Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 26, 2021 9:14:34 GMT 12
FASCINATING TALK FROM ANDY OAKLEY AT THE KAPITI HISTORIC SOCIETY
He spelled out the facts that the only valid treaty is the one signed on 6 February 1840 and that the Tribunal incorrectly uses the bogus 1840 Freeman Treaty which did not have official approval at the time.
Freeman had changed the wording from the original and added flourishes of his own.
(Reference my WW article on the Treaty of Waitangi)
Andy made a number of other key points.
* The Treaty applied to all the people of New Zealand — both native peoples and settlers.
* The chiefs and tribes did cede sovereignty to Queen Victoria but were able to retain full possession of their lands, dwellings and property.
* Maori were not specifically named as a group in the Treaty as the word with a capital M only came later in the 1840s.
* Maori was used as an adjective with a small m, meaning normal, ordinary when referring to people.
* There is no such thing as “race”, however the Tribunal will only accept claims from a member “of the Maori race”......
waikanaewatch.org/2021/02/25/fascinating-talk-from-andy-oakley-at-the-kapiti-historic-society/
He spelled out the facts that the only valid treaty is the one signed on 6 February 1840 and that the Tribunal incorrectly uses the bogus 1840 Freeman Treaty which did not have official approval at the time.
Freeman had changed the wording from the original and added flourishes of his own.
(Reference my WW article on the Treaty of Waitangi)
Andy made a number of other key points.
* The Treaty applied to all the people of New Zealand — both native peoples and settlers.
* The chiefs and tribes did cede sovereignty to Queen Victoria but were able to retain full possession of their lands, dwellings and property.
* Maori were not specifically named as a group in the Treaty as the word with a capital M only came later in the 1840s.
* Maori was used as an adjective with a small m, meaning normal, ordinary when referring to people.
* There is no such thing as “race”, however the Tribunal will only accept claims from a member “of the Maori race”......
waikanaewatch.org/2021/02/25/fascinating-talk-from-andy-oakley-at-the-kapiti-historic-society/