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Wairarapa Times-Age 25/5/16
POLITICAL RIGHTS
Cheryl Cavanagh ( Times-Age May 20) seems unaware that the issue of people having inherited political rights by reason of ancestry is a national matter, not one confined to Masterton.
It took many centuries to remove such rights of appointment.
Now we have people wanting to turn back the clock, compromise democracy and impose privilege on a racist basis. Kneejerk reactions are her own.
As for principles, in his classic book The Treaty of Waitangi, written in 1914 before political correctness overwhelmed us, TL Buick concludes: “There being amongst them [the chiefs] a wide comprehension of the two great principles embodied in the treaty — that they were surrendering the magisterial control of the country to the Queen, and retaining the possession of the land . . .
Britain’s right to colonise and govern in New Zealand was incontestable before the world.” Buick states the only real principles embodied in the treaty. The recently invented batch of so-called principles is entirely spurious.
BRUCE MOON
Nelson
TEXTS section
■ Finally a voice of reason —David Farlows comments are right on the mark. Politically Correct individuals & groups should take heed of his comments and maybe adopt a similar stance, then just maybe Maori be able to stand on their own 2 feet, and improve their personal lives in the future.
The New Zealand Herald 25/5/16 (Short & Sweet section)
ON VIOLENCE
Twenty years on from Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff is still telling it like it is in far too many Maori homes. What a shame he no longer lives here and that Maori leaders, politicians, academics, media commentators and activists remain silent.
F A
Papatoetoe.
POLITICAL RIGHTS
Cheryl Cavanagh ( Times-Age May 20) seems unaware that the issue of people having inherited political rights by reason of ancestry is a national matter, not one confined to Masterton.
It took many centuries to remove such rights of appointment.
Now we have people wanting to turn back the clock, compromise democracy and impose privilege on a racist basis. Kneejerk reactions are her own.
As for principles, in his classic book The Treaty of Waitangi, written in 1914 before political correctness overwhelmed us, TL Buick concludes: “There being amongst them [the chiefs] a wide comprehension of the two great principles embodied in the treaty — that they were surrendering the magisterial control of the country to the Queen, and retaining the possession of the land . . .
Britain’s right to colonise and govern in New Zealand was incontestable before the world.” Buick states the only real principles embodied in the treaty. The recently invented batch of so-called principles is entirely spurious.
BRUCE MOON
Nelson
TEXTS section
■ Finally a voice of reason —David Farlows comments are right on the mark. Politically Correct individuals & groups should take heed of his comments and maybe adopt a similar stance, then just maybe Maori be able to stand on their own 2 feet, and improve their personal lives in the future.
The New Zealand Herald 25/5/16 (Short & Sweet section)
ON VIOLENCE
Twenty years on from Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff is still telling it like it is in far too many Maori homes. What a shame he no longer lives here and that Maori leaders, politicians, academics, media commentators and activists remain silent.
F A
Papatoetoe.