Since 1840 Maori rights guaranteed by the Treaty of Waitangi have been regularly breached by Pakeha Governments. The Waitangi Tribunal does not grant extra privileges to Maori, as many writers seem to believe. It simply investigates cases where Maori rights may have been breached. It does not have to accept trivial claims like claims for wind.
The Waitangi Tribunal is not an apartheid body granting privileges to Maori and making non-Maori into second class citizens. People should stop writing this ridiculous claim when they have no evidence to support it.
The English version of the Treaty is not a false document. The original still exists in the National Archives, complete with Hobson's signature and official seal. It can be viewed on the internet. It was Hobson's decision to have two versions with different wording but complementary meaning.
No version of the Treaty has 'We are all one people”. The Maori version has a passage which can be translated as 'The Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and the tribes and to all the people of New Zealand, the possession of their lands, settlements and all their valued possessions.” This does not mean 'We are all one people.”
Peter Dey, Welcome Bay.
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Ridiculous claims, no evidence
Posted on 08-10-2012 11:24 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
Willian Hobson only authorised one treaty to be signed by the chiefs and that was Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Maori language. The government's English text of the treaty used today is not the final draft and had nothing to do with the document the chief's signed at Waitangi. Hobson's secretary, James Freeman, who was authorised to make 'Royal Style' copies for overseas dispatch, compiled the English text from the rejected draft notes. Freeman made several of these English versions, which differed from each other but none of which had any legal standing as he had compiled them from Busby's earlier rejected notes. When governor Hobson shook the hands of the chiefs he repeated He iwi tahi tatou - we are now one people. the only true principle of the Treaty of Waitangi. The 1975 treaty of Waitangi Act and its amendment are the biggest injustices ever created by any government as it allows one group of New Zealanders Citizens the privilege of a taxpayer funded apartheid Tribunal to claim against their felllow New Zealand Citizens using Principes and a partnership dreamt up by Ministers and bureaucrats using false information and a false Treaty document. Ian Brougham Wanganui
propaganda not evidence
Posted on 10-10-2012 10:45 | By Peter Dey
It is not correct to say that Hobson only authorised one Treaty. The English version we have still exists and is in the National Archives in Wellington. It has Hobson's signature on it and is stamped with his seal. You can see a photo of it on the internet. It was the English version read to Maori before they signed at Waitangi. A copy was signed at Waikato Heads by Waikato Maori. Hobson obviously authorised the English version as complimentary to the Maori version. In particular the English version makes it clear that the Maori word taonga includes forests and fisheries in its meaning. It also makes it clear that tangata katoa o Nu Tirani in the Maori version means Maori New Zealanders. The claim that the English version is a false Treaty document is propaganda not supported by the evidence.
Rena reck removal!
Posted on 11-10-2012 20:50 | By swimsee
Dear Sir. Please can some superior multi cultural guru explain to us why there is so much bruha regarding wreck removal to "purify the seabed" when the sinking of the TUG close to Motiti was heralded with much trumpeting and public rejoicing???
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