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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 1, 2017 16:17:19 GMT 12
TARANAKI LAND WAR CONTINUESWaitara Māori say it’s hard to commemorate the New Zealand Land Wars when they’re still fighting for their land. In 1860, the first shot fired in the Taranaki Land Wars was in Waitara between the Crown and Māori. 157 years later, Waitara Māori believe they’re still in the same war. Doorbar says because Māori history has never been taught in schools, it’s caused problems for race relations between Māori and Pākehā..... www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/native-affairs-taranaki-land-war-continuesTŪHOE AND TE KOOTI'S HISTORY RECLAIMEDTūhoe were vilified for providing sanction to the Crown’s number one enemy, Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, but Tūhoe has a different story. Ringatū founder, Te Kooti wrote a letter to Tūhoe after escaping the Chatham Islands seeking permission to pass through Te Urewera. Quite rightly so, Tūhoe were hesitant. Professor Taiarahia Black of Te Wānanga o Awanuiārangi describes Tūhoe as protecting their own sovereignty and eventually agreed to let him through. "Every archival scribe will tell you what greater New Zealand want to hear, that Tūhoe provided sanction to the presence of Te Kooti in Te Urewera, I think the wrong term is sanctioned," says Black. Tūhoe didn't sign the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, but the Crown assumed sovereignty over their territory nonetheless. So when the Crown attempted to capture Te Kooti while he was on Tūhoe territory, Tūhoe needed to maintain their mana motuhake..... www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/native-affairs-tuhoe-and-te-kootis-history-reclaimed
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