Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 7, 2021 12:06:21 GMT 12
Derek Mackie: THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON NEW NATIONAL LEADER
Christopher Luxon was interviewed on TVOne’s Q & A programme on Sunday and was asked about The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori governance. His statements were a mix of strongly supporting Maori and recognising their “special place as Tangata Whenua” in New Zealand but then dampening down talk of co-governance.
He was asked what tino rangatiratanga meant to him in the context of The Treaty. After saying that he wasn’t an expert on The Treaty and almost prostrating himself in front of Jack Tame, who he said was “far more culturally fluent and literate” than he was, he stated that “it means partnership”.
That will likely be a disappointment to a great deal of readers on this website who will doubtless have read many articles clearly demonstrating the absence of the term or notion of partnership in the Treaty and the legal impossibility of a partnership between a sovereign and his/her subjects.
Chris also stated that “Maori have authority over their taonga, their treasure and their land” Seems reasonable at first but Maori activists don’t know the meaning of reason and as we’ve already seen they can justify any argument to fit Chris’s statement above........
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/12/derek-mackie-jurys-still-out-on-new.html
Christopher Luxon was interviewed on TVOne’s Q & A programme on Sunday and was asked about The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori governance. His statements were a mix of strongly supporting Maori and recognising their “special place as Tangata Whenua” in New Zealand but then dampening down talk of co-governance.
He was asked what tino rangatiratanga meant to him in the context of The Treaty. After saying that he wasn’t an expert on The Treaty and almost prostrating himself in front of Jack Tame, who he said was “far more culturally fluent and literate” than he was, he stated that “it means partnership”.
That will likely be a disappointment to a great deal of readers on this website who will doubtless have read many articles clearly demonstrating the absence of the term or notion of partnership in the Treaty and the legal impossibility of a partnership between a sovereign and his/her subjects.
Chris also stated that “Maori have authority over their taonga, their treasure and their land” Seems reasonable at first but Maori activists don’t know the meaning of reason and as we’ve already seen they can justify any argument to fit Chris’s statement above........
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2021/12/derek-mackie-jurys-still-out-on-new.html