Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 8, 2021 11:16:18 GMT 12
SIR APIRANA NGATA’S SPEECH AT THE CENTENNIAL OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, 1940
This, delivered on 6 February 1940, was fortunately recorded for posterity and can be listened to on the ngataonga.org.nz website here.
At the 5:52 minute point he says: “Clause 1 of the Treaty handed over the mana and the sovereignty of New Zealand to Queen Victoria and her descendants for ever. That is the outstanding fact today. That but for the shield of the sovereignty handed over to Her Majesty and her descendants I doubt that there would be a free Maori race in New Zealand today.”....
waikanaewatch.org/2021/06/07/sir-apirana-ngatas-speech-at-the-centennial-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-1940/
This, delivered on 6 February 1940, was fortunately recorded for posterity and can be listened to on the ngataonga.org.nz website here.
At the 5:52 minute point he says: “Clause 1 of the Treaty handed over the mana and the sovereignty of New Zealand to Queen Victoria and her descendants for ever. That is the outstanding fact today. That but for the shield of the sovereignty handed over to Her Majesty and her descendants I doubt that there would be a free Maori race in New Zealand today.”....
waikanaewatch.org/2021/06/07/sir-apirana-ngatas-speech-at-the-centennial-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-1940/