Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 17, 2019 5:03:53 GMT 12
Dominion Post 17/1/19
CHATHAMS WARNING
The Chatham Islands is a microcosm of the worldwide practices of hunter-gatherer, tribal societies, developed from time Immemorial (Divided tribe, Jan 12). The rise of powerful flgures and families also is obvious within and between Maori tribes on mainland New Zealand.
Common to tribal societies with oral languages is a belief in the great works of their ancestors. These basic philosophies arise from the need to protect territory and thus access to food resources.
The intrusion of the people of European societies into tribal lands has brought knowledge. food, materials and the laws of democratic behaviour and governance. Not only have the tribal ways been superseded, but the preservation of tribal culture has become dependent on the availability of the new ways.
Chatham Islands society provides a sober warning of the inadequacies of tribalism.
MIKE WILLIAMS, Tawa
Northern Advocate 17/1/19
FISHING RIGHTS AND WRONGS
Marae KaIre's letter of 22/12/18 clearly states "Maori fishing rights" in Inshore bays and gulfs, her letter of 2/1/19 concedes there may be none, I will leave it to readers to decide if the former letter was mischievous or not.
A Marae trustee chairperson is authorised to issue permits to gather protected seafood for funerals or those terminally ill etc, however the recipients of these seafoods are not confined to race, so again this is not a 'Maori fishing right'.
Her opinion that most people of Maori descent wish to protect our fisheries is commendable, however It Is my opinion that most New Zealanders do so as well.
There seems to be a common condescending and indeed racist believe that maori somehow are natural conservationists, however there is no gene for conservation.
I don't know who the"we" are in Marie's letter of 2/1/19 who impel over-zealous seafood gatherers to return excessive shellfish to the beds, I hope that “we” are authorised officers and not a vigilante group? If It is the latter, this is a foreboding example of what could happen to curb even legit fishers should tribal claims to our beaches be successful
GEOFF PARKER, Whangarei
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
CHATHAMS WARNING
The Chatham Islands is a microcosm of the worldwide practices of hunter-gatherer, tribal societies, developed from time Immemorial (Divided tribe, Jan 12). The rise of powerful flgures and families also is obvious within and between Maori tribes on mainland New Zealand.
Common to tribal societies with oral languages is a belief in the great works of their ancestors. These basic philosophies arise from the need to protect territory and thus access to food resources.
The intrusion of the people of European societies into tribal lands has brought knowledge. food, materials and the laws of democratic behaviour and governance. Not only have the tribal ways been superseded, but the preservation of tribal culture has become dependent on the availability of the new ways.
Chatham Islands society provides a sober warning of the inadequacies of tribalism.
MIKE WILLIAMS, Tawa
Northern Advocate 17/1/19
FISHING RIGHTS AND WRONGS
Marae KaIre's letter of 22/12/18 clearly states "Maori fishing rights" in Inshore bays and gulfs, her letter of 2/1/19 concedes there may be none, I will leave it to readers to decide if the former letter was mischievous or not.
A Marae trustee chairperson is authorised to issue permits to gather protected seafood for funerals or those terminally ill etc, however the recipients of these seafoods are not confined to race, so again this is not a 'Maori fishing right'.
Her opinion that most people of Maori descent wish to protect our fisheries is commendable, however It Is my opinion that most New Zealanders do so as well.
There seems to be a common condescending and indeed racist believe that maori somehow are natural conservationists, however there is no gene for conservation.
I don't know who the"we" are in Marie's letter of 2/1/19 who impel over-zealous seafood gatherers to return excessive shellfish to the beds, I hope that “we” are authorised officers and not a vigilante group? If It is the latter, this is a foreboding example of what could happen to curb even legit fishers should tribal claims to our beaches be successful
GEOFF PARKER, Whangarei
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers