Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 5, 2019 4:38:51 GMT 12
New Zealand Herald 5/2/19
NORTHLAND GRANT
My understanding is that Treaty settlements were to compensate for past injustices and provide financial resources for development. I question why the regional growth fund should provide loan money to develop Maori land given that settlements have been made. Surely the RGF purpose is to develop regions for the benefit of all, not just Maori, land holders.
RUBIN LEVIN, Devonport.
EQUAL STATUS
Elizabeth Marvelly continues to maintain Maori did not cede sovereignty to the Queen (Parliament).
I have no idea where she gets this information from.
Sir Apirana Ngata, described as New Zealand’s greatest Maori leader, a prominent politician and lawyer, wrote “An explanation — The Treaty of Waitangi” in 1922. He concluded with the words, “The Treaty made the one law for the Maori and Pakeha ”. If you think things are wrong and bad then blame our ancestors who gave away their rights in the days when they were very powerful.”
He also mentions when speaking about the third article to the Treaty, “This article represents the greatest benefit bestowed upon the Maori people by her majesty the Queen. It states that the Maori and Pakeha are equal before the law. That is, they are to share the rights and privileges of all British subjects.” No more and no less.
We cannot move ahead in partnership (that means a partnership of all New Zealand’s different ethnic races) by continuing to look in the rear-vision mirror.
P. C. SEWELL, Campbells Bay.
UNDER TOW
Hec Busby has just received a knighthood for his nautical prowess and building of traditional waka.
In 1992 he sailed to Rarotonga and was accompanied by a support vessel which would have had the benefit of modern navigational technology and communication. They encountered a storm and were towed.
Busby had set out to prove his ancestors could navigate the Pacific and beyond. His ancestors never had the luxury of a support vessel with up to the minute navigation, and they were never towed.
DAVE MILLER, Rotorua.
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NORTHLAND GRANT
My understanding is that Treaty settlements were to compensate for past injustices and provide financial resources for development. I question why the regional growth fund should provide loan money to develop Maori land given that settlements have been made. Surely the RGF purpose is to develop regions for the benefit of all, not just Maori, land holders.
RUBIN LEVIN, Devonport.
EQUAL STATUS
Elizabeth Marvelly continues to maintain Maori did not cede sovereignty to the Queen (Parliament).
I have no idea where she gets this information from.
Sir Apirana Ngata, described as New Zealand’s greatest Maori leader, a prominent politician and lawyer, wrote “An explanation — The Treaty of Waitangi” in 1922. He concluded with the words, “The Treaty made the one law for the Maori and Pakeha ”. If you think things are wrong and bad then blame our ancestors who gave away their rights in the days when they were very powerful.”
He also mentions when speaking about the third article to the Treaty, “This article represents the greatest benefit bestowed upon the Maori people by her majesty the Queen. It states that the Maori and Pakeha are equal before the law. That is, they are to share the rights and privileges of all British subjects.” No more and no less.
We cannot move ahead in partnership (that means a partnership of all New Zealand’s different ethnic races) by continuing to look in the rear-vision mirror.
P. C. SEWELL, Campbells Bay.
UNDER TOW
Hec Busby has just received a knighthood for his nautical prowess and building of traditional waka.
In 1992 he sailed to Rarotonga and was accompanied by a support vessel which would have had the benefit of modern navigational technology and communication. They encountered a storm and were towed.
Busby had set out to prove his ancestors could navigate the Pacific and beyond. His ancestors never had the luxury of a support vessel with up to the minute navigation, and they were never towed.
DAVE MILLER, Rotorua.
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