Last week T & J Hill in their letter ‘Treaty negotiations: Over it big time' (The Weekend Sun, June 27), tried to make a big thing out of having no answers to the dumbest question I've ever seen on the letters pages. The question was: 'Excluding such cases since 1840 from consideration, I invite Mr Clark and others to identify instances of the real theft of Maori land”.
Prior to 1840 there were instances of questionable dispossession of Maori land. I understand these were dealt with long ago, so today irrelevant.
Just what is the point of that dumb question; no wonder there were no replies.
The rest of T&J Hill's diatribe just adds their name to the small list of Tauranga bigots.
The Gate Pa and Te Ranga remembrance activities were an unqualified success, as was the month-long exhibition at the Greerton Hall, which so neatly told a story from both sides without making judgement. Congratulations to the organisers.
C Bidois, Pyes Pa.
3 comments
so identify them
Posted on 05-07-2014 22:23 | By crazyhorse
identify instances of real theft of Maori land”since 1940, as in legally proved, then we can talk about the paid "research used", speak up identify the theft????????.
First Crazy-hoss,
Posted on 08-07-2014 13:16 | By robin bell
explain what "real theft" is.When you've done that,I WILL GIVE YOU HEAPS. Can't wait.By the way thats 1840,but I have a few since 1940,oh! thats right you won't talk about them. Robin Bell.
A pointless question?
Posted on 10-07-2014 11:32 | By crazyhorse
From Bell, Legally proven, the history and research "up front" in a ""court of law"", not a "kangaroo" court as in the Waitangi tribunal, or by "pet" politicians on their own "white guilt trips". You like asking question Bell, maybe you can answer one, why is it the likes of "treaty troughing lawyers like Palmer want to do away with public referendums, also the referendums that have been held so far Why ,why has the Gov't not taken any notice, the people have spoken, that's democracy bell, or, is it, give us your "version" or excuse, what ever!.
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