Mr ‘Kapai' Wilson with his quick-fire response should realise haste does have its drawbacks and I don't think that he accurately understood what I was saying. At no time did I tag or suggest that he or maori who participate in Treaty settlements were normal.
Effectively I stated that under an Ethnicity Equalisation Scheme, if Waitangi Tribunal claimants sought compensation, special privileges or special treatment then they must spell out and prove their ethnicity percentages or simply accept their lot as normal (ordinary) NZ citizens, i.e. citizens who do not claim special race-related compensation, privileges or handouts.
Turning to the Te Ranga signing celebration in held June 2012 for the financial/asset grab, let's take a brief moment to address the Ngati Ranginui claims alleging; 'some of the worst grievances in NZ history”. How come then this claim was not mentioned in the 1882 list of complaints taken by the maori chiefs to Queen Victoria nor the 1940's round of settlements and really only surfaced during 4th Labour Government in 1985. Also the Sim Commission in 1926 found that any land confiscations in the Bay of Plenty were largely fair. Very illuminating, contradictory and a telling state of affairs!
Heed the maori proverb: - He kai na te tangata he kai titongi tongi kaki (one man's food is another man's poison).
Meri kirihimete me matariki to all!
R Paterson
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ETHNICITY
Posted on 11-12-2012 18:15 | By YOGI
It makes perfect sense that a claim and a claimant group must firstly establish legall proof that they are the party that was actually wronged for some past even, or that they re a decendent. To be a decendent means that there must be a bloodline connection otherwise anyone can just join up to a IWI of choice (settlement is about due) dip into teh trough, then move on to the next one on a need to basis. After all to be allowed back into NZ we have to show that we have a NZ Passport, that we are NZers and "entitled" to be here and benefit from being "allowed to be here". common sense if you ask me. This must be a mandatory prerequisite of any claim when first lodged.
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