Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 9, 2024 15:09:19 GMT 12
Graham Adams: THE HIGHLY INCONVENIENT SIR APIRANA NGATA.
Māori politicians across the political divide have lauded Ngata’s wisdom and influence. In 2022, Te Pati Māori President John Tamihere described him as the “late, great Sir Apirana Ngata”; that same year NZ First leader Winston Peters praised the “intellectual and cultural superiority of Sir Apirana Ngata, Sir Maui Pomare and Sir Peter Buck”; in 2010, former Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson called him “Māoridom’s greatest politician and social engineer”.
However, as soon as the topic of sovereignty under the Treaty of Waitangi crops up, Māori nationalists dismiss Ngata as a “man of his time” with old-fashioned views. The conversation turns awkward as they are obliged to explain how Māoridom’s favourite son has feet of clay given he maintained that rangatira handed full sovereignty to the Crown in 1840…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/02/graham-adams-highly-inconvenient-sir.html
Māori politicians across the political divide have lauded Ngata’s wisdom and influence. In 2022, Te Pati Māori President John Tamihere described him as the “late, great Sir Apirana Ngata”; that same year NZ First leader Winston Peters praised the “intellectual and cultural superiority of Sir Apirana Ngata, Sir Maui Pomare and Sir Peter Buck”; in 2010, former Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson called him “Māoridom’s greatest politician and social engineer”.
However, as soon as the topic of sovereignty under the Treaty of Waitangi crops up, Māori nationalists dismiss Ngata as a “man of his time” with old-fashioned views. The conversation turns awkward as they are obliged to explain how Māoridom’s favourite son has feet of clay given he maintained that rangatira handed full sovereignty to the Crown in 1840…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/02/graham-adams-highly-inconvenient-sir.html