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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 3, 2017 7:07:42 GMT 12
Wanganui Chronicle 3/1/17
VICTIM OF WHAT? Potonga Neilson (Wanganui Chronicle December 30) seems to think he is a victim and speaks on behalf of the tribes of Taranaki. But a victim of what?
Mr Neilson, remaining a victim of circumstance is what people choose and it's not something forced upon them. It is a choice you have made. It allows you to blame other people and encourages you to avoid responsibility for your own life and feel sorry for your self and guarantees you will remain a perceived victim of some injustice.
Remember the potato famine in Ireland 1845 and the brutality of the English towards the Irish people, who left Ireland in droves to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or face starvation? These Irish people were victims of circumstance but chose not to remain a victim of circumstance.
Maori corporations registered as charitable trusts pay no tax — a special privilege not available to others. We again see millions of dollars going to resurrect the Maori language. We see unelected Maori appointed to councils not available to others. We see massive Treaty settlements and most unjustified.
I also note the Maori chiefs in Taranaki sold land, some of it three times over, to settlers and the purchasers were then forced to give it back to the tribes. Who became the victim then? M L Te Puke
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