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NATIONAL AND LABOUR DEFEND TE PAPA'S RIGHT TO DISPLAY ENGLISH VERSION OF TREATY OF WAITANGI
Both National and Labour have defended Te Papa's right to display an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi after it was defaced by protesters on Monday.
Willis said the English text was a historical artefact which belonged in a national museum.
"I don't think we do well to silence parts of our history. Debating history involves acknowledging that there is an English text of Te Tiriti."
Similarly, Labour leader Chris Hipkins told RNZ he had no problem with Te Papa displaying the English text.
"We need to make sure we continue to preserve our history, warts and all," Hipkins said.
"The two Treaty partners were working on a different interpretation of what the Treaty meant and that is actually part of our history.".....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/504531/national-and-labour-defend-te-papa-s-right-to-display-english-version-of-treaty-of-waitangi
TE PAPA SHOULD REMOVE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI - MĀORI LEGAL EXPERT
A Māori legal expert is urging Te Papa to listen to protesters and remove its large display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Kaihautū for Māori Laws and Philosophy at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and honorary associate professor of Māori studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, Carwyn Jones, said Te Papa's Treaty of Waitangi exhibition needs to change.
He said there was confusion about Te Tiriti and Te Papa's exhibition added to that
The protesters want the exhibition re-designed, with the large English version of the Treaty removed and a direct translation of the te reo Māori text added in.
They said the display should make it explicit that Māori never ceded sovereignty, contrary to what is in the English document which rangatira never signed.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504494/te-papa-should-remove-english-version-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-maori-legal-expert
Both National and Labour have defended Te Papa's right to display an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi after it was defaced by protesters on Monday.
Willis said the English text was a historical artefact which belonged in a national museum.
"I don't think we do well to silence parts of our history. Debating history involves acknowledging that there is an English text of Te Tiriti."
Similarly, Labour leader Chris Hipkins told RNZ he had no problem with Te Papa displaying the English text.
"We need to make sure we continue to preserve our history, warts and all," Hipkins said.
"The two Treaty partners were working on a different interpretation of what the Treaty meant and that is actually part of our history.".....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/504531/national-and-labour-defend-te-papa-s-right-to-display-english-version-of-treaty-of-waitangi
TE PAPA SHOULD REMOVE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI - MĀORI LEGAL EXPERT
A Māori legal expert is urging Te Papa to listen to protesters and remove its large display of the English version of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Kaihautū for Māori Laws and Philosophy at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and honorary associate professor of Māori studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, Carwyn Jones, said Te Papa's Treaty of Waitangi exhibition needs to change.
He said there was confusion about Te Tiriti and Te Papa's exhibition added to that
The protesters want the exhibition re-designed, with the large English version of the Treaty removed and a direct translation of the te reo Māori text added in.
They said the display should make it explicit that Māori never ceded sovereignty, contrary to what is in the English document which rangatira never signed.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504494/te-papa-should-remove-english-version-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-maori-legal-expert