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26/9/16
Sept 26, 2016 5:18:14 GMT 12
Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 26, 2016 5:18:14 GMT 12
Waikato Times 26/9/16
‘PHISHING’ TRIP The Maori Party is on a Kermadec Islands phishing expedition to see what treasure they can trawl up. They are set on preventing New Zealand establishing a marine reserve there, to the extent they are prepared to blackmail the government.
In Maori mythology Polynesians came to NZ via the Kermadecs and returned. There is no evidence to support this. Wind patterns suggest Polynesians came to NZ directly. There is one tiny bit of questionable evidence suggesting Maori may once have visited briefly, about 1300. The only thing that links Maori to the group is mythology. Prolific artefacts suggest a direct Polynesian connection. There is no evidence at all the Kermadecs were regularly visited. Maori never settled and any cooking fires are well and truly extinguished. Talk of the Kermadecs being port for waka repairs is just nonsense.
Maori Party claims must be seen as an attempt to rort privilege based on bluster and bogus history. Mythology is the equivalent of pub talk and just as reliable. The Maori Party has 1% of voters. It does not speak for Maori as more Maori vote National, Labour or Green. M L Hamilton
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