Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 7, 2022 9:46:47 GMT 12
Roger Childs: WAITANGI DAY – WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER
All citizens of the country regardless of their ethnic origins are first and foremost New Zealanders.
A HOLIDAY WITH MEANING?
It was called New Zealand Day for a number of years, but as it was the date of the signing of Te Tiriti in 1840, Waitangi Day is fine. However, the Treaty was not our founding document as is often claimed. It was not until 21 May that Governor Hobson officially declared British sovereignty over the whole country.
The British had been reluctant to take on New Zealand as a colony and were happy for the Governor of New South Wales to oversee what was going on across the Tasman. However, issues of law and order, as well as race relations became more complicated and fraught during the 1820s and 1830s.
The attitude of the British government changed as a result of....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/02/roger-childs-waitangi-day-what-we-need.html
All citizens of the country regardless of their ethnic origins are first and foremost New Zealanders.
A HOLIDAY WITH MEANING?
It was called New Zealand Day for a number of years, but as it was the date of the signing of Te Tiriti in 1840, Waitangi Day is fine. However, the Treaty was not our founding document as is often claimed. It was not until 21 May that Governor Hobson officially declared British sovereignty over the whole country.
The British had been reluctant to take on New Zealand as a colony and were happy for the Governor of New South Wales to oversee what was going on across the Tasman. However, issues of law and order, as well as race relations became more complicated and fraught during the 1820s and 1830s.
The attitude of the British government changed as a result of....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/02/roger-childs-waitangi-day-what-we-need.html