Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 1, 2019 4:43:52 GMT 12
Dear Ed, (Sent to the NZ Listener 19/11/19)
The first sentence of your editorial 9/11 contained the following. “Capt. James Cook, who brought the first cats to NZ”
Are you inferring that Cook merely had cats aboard his ship, or are you inferring that he liberated cats onto NZ soil.?
If the former, you are being mischievous, and if the latter it is news to me despite attempts to confirm your statement.
Wikipedia has a very similar vague sentence, but I could find no other sources.
If your inference is correct then I would appreciate more details, such as.
Which of Cook’s three voyages, where were cats liberated, were they liberated deliberately, what were their sexes, did they survive and breed?
While it is fashionable to denigrate Cook, and all he stood for, can we stick to proven facts please.
MURRAY REID, Cambridge
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Wanganui Chronicle 13/11/19)
Re Murray Crawford letter November 12 about early settlers is right there were people here well before Maori arrived There were Ngati Hotu/ Celts Patupaiarehe, Kapupungapunga, Tureha, Moriori Waitaha, there were about 500-1000 Waitaha people living in Wanganui according to a Waitaha Paramount Chief. Most of these people, there ancestors are still living in New Zealand now.
One group of people were banished here in 1120AD by King Alexander 1st of Scotland as the record goes. The real meaning of the word Tangata Whenua is the (ancient ones ) or (the people before us) this was later changed to mean Maori.
The story about the banishment is to long for the paper to print.
IAN BROUGHAM, Tawhero
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers/unpublished-letters
The first sentence of your editorial 9/11 contained the following. “Capt. James Cook, who brought the first cats to NZ”
Are you inferring that Cook merely had cats aboard his ship, or are you inferring that he liberated cats onto NZ soil.?
If the former, you are being mischievous, and if the latter it is news to me despite attempts to confirm your statement.
Wikipedia has a very similar vague sentence, but I could find no other sources.
If your inference is correct then I would appreciate more details, such as.
Which of Cook’s three voyages, where were cats liberated, were they liberated deliberately, what were their sexes, did they survive and breed?
While it is fashionable to denigrate Cook, and all he stood for, can we stick to proven facts please.
MURRAY REID, Cambridge
Dear Editor, (Sent to the Wanganui Chronicle 13/11/19)
Re Murray Crawford letter November 12 about early settlers is right there were people here well before Maori arrived There were Ngati Hotu/ Celts Patupaiarehe, Kapupungapunga, Tureha, Moriori Waitaha, there were about 500-1000 Waitaha people living in Wanganui according to a Waitaha Paramount Chief. Most of these people, there ancestors are still living in New Zealand now.
One group of people were banished here in 1120AD by King Alexander 1st of Scotland as the record goes. The real meaning of the word Tangata Whenua is the (ancient ones ) or (the people before us) this was later changed to mean Maori.
The story about the banishment is to long for the paper to print.
IAN BROUGHAM, Tawhero
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers/unpublished-letters