Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 18, 2016 9:32:00 GMT 12
Dear Editor (Sent to the Nelson Mail 5/9/16
The “shared sovereignty” called for by the Maori ‘king’, Tuheitia, (Nelson Mail, August 22) was a central policy of the kingite movement in their rebellion against the Crown. They lost a great deal by that claim; after they were defeated, many generous Government offers were turned down with a refusal to recognise that the Queen’s sovereignty extended over everyone.
It was only in 1953 that Koroki recognised that this was one country when he wrote to Queen Elizabeth II, with the following clear words. “In handing over this Address of Fealty, I also tender words of Faith, Hope and Love. And in appending my name to it I also subscribe an Oath of True Allegiance in peace to the Crown.”
Tuheitia now refutes the words of Koroki. The return to the claims of the past foolishly threatens to rekindle the conflict of that time.
John Robinson
Wellington
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Waikato Times 1/9/16)
The proposed commemoration of the New Zealand wars will lead to more awareness of our history - and therein could possibly lie a problem.
Who will check that those who present this history, do so truthfully?
The Battle of Rangiowhia in 1864 is just one incident of re-written history featured in a recent blog for a Waikato tribe.
It mischievously states that "a massacre of innocents took place when Maori took refuge from the fighting in St Paul's Church. This was surrounded by British troops who set the church alight and 144 people, mostly women and children, were burned alive."
The church is still standing and it is very possible that the blogger has been misled by this deliberately wilful propaganda.
Maori, loyal to the goverment, should also be honoured for their assistance in defeating the Kingitanga rebels, being pivotal in bringing a swifter end to the Waikato war.
Also the many thousands of Maori who perished in the inter-tribal slaughter of the Musket Wars.
There are multiple layers to the proposed commemoration to acknowledge the many wars that took place in the shaping of our country.
R B
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 31/8/16)
The proposed commemoration of the New Zealand wars will lead to more awareness of our history - and therein could possibly lie a problem.
Who will check that those who present this history, do so truthfully?
The Battle of Rangiowhia in 1864 is just one incident of re-written history featured in a recent blog for a Waikato tribe.
It mischievously states that "a massacre of innocents took place when Maori took refuge from the fighting in St Paul's Church. This was surrounded by British troops who set the church alight and 144 people, mostly women and children, were burned alive."
The church is still standing and it is very possible that the blogger has been misled by this deliberately wilful propaganda.
Maori, loyal to the goverment, should also be honoured for their assistance in defeating the Kingitanga rebels, being pivotal in bringing a swifter end to the Waikato war.
Also the many thousands of Maori who perished in the inter-tribal slaughter of the Musket Wars.
There are multiple layers to the proposed commemoration to acknowledge the many wars that took place in the shaping of our country.
R B
Tauranga
The “shared sovereignty” called for by the Maori ‘king’, Tuheitia, (Nelson Mail, August 22) was a central policy of the kingite movement in their rebellion against the Crown. They lost a great deal by that claim; after they were defeated, many generous Government offers were turned down with a refusal to recognise that the Queen’s sovereignty extended over everyone.
It was only in 1953 that Koroki recognised that this was one country when he wrote to Queen Elizabeth II, with the following clear words. “In handing over this Address of Fealty, I also tender words of Faith, Hope and Love. And in appending my name to it I also subscribe an Oath of True Allegiance in peace to the Crown.”
Tuheitia now refutes the words of Koroki. The return to the claims of the past foolishly threatens to rekindle the conflict of that time.
John Robinson
Wellington
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Waikato Times 1/9/16)
The proposed commemoration of the New Zealand wars will lead to more awareness of our history - and therein could possibly lie a problem.
Who will check that those who present this history, do so truthfully?
The Battle of Rangiowhia in 1864 is just one incident of re-written history featured in a recent blog for a Waikato tribe.
It mischievously states that "a massacre of innocents took place when Maori took refuge from the fighting in St Paul's Church. This was surrounded by British troops who set the church alight and 144 people, mostly women and children, were burned alive."
The church is still standing and it is very possible that the blogger has been misled by this deliberately wilful propaganda.
Maori, loyal to the goverment, should also be honoured for their assistance in defeating the Kingitanga rebels, being pivotal in bringing a swifter end to the Waikato war.
Also the many thousands of Maori who perished in the inter-tribal slaughter of the Musket Wars.
There are multiple layers to the proposed commemoration to acknowledge the many wars that took place in the shaping of our country.
R B
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 31/8/16)
The proposed commemoration of the New Zealand wars will lead to more awareness of our history - and therein could possibly lie a problem.
Who will check that those who present this history, do so truthfully?
The Battle of Rangiowhia in 1864 is just one incident of re-written history featured in a recent blog for a Waikato tribe.
It mischievously states that "a massacre of innocents took place when Maori took refuge from the fighting in St Paul's Church. This was surrounded by British troops who set the church alight and 144 people, mostly women and children, were burned alive."
The church is still standing and it is very possible that the blogger has been misled by this deliberately wilful propaganda.
Maori, loyal to the goverment, should also be honoured for their assistance in defeating the Kingitanga rebels, being pivotal in bringing a swifter end to the Waikato war.
Also the many thousands of Maori who perished in the inter-tribal slaughter of the Musket Wars.
There are multiple layers to the proposed commemoration to acknowledge the many wars that took place in the shaping of our country.
R B
Tauranga