Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 16, 2018 5:16:41 GMT 12
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Christchurch Press 10/12/18)
Professor Angus McFarlane of the University of Canterbury relates that “Educators are calling for the Treaty of Waitangi to be taught accurately and in depth in schools, but lack of teaching material and underlying resistance is getting in the way”.
I agree! There are some 4000 sights throughout the country which could reveal material of interest to our pre-Maori history, according to an English archaeologist.
He further states that “If you are passionate about being a New Zealander, you must be passionate about the Treaty of Waitangi”.
Well, to a degree. What we should be passionate about is celebrating Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/Letters Patent on November 16, 1840, separating New Zealand from the New South Wales Government and a Constitution to form a Government to make and enforce laws and which have been completely ignored by successive Governments and academics!
KEVAN G. MARKS, Kaipara.
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Nelson Mail 9/12/18)
In a talk about Maori studies, Social Studies teacher Mary Greenland, of Nelson, states that: “students do not have a great deal of in depth knowledge, a lot of it is quite superficial. Another barrier to teaching about the treaty is that the students were often not very enthused.”
Perhaps they are aware that there were people here before Maori, and should be part of the school curriculum.
A leader of the Patupaiarehe people, who were here 1000 years before Maori, was addressing the Waitangi Tribunal recently and was told to shut up and sit down because she was extinct.
What gross effrontery! Forbidden History, a book by John Dudley Aldworth, should be part of the history which is taught at schools!
KEVAN G. MARKS, Kaipara.
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Mangawhai Focus 9/12/18)
Professor Angus McFarlane of the University of Canterbury relates that “Educators are calling for the Treaty of Waitangi to be taught accurately and in depth in schools, but lack of teaching material and underlying resistance is getting in the way.” I agree, but not for the same reason. He further states that “If you are passionate about being a New Zealander, you must be passionate about the Treaty of Waitangi.”
Well, to a degree. What we should be passionate about is celebrating Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/Letters Patent on November 16, 1840, separating New Zealand from the New South Wales Government and a Constitution to form a Government to make and enforce laws, and which has been completely ignored by Government and academics!
I am informed by an English archaeologist that there some 4000 sights that he would like to come back and dig about in, many of which may prove that there were people here before the people we now collectively know as Maori. Many Maori themselves will tell you that.
Social Studies teacher Mary Greenland, of Nelson, agrees with Angus. “Many of them do not have a great deal of in depth knowledge, a lot of it is quite superficial,” she says. “Another barrier to teaching about the treaty is that the students were often not very enthused,” she continues.
Perhaps they are not stupid! Maybe they are aware that there is more to our history than “meets the eye”.
History teacher Clementine Frazer states that “everyone in New Zealand should know about, and engage in discussion around, the treaty, it’s interesting, it’s necessary, it’s ours”. There again, I agree!
She makes some good points, but Alan Richards replies admirably to each of her many statements in Kiwi Frontline. It makes excellent reading.
In her 12 years teaching the history of the treaty, has she taught them about the Jesus watch, the glyphs in stones at Raglan, the cave drawings in South Canterbury and Otago?
Has she taught her pupils about the 60,000 plus human skeletons that Northern Maori took to Robinsons Mill in Auckland to be ground up for fertiliser and paid 3 pence for each bag of bones brought to them?
What happened to the Patupaiarehe (Ngati Hotu) people who were here about 1000 years before Maori arrived, and some 3000 of them still walk among us today, and the Waitaha people who followed them some 300 years later?
Has she taught them about a leader of the Patupaiarehe who, when she got up to address the Waitangi Tribunal, was told to shut up and sit down because she was extinct?
These are just a few of many questions that come to mind. I agree that we should know more about the treaty, how it saved Maori from cannibalism, slavery, and gave them the greatest gift of the time, i.e. British Citizenship!
How about a debate to be set up on one of our TV stations to answer these, and many other questions?
Let us have a nationwide discussion. Surely we can find people who will be able to give us a lively discussion as well and would be interesting to many people.
There are some 80/90 books written about the history of the nation, as well as articles and artifacts held in museums and libraries. One of the latest books is Forbidden History, by John Dudley Aldworth. This book should be read by every school child.
KAWENA HORI MAAKA, (KEVAN GEORGE MARKS), Kaipara.
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Professor Angus McFarlane of the University of Canterbury relates that “Educators are calling for the Treaty of Waitangi to be taught accurately and in depth in schools, but lack of teaching material and underlying resistance is getting in the way”.
I agree! There are some 4000 sights throughout the country which could reveal material of interest to our pre-Maori history, according to an English archaeologist.
He further states that “If you are passionate about being a New Zealander, you must be passionate about the Treaty of Waitangi”.
Well, to a degree. What we should be passionate about is celebrating Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/Letters Patent on November 16, 1840, separating New Zealand from the New South Wales Government and a Constitution to form a Government to make and enforce laws and which have been completely ignored by successive Governments and academics!
KEVAN G. MARKS, Kaipara.
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Nelson Mail 9/12/18)
In a talk about Maori studies, Social Studies teacher Mary Greenland, of Nelson, states that: “students do not have a great deal of in depth knowledge, a lot of it is quite superficial. Another barrier to teaching about the treaty is that the students were often not very enthused.”
Perhaps they are aware that there were people here before Maori, and should be part of the school curriculum.
A leader of the Patupaiarehe people, who were here 1000 years before Maori, was addressing the Waitangi Tribunal recently and was told to shut up and sit down because she was extinct.
What gross effrontery! Forbidden History, a book by John Dudley Aldworth, should be part of the history which is taught at schools!
KEVAN G. MARKS, Kaipara.
Dear Sir, (Sent to the Mangawhai Focus 9/12/18)
Professor Angus McFarlane of the University of Canterbury relates that “Educators are calling for the Treaty of Waitangi to be taught accurately and in depth in schools, but lack of teaching material and underlying resistance is getting in the way.” I agree, but not for the same reason. He further states that “If you are passionate about being a New Zealander, you must be passionate about the Treaty of Waitangi.”
Well, to a degree. What we should be passionate about is celebrating Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/Letters Patent on November 16, 1840, separating New Zealand from the New South Wales Government and a Constitution to form a Government to make and enforce laws, and which has been completely ignored by Government and academics!
I am informed by an English archaeologist that there some 4000 sights that he would like to come back and dig about in, many of which may prove that there were people here before the people we now collectively know as Maori. Many Maori themselves will tell you that.
Social Studies teacher Mary Greenland, of Nelson, agrees with Angus. “Many of them do not have a great deal of in depth knowledge, a lot of it is quite superficial,” she says. “Another barrier to teaching about the treaty is that the students were often not very enthused,” she continues.
Perhaps they are not stupid! Maybe they are aware that there is more to our history than “meets the eye”.
History teacher Clementine Frazer states that “everyone in New Zealand should know about, and engage in discussion around, the treaty, it’s interesting, it’s necessary, it’s ours”. There again, I agree!
She makes some good points, but Alan Richards replies admirably to each of her many statements in Kiwi Frontline. It makes excellent reading.
In her 12 years teaching the history of the treaty, has she taught them about the Jesus watch, the glyphs in stones at Raglan, the cave drawings in South Canterbury and Otago?
Has she taught her pupils about the 60,000 plus human skeletons that Northern Maori took to Robinsons Mill in Auckland to be ground up for fertiliser and paid 3 pence for each bag of bones brought to them?
What happened to the Patupaiarehe (Ngati Hotu) people who were here about 1000 years before Maori arrived, and some 3000 of them still walk among us today, and the Waitaha people who followed them some 300 years later?
Has she taught them about a leader of the Patupaiarehe who, when she got up to address the Waitangi Tribunal, was told to shut up and sit down because she was extinct?
These are just a few of many questions that come to mind. I agree that we should know more about the treaty, how it saved Maori from cannibalism, slavery, and gave them the greatest gift of the time, i.e. British Citizenship!
How about a debate to be set up on one of our TV stations to answer these, and many other questions?
Let us have a nationwide discussion. Surely we can find people who will be able to give us a lively discussion as well and would be interesting to many people.
There are some 80/90 books written about the history of the nation, as well as articles and artifacts held in museums and libraries. One of the latest books is Forbidden History, by John Dudley Aldworth. This book should be read by every school child.
KAWENA HORI MAAKA, (KEVAN GEORGE MARKS), Kaipara.
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers/unpublished-letters