Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 25, 2018 8:55:17 GMT 12
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Northland Age and 4 other papers 27/6/18)
Who are these people called Maori.
Are they the people that stole the land from the tangata whenua ( the original inhabitants) in the 14thcentury?
Are they the people that begged Britain to protect them in 1831?
Are they the people that were on the brink of becoming extinct because of their love of human flesh?
Are they the people that Britain gave the same rights as the people of England without lifting a finger in 1840?
Are they the people called tangata Maori in the Tiriti o Waitangi, not tangata whenua?
Are they the people that have intermarried of their own free will with people from other lands until today they are only Maori in legislation?
And finally, are they the people that government believe are a special group that should have a say in how our country is run when their ancestors couldn’t run it in 1831 and asked for Britain’s help?
IAN BROUGHAM, Wanganui
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