Richard Treadgold: Maori Paradise Lost - Evil English wrecked our flawless life

Maori rebels tell tall tales. They say their ancient communities were havens of unity and order where they worshipped the same gods, spoke the same language and arrived in the same canoe. Their big concern was the welfare of others, even as they seized slaves, and children were loved and nurtured, though baby girls could be killed.

This false history would have us believe the tribes were a united nation, did no wrong and built scientific institutions. They want us to believe they almost rescued the moa from extinction and certainly never ate one, but English settlers recorded the truth of stone-age Maori life.

Richard Treadgold: Defeat is Near - when will we roar?

We are an unhappy people. Years of intellectual darkness gathering across the country have been followed by Labour’s unequivocal socialist-inspired vandalism.

They bent the law’s neutrality out of shape with widespread racist meddling, fiddled with our institutions, granted political power to anti-democratic tribal leaders, appointed racially selected representatives to elected bodies and turned a blind eye as tribal and socialist activists saturated universities, civil service and judiciary.

Richard Treadgold: That message from the Maori king

Unity and hope… they’re prepared to lead us… there’s nothing to fear…

The NZ Herald published an extraordinary article by Archdeacon Ngira Simmonds, Chief of Staff to the Maori king Tuheitia, that needs a spirited response.

The king is “Kingi”, apparently a Maori word, not a loanword from English (actually a patently childish rendition of ‘king’). But every New Zealander speaks English, so the Archdeacon would not stifle understanding to call him ‘king’ instead of the juvenile kingi. I use the lower case to stress his unofficial standing.