Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 10, 2022 2:48:04 GMT 12
TE PĀTI MĀORI REFUSE TO CONGRATULATE QUEEN ON PLATINUM JUBILEE
Te Pāti Māori says it was “tone-deaf and colour-blind” to acknowledge the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Waitangi Day, given the Crown’s role in “the degradation of the rights of tangata whenua for 182 years”.
On Wednesday, Parliament debated whether it should “congratulate Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne”.
Labour, National, the Greens, and ACT all voted in favour of the motion. Te Pāti Māori voted against it......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/09/te-pati-maori-refuse-to-congratulate-queen-on-platinum-jubilee/
Te Pāti Māori says it was “tone-deaf and colour-blind” to acknowledge the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Waitangi Day, given the Crown’s role in “the degradation of the rights of tangata whenua for 182 years”.
On Wednesday, Parliament debated whether it should “congratulate Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne”.
Labour, National, the Greens, and ACT all voted in favour of the motion. Te Pāti Māori voted against it......
www.1news.co.nz/2022/02/09/te-pati-maori-refuse-to-congratulate-queen-on-platinum-jubilee/