Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 7, 2019 16:17:16 GMT 12
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S WAITANGI DAY SPEECH
Over the course of eight months, over 500 Māori signed copies of Te Tiriti at various locations around New Zealand.
They had high hopes that articles Two and Three of Te Tiriti, in protecting their rights and their control of their lands, would ensure their sharing in the development of a new nation.
But the actions of the Government, installed by the Crown following on from this historic event, soon dashed those hopes.
Again and again, the Waitangi Tribunal has heard how tangata whenua were systematically deprived of their lands, how the Crown did not act to uphold its commitments in the Treaty and how the government reneged on its promises to build schools and hospitals, or allow adequate reserves for iwi use to be retained from land purchases.
Generations of Māori communities across Aotearoa experienced a steep decline in their economic, cultural, spiritual and physical wellbeing. Over time, Māori adopted various strategies to express their desire for a genuine Tiriti relationship with government, with little result......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1902/S00035/governor-generals-waitangi-day-speech.htm
Over the course of eight months, over 500 Māori signed copies of Te Tiriti at various locations around New Zealand.
They had high hopes that articles Two and Three of Te Tiriti, in protecting their rights and their control of their lands, would ensure their sharing in the development of a new nation.
But the actions of the Government, installed by the Crown following on from this historic event, soon dashed those hopes.
Again and again, the Waitangi Tribunal has heard how tangata whenua were systematically deprived of their lands, how the Crown did not act to uphold its commitments in the Treaty and how the government reneged on its promises to build schools and hospitals, or allow adequate reserves for iwi use to be retained from land purchases.
Generations of Māori communities across Aotearoa experienced a steep decline in their economic, cultural, spiritual and physical wellbeing. Over time, Māori adopted various strategies to express their desire for a genuine Tiriti relationship with government, with little result......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1902/S00035/governor-generals-waitangi-day-speech.htm