Peter Dey (The Weekend Sun, June 21) clearly isn't keen on Article 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi which grants equality of citizenship to all New Zealanders and he is even less keen on Don Brash mentioning it.
It's a funny old world where someone can be called divisive for advocating for democracy, equally of citizenship and supporting free speech.
Dey claims Article 2 gives special rights to Maori. A reading of the Treaty would show him that the protection of property rights under Article 2 applies to all of the people of New Zealand - Tangata kotoa o Nu Tirani.
We need to be a country where we celebrate our differences, where our diversity enriches us, where ethnicity matters but does not bestow privilege, where all citizens are united equally under the law.
If we continue down the path of separatism and don't unite as New Zealanders we will fail as country.
Richard Prince, Welcome Bay
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Political equality is not removed by property ownership
Posted on 03-07-2019 14:20 | By Peter Dey
Thousands of people own property. It does not affect political equality. Political equality is everyone having one vote and the majority rules. We already have that. Maori tribes having ancestral Treaty property rights makes no difference. People resentful of this who ignore thousands of other wealthy property owners are irrational.
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