 years of jurisprudence in Treaty matters and should be respected as such.....
See full article HERE
PM Christopher Luxon rules out support beyond Select Committee for Treaty Principles Bill
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has clearly ruled out his party supporting the Treaty Principles Bill beyond Select Committee.
He also says he expects the entire process will be complete by the end of the year.
Speaking to media after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Luxon offered his clearest refutation of the ACT Party's Treaty Principles Bill proposal yet.
"The National Party position - and as leader of the National Party now, not as prime minister - is that we will not be supporting that bill," he said.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Seymour rave view 50 years stale
Protest to continue as ACT pitches treaty plan
National's philosophy was, where possible, to devolve those services to the community level, she said....
See full article HERE
Act launches Treaty Principles referendum campaign to twist National’s arm
Act leader David Seymour is not taking “no” for an answer when it comes to support for his Treaty Principles referendum, which, if successful, would redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Seymour and the Act party have launched a public information campaign to build public support for the bill, in a bid to twist National and NZ First’s arms. The proposal, to redefine the Treaty Principles, is already quite popular, with an October Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll finding that 60 per cent of people supported the idea, compared to just 18 per cent who did not. Support for actually having a referendum is far lower, with just 45 per cent wanting to hold a referendum, compared to 25 per cent who opposed the idea.....
See full article HERE
Respect Waitangi Tribunal says Moxon
A Māori health leader says the Government’s plan to scrap the Māori Health Authority is an attack on the Waitangi Tribunal.
“What this government is saying is there is only one sovereign government, and that is us. And we’re the ones who can make any decision that we so desire, so wished to do and that’s been my biggest nawe, because of course, under Treaty of Waitangi, it’s a covenant between two people, the crown, and Māori,” she says
Lady Tureiti Moxon says the Tribunal has nearly 50 years of jurisprudence in Treaty matters and should be respected as such.....
See full article HERE
PM Christopher Luxon rules out support beyond Select Committee for Treaty Principles Bill
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has clearly ruled out his party supporting the Treaty Principles Bill beyond Select Committee.
He also says he expects the entire process will be complete by the end of the year.
Speaking to media after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Luxon offered his clearest refutation of the ACT Party's Treaty Principles Bill proposal yet.
"The National Party position - and as leader of the National Party now, not as prime minister - is that we will not be supporting that bill," he said.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Seymour rave view 50 years stale
Protest to continue as ACT pitches treaty plan
Wednesday February 7, 2024
News:
Māori development minister says government is for Māori
“We absolutely support te reo Māori as a fundamental part of our country’s DNA, our country’s identity, past present and future, and we should continue to do that.”
Potaka is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (The Institute of Māori language Excellence) and has learnt under the tutelage of some of Māoridom’s greatest academics.
Potaka is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (The Institute of Māori language Excellence) and has learnt under the tutelage of some of Māoridom’s greatest academics.
He says the government supports the use of te reo Māori no matter where people are.
“It’s our birthright and it’s our kids’ birthright, so don’t stop. Kia kaha ki te kōrero māori,”
Aside from the use of Māori in spaces, Potaka also believes that he and Health Minister Dr Shane Reti are ready to implement stronger policies that benefit Māori directly.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Day: Big turnout at Dunedin protest
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dunedin to march from Queens Gardens to the Octagon this morning in protest of government plans that impact Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania doesn’t hide feelings over Māori wards being under threat
Tepania did not hide his feelings about the establishment of Māori wards, saying the previous Labour Government made the rules fair.
Previously, Māori wards could be overturned with a referendum - a rule which saw many defeated but did not apply to any other wards, he said.
The Labour Government removed this provision in 2021, allowing many councils to start up Māori wards, including all four Northland councils.
The coalition Government, as part of its agreement with NZ First, has decided to reinstate the right to have referendum on Māori wards, and will compel referendums on any Māori wards established without one.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Police are now on Wakelin Rd, south of Kerikeri, turning motorists around.
They were called after an earlier altercation between the farmer and groups of cars with drivers determined to beat the traffic chaos.
One person told the Herald drivers have smashed through fences on their way through.
At midday, traffic was still backed up for nearly 7km approaching the grounds according to Google Maps.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Where should the Treaty of Waitangi sit within our law? - Elizabeth Rata
Cam Slater: And They Want Us to Respect Them?
Propaganda:
Dame Claudia Orange on the evolutionary nature of Te Tiriti and her hopes for Waitangi
“It’s our birthright and it’s our kids’ birthright, so don’t stop. Kia kaha ki te kōrero māori,”
Aside from the use of Māori in spaces, Potaka also believes that he and Health Minister Dr Shane Reti are ready to implement stronger policies that benefit Māori directly.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Day: Big turnout at Dunedin protest
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dunedin to march from Queens Gardens to the Octagon this morning in protest of government plans that impact Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania doesn’t hide feelings over Māori wards being under threat
Tepania did not hide his feelings about the establishment of Māori wards, saying the previous Labour Government made the rules fair.
Previously, Māori wards could be overturned with a referendum - a rule which saw many defeated but did not apply to any other wards, he said.
The Labour Government removed this provision in 2021, allowing many councils to start up Māori wards, including all four Northland councils.
The coalition Government, as part of its agreement with NZ First, has decided to reinstate the right to have referendum on Māori wards, and will compel referendums on any Māori wards established without one.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Police are now on Wakelin Rd, south of Kerikeri, turning motorists around.
They were called after an earlier altercation between the farmer and groups of cars with drivers determined to beat the traffic chaos.
One person told the Herald drivers have smashed through fences on their way through.
At midday, traffic was still backed up for nearly 7km approaching the grounds according to Google Maps.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Where should the Treaty of Waitangi sit within our law? - Elizabeth Rata
Cam Slater: And They Want Us to Respect Them?
Propaganda:
Dame Claudia Orange on the evolutionary nature of Te Tiriti and her hopes for Waitangi
Tuesday February 6, 2024
News:
Call for fair play on Maori wards – LGNZ
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is calling on the Government to play fair on Māori wards and constituencies, asking that they treat all wards the same and leave decisions up to local councils.
“The Coalition Government’s proposal to re-establish referenda on Māori wards and constituencies will take local government backwards and is at odds with their own values of fairness and localism,” LGNZ President Sam Broughton said.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Horse may have bolted on Māori wards
We don’t believe Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership between races - David Seymour
We don’t believe the Treaty is a partnership between races, or a partnership between Māori and the Crown, because we believe our universal humanity comes first, and race second. If the Treaty affords rights, it should afford the same rights and duties to all. In fact, that is exactly what the Treaty’s third article says.
Those who (wrongly) accuse Act of “rewriting the Treaty” or “messing with the Treaty” need to remember the partnership principle is a relatively new invention. It is only in the past 40 years that “partnership” has emerged. In that time, a combination of the Waitangi Tribunal, the courts and the public service have been reinterpreting the Treaty as that partnership. The logical conclusion is that some New Zealanders are in partnership with the Crown and others are not. Different rights based on ancestry.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Mike Butler: Kawharu’s re-written treaty
Waitangi Opinion Piece from Brian Tamaki
Bruce Moon: A Look At Yet Another “treaty tale”.....
Propaganda:
Understanding Māori values
Our work to restore nature must also honour Te Tiriti
New generation ready for protest – Hone Harawira
Waitangi theme developing - speakers want Treaty bill stopped before its first reading
More on the above here > Horse may have bolted on Māori wards
We don’t believe Treaty of Waitangi is a partnership between races - David Seymour
We don’t believe the Treaty is a partnership between races, or a partnership between Māori and the Crown, because we believe our universal humanity comes first, and race second. If the Treaty affords rights, it should afford the same rights and duties to all. In fact, that is exactly what the Treaty’s third article says.
Those who (wrongly) accuse Act of “rewriting the Treaty” or “messing with the Treaty” need to remember the partnership principle is a relatively new invention. It is only in the past 40 years that “partnership” has emerged. In that time, a combination of the Waitangi Tribunal, the courts and the public service have been reinterpreting the Treaty as that partnership. The logical conclusion is that some New Zealanders are in partnership with the Crown and others are not. Different rights based on ancestry.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Mike Butler: Kawharu’s re-written treaty
Waitangi Opinion Piece from Brian Tamaki
Bruce Moon: A Look At Yet Another “treaty tale”.....
Propaganda:
Understanding Māori values
Our work to restore nature must also honour Te Tiriti
New generation ready for protest – Hone Harawira
Waitangi theme developing - speakers want Treaty bill stopped before its first reading
Monday February 5, 2024
News:
New Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa Movement Formed At Waitangi
The coalition government’s review of the Treaty of Waitangi is prompting not only Tangata Whenua unity but has also inspired Tangata Tiriti to coalesce.
An emergent Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa movement gathered at Waitangi today. It aims to support and connect the more than 30 Tangata Tiriti groups already active throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
An emergent Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa movement gathered at Waitangi today. It aims to support and connect the more than 30 Tangata Tiriti groups already active throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
The 50 hui participants came together at short notice in the Bay of Islands, spurred by Hon Shane Jones’ challenge to take the Tiriti debate to Waitangi......
See full article HERE
Rawiri Waititi calls for Māori Parliament amid Rātana’s teasing of Winston Peters and Shane Jones
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has today called for the establishment of a Māori Parliament, as he sought to distance his party from Labour and the Greens and defend his absence from yesterday’s official powhiri at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
Te Pāti Māori, Rātana and the Kīngitanga are rising to the challenge laid down by NZ First’s Shane Jones in their arrival at Waitangi to interrogate the Government’s approach to the Treaty of Waitangi.
It comes as Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi continues his advocacy for more Māori governance, calling on the Ngāpuhi iwi to support the establishment of a Māori Parliament....
See full article HERE
Waitangi political challenges part of Aotearoa’s growth - Navy chief
As Waitangi Day approaches, the Navy’s representative at Waitangi says whatever happens over the next few days will be an important and necessary step in Aotearoa’s maturity as a nation.
“We’ve all got to find a way to work our way ahead,” says Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor.
Proctor says he’s noticed the country’s “evolution” across the many years he’s been visiting Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
NZ First will push for a reset in our race relations bearings - Shane Jones
We dismiss the separatist ideology that the Treaty is a type of original sin tainting the condition of our nation. Such woke nonsense was rejected at the recent election.
Our economy needs to regenerate. This will not occur if the Treaty is dismembered into an English and a Māori version. It is bilingual and indivisible.
Governments have options. On the matter of the Treaty principles, we either allow the Waitangi Tribunal to spawn more interpretations or we make headway by democratic will. NZ First chooses the latter.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: Goodness, gracious me!?!
Don Brash: What kind of country do we want to be?
Propaganda:
You want a rock-star economy? Māori have done it
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders speak ahead of their pōwhiri on to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds
‘Don’t tutū with Te Tiriti’: Governor-General given clear message
Sunday February 4, 2024
News:
Iwi bid to rename National Park village splits community
A close-knit community in the central North Island is divided over an iwi bid to change its name.
The iwi collective Te Korowai o Wainuiārua wants National Park Village and National Park Railway Station renamed Waimarino, the original name of the station and - according to iwi researchers - the village.
Rawiri Waititi calls for Māori Parliament amid Rātana’s teasing of Winston Peters and Shane Jones
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has today called for the establishment of a Māori Parliament, as he sought to distance his party from Labour and the Greens and defend his absence from yesterday’s official powhiri at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
Te Pāti Māori, Rātana and the Kīngitanga are rising to the challenge laid down by NZ First’s Shane Jones in their arrival at Waitangi to interrogate the Government’s approach to the Treaty of Waitangi.
It comes as Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi continues his advocacy for more Māori governance, calling on the Ngāpuhi iwi to support the establishment of a Māori Parliament....
See full article HERE
Waitangi political challenges part of Aotearoa’s growth - Navy chief
As Waitangi Day approaches, the Navy’s representative at Waitangi says whatever happens over the next few days will be an important and necessary step in Aotearoa’s maturity as a nation.
“We’ve all got to find a way to work our way ahead,” says Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor.
Proctor says he’s noticed the country’s “evolution” across the many years he’s been visiting Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
NZ First will push for a reset in our race relations bearings - Shane Jones
We dismiss the separatist ideology that the Treaty is a type of original sin tainting the condition of our nation. Such woke nonsense was rejected at the recent election.
Our economy needs to regenerate. This will not occur if the Treaty is dismembered into an English and a Māori version. It is bilingual and indivisible.
Governments have options. On the matter of the Treaty principles, we either allow the Waitangi Tribunal to spawn more interpretations or we make headway by democratic will. NZ First chooses the latter.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: Goodness, gracious me!?!
Don Brash: What kind of country do we want to be?
Propaganda:
You want a rock-star economy? Māori have done it
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders speak ahead of their pōwhiri on to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds
‘Don’t tutū with Te Tiriti’: Governor-General given clear message
Sunday February 4, 2024
News:
Iwi bid to rename National Park village splits community
A close-knit community in the central North Island is divided over an iwi bid to change its name.
The iwi collective Te Korowai o Wainuiārua wants National Park Village and National Park Railway Station renamed Waimarino, the original name of the station and - according to iwi researchers - the village.
But the 180 or so permanent residents are divided, some saying there was no evidence that Waimarino was the original name of the village.....
See full article HERE
Labour promises Ngāpuhi support in fight against Government
Labour is pledging its support to Ngāpuhi and wider te ao Māori as the iwi seeks to oppose some of the Government’s agenda on Māori issues.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and his MPs made the commitment alongside warnings of “spiders” and a “den of lions” approaching - a reference to the Government’s scheduled arrival at the marae on Monday....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Derailing the Treaty Gravy Train – Dr Muriel Newman.
Labour promises Ngāpuhi support in fight against Government
Labour is pledging its support to Ngāpuhi and wider te ao Māori as the iwi seeks to oppose some of the Government’s agenda on Māori issues.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and his MPs made the commitment alongside warnings of “spiders” and a “den of lions” approaching - a reference to the Government’s scheduled arrival at the marae on Monday....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Derailing the Treaty Gravy Train – Dr Muriel Newman.
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.
19 comments:
I think it is fantastic that the labour clowns have linked with the activists. Let's hope waitangi day is an absolute shambles. The more they make fools of themselves, the more distasteful it is to the average kiwi who voted them out.
re 4th Waimarino seems a reasonable name; not too hard to remember or spell. Certainly called that in a 1926 motoring guide. The greater worry will be that maori are enabled to flock to the town with nothing to do but to procreate and prey on the others, especially the empty holiday homes. Due lack of work Oio, Owhanga, Raurimu, Karioi, Ongarue, Waimahi, Mataroa, Horopito and others have died. It is folly to subsidise settlement through benefits.
If Labour is to support maori in opposing clarification of original Treaty objectives, and in moderating the move to maori domination and control, then they still have not grasped why they lost the election.
Re name changes to maori, I for one simply refuse to recognise the new names. The country is New Zealand, the mountain is Mt Egmont and the NZ Transport Agency is just that or the Canoe Dept! It’s insulting to my ancestors to change the names of these locations after all they did to build this country from a primitive stone jungle to the first world country it is today!
Well said Reggie.
Hopefully the present insurrection at Waitangi will at last open the eyes of the general public to the extent of violent resolve of maori to obtain co governance (and thereby effective total control of NZ). Absolute anathema to the older generation of colonists. And as the primitive, violent, grasping, self serving character of maori behaviour is revealed at Waitangi, the pending disaster of maori control should become evident to far more. This the inevitable outcome of application of devious re interpretations of the Treaty and the continuous devising of more.
I am awaiting tomorrow with a sense of expectation and apprehension.
A Maori/woke revolution or a damp squib?
Can the government hold the position of the people that elected it or will they collapse?
re 6th. It seems that, like near all Councillors throughout NZ, the president of LGNZ is under the spell of threatening cancellation. Hopefully the realisation that NZ is now entering the Post Maorification era will dawn and all races will rank equal in democracy with maori wards and their agenda of endless consultation, obstruction, and language complication, abolished.
re 7th. The presence of 5th columnist essentially pro maori within National, and presumably leaking internal policy, is going to hugely complicate the move to Post Maorification. Because they have had the time, intellect and interest to soak up te reo they assume the rest of the population has the spare time and intellectual capacity to clutter their loaded lives and do the same. Instead considerable confusion and inefficiency is generated by hard to remember, hard to relate, hard to spell te reo. Unfortunately there are not vast numbers of non maori with time on their hands to organise counter demonstrations. With objective treatment by msm, and someone sufficiently brave to organise, I am sure huge turnouts against Maorification could be amassed. If the rabid Right extremist thugs (or crafty Leftidt thugs masquerading as) could be adequately suppressed by objective policing, persons of all ages would support. Including old me.
I really don't like what the Maori development minister is saying and I don't want more Te Reo than we have now. National should understand they are never going to win the Maori seats and they should listen to their actual voters, who want less cogovernance and more actual governance for the benefit of all NZers.
Māori development minister says government is for Māori!!
Well Apartheid is still on the table then? Good to know.
Potaka was spouting ToW propaganda even before the election. How come it is only just being noticed?
Is he Luxon’s ‘Maori’ insurance policy?
Why have Luxon et al not woken up to (a) who voted them in(b) the bullies are bullies not the electorate.
I have all but lost faith in Luxon.
re 8th. As I understand it the intention is to define the Principles not redefine. It is curious that Luxon is criticised for using repeat language fro a consistent view. Certainly a huge elemnt of repetion in the maori respsonse. As usual the RNZ presentations have been very accomodating of the maori attitudes and behaviour at Waitangi. Activists like (lady) Moxam with simplistic repetitive attitudes are given far too much unchallenged publicity.
If you support the Bill register as the treaty.nz
Article Two of the Treaty, it talks about tino rangatiratanga, and when I think about that I think about what it means for iwi and Māori to really have determination and control over some of the services in our community."
"For the National Party, we recognise right in our [Nationals] constitution that the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, is our nation's founding document and we honour it as such."
This from another history ignorant and/or indoctrinated politician (public servant)
So according to Willis, Article 2 of the treaty (what treaty Willis), te tino rangatiratanga means the self-determination which give Maori the right to control some of the services of our community??
Well let’s refer directly from Article 2 of the 1840 Tiriti o Waitangi and Article 2 from the official 1869 back translation, in relation to the context of te tino ragatiratanga.
Ko te Kuini o Ingarani ka wakarite ka wakaae ki nga Rangatira ki nga hapu-ki nga tangata katoa o Nu Tirani TE TINO RANGATIRATANGA o ratou wenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga katoa.
The Queen of England arranges and agrees to give to the chiefs, the Hapus and ALL the people of New Zealand, THE FULL CHIEFTAINSHIP of their lands, their settlements, and their property.
The full chieftainship for ALL New Zealand’s reads as the ‘full ownership of’ or ‘the full possession of’ or ‘the full property rights of’ and not ’the self- determination’ for Maori only to control public services Willis?
As for a founding document, it was only one of five others which moved New Zealand from the “Bad Lands” to an Independent British Colony, and which includes our two Queen Victoria’s Royal Charters/Letters Patents, which OUR government is doing it's best to "memory hole" and hide them from us.
Simplistic repetitive- the propoganda premiss that if you keep it simple and say it often enough people believe it.
Re 9th. It is ironic that Otago, where maori have been interrelated longer than anywhere else, and where maori/trace maori were/are rare, should be leading the charge with the strange symbols over letters. Especially inappropriate when these oddities and similar have at last been eradicated from English and when English pronunciation and grammar are no longer emphasised in schools. Personally I would prefer that Nathan Rahere of RNZ add the letter g to the end of ---ing words. He reduces RNZ to the level of talkback. I posted him a packet of cutout letters g some time ago. There was an inprovemnt but he he has now obviously used them all up.
I have no idea where ex Brookfield school is. But when it comes to voting, maori, many with time on their hands and little else to think about, and with relationship networks, all encouraged by the state subsidised marae, are in a good position to dominate voting and now often do.
And I too would love to know what insurrection the Iwi Chairs are plotting.
Dunno where I got Otgo from, although there was a recent fuss there. Had the word taonga in my head.
re 10th.Attempts to incorporate tikanga into law will be a total disaster. No one will know the limits. When the Tribunal is wound down ex members will queue to be pukenga. Will it be an offense to criticise dead maori notable among themselves but who caused great conflict? (Moana Jackson, Poananga, etc) There is no written code of tikanga. If some maori steals and wrecks my car what use to me is the right of utu? He likely will own nothing of value, and under tikanga anything he does will be declared communal and so not available. If any maori suffers mifortune (partner decamps etc) will others be permitted to strip them of belongings as reported in Poenamo and many other sources? Years ago occasionally read of motor mechanics who created faults to screw their customers of a few hundred dollars. My view and observation the is that the approach applies extenivly throughout Law, except tens of thousands of dollars are involved. When the Matrimonial Property Act was introduced problems were obvious even to tiny minded me. But the super high IQ of the professionals who compiled chose not to avoid. Many revisions have proven necessary, effectively rendering redundant expensive Agreements and requiring new. If in a few years some enlightened govt attempts to rewind the tikanga laws we will have idle brainwashed simpletons at Waitangi waving their peni and prancing about in vestigal grass skirts and g strings and drowning out speeches in protest.
Seems U.p. Morgan is going to concentrate on Treaty issues. Too right. Have certainly paid off very handsomely to date.
I suspect amny chose Otago university thinking it would be mercifully free of maori twaddle, as Otago province generally was. Seems they may as well go to Waikato.
So Bell Gully are aboard the band wagon too. So much for being a so called top tier/prestigious law firm. Now they are socially trendy not practitioners of law, no doubt inspired by the Suireme Court. They have just plummeted to the bottom in my humble opinion.
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