Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 16, 2019 5:56:26 GMT 12
Hawkes Bay Today 16/2/19
PLEASE QUOTE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT WHEN QUOTING THE TREATY
After reading the views of Napier museum’s “curator of taonga Maori” I suggest that there should be a basic rule that whenever someone quotes the Treaty of Waitangi they should quote the actual Treaty.
It is really quite simple:
Through Article 1, the chiefs ceded forever the entire sovereignty of their country to Queen Victoria.
Article 2, the Queen confirmed that the chiefs, tribes and people of New Zealand owned what they owned (their lands, dwelling and property).
If the chiefs wished to sell any land they agreed to sell it to an agent of the Queen at prices agreed between them.
Article 3, the Queen promised the Maori people of New Zealand protection and the rights of British subjects.
Te Hira Henderson should point to the parts of the Treaty, either in Maori or English, which says that “its purpose was to allow Victoria to govern her colonial settlers while they lived in Aotearoa, to share resources back to the Queen, to have a partnership with the natives while protecting native land and rights, as natives, to their own resources”.
Te Hira should also point to the part of the Treaty that names New Zealand “Aotearoa” rather than “Nu Tirani”. (Abridged)
SARAH TAYLOR, Napier Hill
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PLEASE QUOTE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT WHEN QUOTING THE TREATY
After reading the views of Napier museum’s “curator of taonga Maori” I suggest that there should be a basic rule that whenever someone quotes the Treaty of Waitangi they should quote the actual Treaty.
It is really quite simple:
Through Article 1, the chiefs ceded forever the entire sovereignty of their country to Queen Victoria.
Article 2, the Queen confirmed that the chiefs, tribes and people of New Zealand owned what they owned (their lands, dwelling and property).
If the chiefs wished to sell any land they agreed to sell it to an agent of the Queen at prices agreed between them.
Article 3, the Queen promised the Maori people of New Zealand protection and the rights of British subjects.
Te Hira Henderson should point to the parts of the Treaty, either in Maori or English, which says that “its purpose was to allow Victoria to govern her colonial settlers while they lived in Aotearoa, to share resources back to the Queen, to have a partnership with the natives while protecting native land and rights, as natives, to their own resources”.
Te Hira should also point to the part of the Treaty that names New Zealand “Aotearoa” rather than “Nu Tirani”. (Abridged)
SARAH TAYLOR, Napier Hill
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers