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The Northern Advocate 6/9/16
RECOGNITION DUE
In 1867, the Maori people were granted seats in Parliament as a temporary measure. In 2016, almost 150 years later, those temporary seats are still there.
In 2010, Pita Sharples went to the United Nations to sign the declaration on indigenous rights as pertaining to the Maori people. The decision would help restore New Zealand’s mana in handling these rights. Did it need restoring? Many settlements have been signed and multi-billions of dollars have been paid to the Maori elite, which the UN reports as "imperfect".
Does the UN know, or even care about, the Patupairarehe and Waitaha people, who were here long before Maori, and were slaughtered by them in their thousands, and that some of their descendants live among us today? Did Mr Sharples tell the UN about them? Possibly not. And so I agree with the UN, it is imperfect!
These people have two things going against them. They are quiet and peaceful people. Does the Government recognise them? If not, it is about plurry time they did! And it is about time that they did something about those temporary Maori seats in Parliament as well!
KEVAN G MARKS
Kaipara
Northland Age 6/9/16
MORE USEFUL
The letter of Reuben Chapple (No 'unjust' war, September 1) is impressive as to both its detail and its clarity.
It has prompted my brain to remember when I was on an important justice committee of the Catholic Church a few decades ago. Also on that committee was a part-Maori chap named Alvin Arnold, for whom this committee and other such church and `social justice'- related activities were his occupation.
Reuben Chapple has brought to my mind that Alvin proposed that the law of contracts should not apply to Maori. He gave no particular rationale for this extraordinary proposal, except that contracts are really a European idea. Needless to say, that proposal never saw the light of day. Another proposal that Alvin put forward was that, for New Zealanders, the Old Testament of the Bible should be replaced by Maori mythology.
Later I found that Alvin had changed his name. Like Steven O'Regan, who became Tipene O'Regan for political purposes, Alvin Arnold found the name Manuka Henare more useful.
Manuka now finds himself as Associate Professor in Maori Business Development at Auckland University.
L L
Snells Beach
RECOGNITION DUE
In 1867, the Maori people were granted seats in Parliament as a temporary measure. In 2016, almost 150 years later, those temporary seats are still there.
In 2010, Pita Sharples went to the United Nations to sign the declaration on indigenous rights as pertaining to the Maori people. The decision would help restore New Zealand’s mana in handling these rights. Did it need restoring? Many settlements have been signed and multi-billions of dollars have been paid to the Maori elite, which the UN reports as "imperfect".
Does the UN know, or even care about, the Patupairarehe and Waitaha people, who were here long before Maori, and were slaughtered by them in their thousands, and that some of their descendants live among us today? Did Mr Sharples tell the UN about them? Possibly not. And so I agree with the UN, it is imperfect!
These people have two things going against them. They are quiet and peaceful people. Does the Government recognise them? If not, it is about plurry time they did! And it is about time that they did something about those temporary Maori seats in Parliament as well!
KEVAN G MARKS
Kaipara
Northland Age 6/9/16
MORE USEFUL
The letter of Reuben Chapple (No 'unjust' war, September 1) is impressive as to both its detail and its clarity.
It has prompted my brain to remember when I was on an important justice committee of the Catholic Church a few decades ago. Also on that committee was a part-Maori chap named Alvin Arnold, for whom this committee and other such church and `social justice'- related activities were his occupation.
Reuben Chapple has brought to my mind that Alvin proposed that the law of contracts should not apply to Maori. He gave no particular rationale for this extraordinary proposal, except that contracts are really a European idea. Needless to say, that proposal never saw the light of day. Another proposal that Alvin put forward was that, for New Zealanders, the Old Testament of the Bible should be replaced by Maori mythology.
Later I found that Alvin had changed his name. Like Steven O'Regan, who became Tipene O'Regan for political purposes, Alvin Arnold found the name Manuka Henare more useful.
Manuka now finds himself as Associate Professor in Maori Business Development at Auckland University.
L L
Snells Beach