It is remarkable what a bit of research will find these days! Now we have Kate MacIntyre of Wellington discovering (your columns, 21/6/13) that while the Maori chiefs ceded 'legal sovereignty” when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi, they did not cede 'political sovereignty”. This is in spite of the fact that the Treaty says 'The chiefs ... cede to the Queen of England for ever the entire Sovereignty of their country” - 'Ko nga Rangitira ... ka tuku rawa atu ki te Kuini o Ingarani ake tonu atu-te Kawanatanga katoa o ratou wenua.”
There are quite enough falsehoods and lies swirling around the Treaty these days without anybody from a think tank in Wellington adding some more.
Bruce Moon, Nelson.
4 comments
HEAR HEAR
Posted on 29-06-2013 15:39 | By ROCCO
Well said Bruce Moon absolutely correct.
Yes they did
Posted on 30-06-2013 14:56 | By Plonker
Gave it away and all in there own best interests, no one else's.
Never enough
Posted on 30-06-2013 20:43 | By crazyhorse
There can never be enough falsehoods and lies involved in the treaty industry otherwise there would be no industry. Once you get your head around that the rest is self explanatory.
Ururangi trust
Posted on 01-07-2013 10:56 | By crazyhorse
Some reading here on the treaty industry by Tainui on their own blog,even they are not happy, http://erakablog.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/the-ururangi-trust-is-a-scam/
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