Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 9, 2016 6:55:57 GMT 12
Dear Editor (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 4/10/16)
Your correspondent Glenys Daley Bop Times 4/10/16 does not need the words of Don Brash The Treaty of Waitangi or Hobson who drafted it to understand what it was about
She just needs to read the words of the Maori chiefs who signed it to know that they fully understood the concept of the Queens sovereignty over them
The Maori of the time became British subjects hence Hobsons statement " He iwi tahi tatou" A massive gift to them
This understanding was repeated by the Chiefs at the 1860 Kohimarama conference 20 years later as evidenced by their statements then
All this was of course before the revisionist history that she believes in and so beloved of separatists
G F
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 3/10/16)
The letters to the editor today were genuinely warm and sincere with
both Bonnie Leonard and Isabel Ashmore in unison on the efforts of Don
Brash to combat the rising separatism and to hopefully make us all the
one people we should be.
However on the opposite page was Tommy Wilson throwing cold water on any
attempt at unity.
Tommy, there are so many separate agencies set up especially for Maori
and I do wonder why we are not all under the same umbrella as simply New
Zealanders.
The housing shortage should not be race-specific, neither should health,
education, council and government seats, sports teams, statutory boards,
advisory committees, and a host of others.
Don Brash's team includes several high profile Maori, and I applaud
their efforts to unite us all as simply New Zealanders.
R B
Tauranga
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Otago Daily Times 2/10/16)
Exactly when the programme to undermine democracy in N.Z was first spawned is unclear. However, in recent years, the Attorney General and Minister of Treaty Of Waitangi Negotiations, Mr. Christopher Finlayson M.P. has, ( wittingly or unwittingly ) been an important instrument in its spectacular progress.
Mr Finlayson's hand in the Taranaki Tribes Settlement Bill is obvious. It's right there in the clause which hands political power over to the tribes by giving them six decision making roles on the local authority, purely on the basis of their race ~ and without public voting.
If Mr Finlayson thinks that it is democratically acceptable to arbitrarily impose racially selected appointments then he believes in racial discrimination ( which is both undemocratic and illegal ) and furthermore he either misunderstands democracy or disagrees with it.
Any of these cases disqualifies him from any kind of political position in a ( supposed ) democracy.
He should resign immediately and seek some other line of work. MacDonald's springs to mind.
C R.
Dunedin
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Dominion Post 28/9/16)
Alex Smith, (Dominion Post, 28/9/16) is a very deluded man. Talk of a “Treaty partner” is nonsense. There is no such thing. Neither is there a ”role of Te Tiriti in Aotearoa” to hold close to his heart nor any “Treaty relationship” and its “mana” is a modern invention. The Treaty of Waitangi did not mention ”Aotearoa” nor fisheries – that idea is more modern pretence.
By the treaty, the chiefs ceded sovereignty to the Queen, all Maoris became British subjects with the same rights as others and the property rights of all New Zealanders were affirmed. That is all. It was a done deal in 1840, soon superseded by other constitutional developments and it is high time to put it back there to stay. Smith’s claim that “we need a framework for creating marine protected areas that places Maori and Te Tiriti at its heart” is yet another delusion. We need a hole in the head rather more.
BRUCE MOON
Nelson
Your correspondent Glenys Daley Bop Times 4/10/16 does not need the words of Don Brash The Treaty of Waitangi or Hobson who drafted it to understand what it was about
She just needs to read the words of the Maori chiefs who signed it to know that they fully understood the concept of the Queens sovereignty over them
The Maori of the time became British subjects hence Hobsons statement " He iwi tahi tatou" A massive gift to them
This understanding was repeated by the Chiefs at the 1860 Kohimarama conference 20 years later as evidenced by their statements then
All this was of course before the revisionist history that she believes in and so beloved of separatists
G F
Tauranga
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Bay of Plenty Times 3/10/16)
The letters to the editor today were genuinely warm and sincere with
both Bonnie Leonard and Isabel Ashmore in unison on the efforts of Don
Brash to combat the rising separatism and to hopefully make us all the
one people we should be.
However on the opposite page was Tommy Wilson throwing cold water on any
attempt at unity.
Tommy, there are so many separate agencies set up especially for Maori
and I do wonder why we are not all under the same umbrella as simply New
Zealanders.
The housing shortage should not be race-specific, neither should health,
education, council and government seats, sports teams, statutory boards,
advisory committees, and a host of others.
Don Brash's team includes several high profile Maori, and I applaud
their efforts to unite us all as simply New Zealanders.
R B
Tauranga
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Otago Daily Times 2/10/16)
Exactly when the programme to undermine democracy in N.Z was first spawned is unclear. However, in recent years, the Attorney General and Minister of Treaty Of Waitangi Negotiations, Mr. Christopher Finlayson M.P. has, ( wittingly or unwittingly ) been an important instrument in its spectacular progress.
Mr Finlayson's hand in the Taranaki Tribes Settlement Bill is obvious. It's right there in the clause which hands political power over to the tribes by giving them six decision making roles on the local authority, purely on the basis of their race ~ and without public voting.
If Mr Finlayson thinks that it is democratically acceptable to arbitrarily impose racially selected appointments then he believes in racial discrimination ( which is both undemocratic and illegal ) and furthermore he either misunderstands democracy or disagrees with it.
Any of these cases disqualifies him from any kind of political position in a ( supposed ) democracy.
He should resign immediately and seek some other line of work. MacDonald's springs to mind.
C R.
Dunedin
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Dominion Post 28/9/16)
Alex Smith, (Dominion Post, 28/9/16) is a very deluded man. Talk of a “Treaty partner” is nonsense. There is no such thing. Neither is there a ”role of Te Tiriti in Aotearoa” to hold close to his heart nor any “Treaty relationship” and its “mana” is a modern invention. The Treaty of Waitangi did not mention ”Aotearoa” nor fisheries – that idea is more modern pretence.
By the treaty, the chiefs ceded sovereignty to the Queen, all Maoris became British subjects with the same rights as others and the property rights of all New Zealanders were affirmed. That is all. It was a done deal in 1840, soon superseded by other constitutional developments and it is high time to put it back there to stay. Smith’s claim that “we need a framework for creating marine protected areas that places Maori and Te Tiriti at its heart” is yet another delusion. We need a hole in the head rather more.
BRUCE MOON
Nelson