Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 16, 2023 9:42:12 GMT 12
Mike Butler: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED ‘RANGATIRATANGA’?
Now here is where I’m asking you to read more Maori words than you’ll ever be exposed to on a woke news bulletin. But stay with me. It’s easier than you think.
Since the treaty was drafted in English and translated into Maori, what English word did the word “rangatiratanga” translate?
If you put the English text of Article 2 next to the Te Tiriti Article 2, you will see that “te tino rangatiratanga o o ratou wenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga katoa” translates “the possession of their lands, dwellings and all their property”.
So “te tino rangatiratanga” translates “the possession”.
So where does Harris get his phrase “the absolute authority for Maori over their taonga, promised in te Tiriti”?....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/mike-butler-what-is-this-thing-called.html
Now here is where I’m asking you to read more Maori words than you’ll ever be exposed to on a woke news bulletin. But stay with me. It’s easier than you think.
Since the treaty was drafted in English and translated into Maori, what English word did the word “rangatiratanga” translate?
If you put the English text of Article 2 next to the Te Tiriti Article 2, you will see that “te tino rangatiratanga o o ratou wenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga katoa” translates “the possession of their lands, dwellings and all their property”.
So “te tino rangatiratanga” translates “the possession”.
So where does Harris get his phrase “the absolute authority for Maori over their taonga, promised in te Tiriti”?....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/mike-butler-what-is-this-thing-called.html