Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 13, 2023 9:37:17 GMT 12
Mike Butler: WHY DOES DAVID WIND UP MOANA?
Why does ACT leader David Seymour’s proposed referendum annoy television presenter Moana Maniapoto so much?
Her latest rant titled Words matter, published yesterday in E-Tangata, is a jumbled version of the current anti-referendum narrative recited by go-to “experts” on all things Maori whose writings are reproduced in Public Interest Journalism Fund publications.
Seymour calls for a national debate on the treaty.
Moana says such a debate is not possible because the history curriculum has only just been introduced and trolls on the internet are “thick”.
Seymour goes with how the treaty was understood at the time it was written, which was in 1840, when it was drafted in English and translated into Maori.
Moana says that the treaty “reaffirmed chiefly tino rangatiratanga and granted the Crown authority to govern their own people”.
She stressed that chiefs never ceded sovereignty because the Waitangi Tribunal said they didn’t.
Moana added that “even international law dictates that, when in doubt, any interpretation must favour the party which didn’t draft it”.
She was referring to the “contra proferentem” rule that was created in Canadian law in 1952.
Moana sourced the “contra proferentem” rule with a hyperlink to a page on the Treaty of Waitangi for Dummies site.
Her narrative, which is jumbled, follows the narrative that appeared in Dame Anne Salmond’s piece titled Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire critiqued at A vote on the treaty?
Are these go-to experts like Moana and Dame Anne following a talking point missive from the Iwi Leaders Group to mainstream media outlets which are still incentivised by Public Interest Journalism Fund dollars?
After all, Seymour in government would help repeal Three Waters, and that would take away from iwi leaders their recently gained control of council water supplies.
Moana does not address ACT’s proposed three-clause act, which would say:....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/mike-butler-why-does-david-wind-up-moana.html
Why does ACT leader David Seymour’s proposed referendum annoy television presenter Moana Maniapoto so much?
Her latest rant titled Words matter, published yesterday in E-Tangata, is a jumbled version of the current anti-referendum narrative recited by go-to “experts” on all things Maori whose writings are reproduced in Public Interest Journalism Fund publications.
Seymour calls for a national debate on the treaty.
Moana says such a debate is not possible because the history curriculum has only just been introduced and trolls on the internet are “thick”.
Seymour goes with how the treaty was understood at the time it was written, which was in 1840, when it was drafted in English and translated into Maori.
Moana says that the treaty “reaffirmed chiefly tino rangatiratanga and granted the Crown authority to govern their own people”.
She stressed that chiefs never ceded sovereignty because the Waitangi Tribunal said they didn’t.
Moana added that “even international law dictates that, when in doubt, any interpretation must favour the party which didn’t draft it”.
She was referring to the “contra proferentem” rule that was created in Canadian law in 1952.
Moana sourced the “contra proferentem” rule with a hyperlink to a page on the Treaty of Waitangi for Dummies site.
Her narrative, which is jumbled, follows the narrative that appeared in Dame Anne Salmond’s piece titled Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire critiqued at A vote on the treaty?
Are these go-to experts like Moana and Dame Anne following a talking point missive from the Iwi Leaders Group to mainstream media outlets which are still incentivised by Public Interest Journalism Fund dollars?
After all, Seymour in government would help repeal Three Waters, and that would take away from iwi leaders their recently gained control of council water supplies.
Moana does not address ACT’s proposed three-clause act, which would say:....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/11/mike-butler-why-does-david-wind-up-moana.html