Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 26, 2021 2:45:33 GMT 12
Elizabeth Rata: RESPONDING TO ANDREW GEDDIS ON TREATY PARTNERSHIPS
My recent article about the role that the concept of a Treaty ‘partnership’ has played in the development of ethno-nationalism provoked a critical response from Professor Andrew Geddis. We obviously have different opinions about the value of a Treaty partnership in New Zealand’s liberal democracy. My purpose here is to address the specific matters raised by Geddis.
He is correct to point out that original 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act only permitted complaints to the Waitangi Tribunal about post-1975 breaches of the ‘principles of the Treaty by the Crown’. This does not in any way detract, as Geddis maintains, from my conclusion about the role of the 1985 Amendment Act. I argued that what differentiates the 1985 Amendment Act from the 1975 Act is the ‘recognition of iwi-Māori rather than pan-Māori as the inheritors of Treaty settlements’. That recognition established the reviving tribe as “both political player and economic corporation” and has been foundational in promoting the tino rangatiratanga or ethno-nationalism exemplified in the He Puapua report. I stand by this conclusion......
democracyproject.nz/2021/07/25/elizabeth-rata-responding-to-andrew-geddis-on-treaty-partnerships/
My recent article about the role that the concept of a Treaty ‘partnership’ has played in the development of ethno-nationalism provoked a critical response from Professor Andrew Geddis. We obviously have different opinions about the value of a Treaty partnership in New Zealand’s liberal democracy. My purpose here is to address the specific matters raised by Geddis.
He is correct to point out that original 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act only permitted complaints to the Waitangi Tribunal about post-1975 breaches of the ‘principles of the Treaty by the Crown’. This does not in any way detract, as Geddis maintains, from my conclusion about the role of the 1985 Amendment Act. I argued that what differentiates the 1985 Amendment Act from the 1975 Act is the ‘recognition of iwi-Māori rather than pan-Māori as the inheritors of Treaty settlements’. That recognition established the reviving tribe as “both political player and economic corporation” and has been foundational in promoting the tino rangatiratanga or ethno-nationalism exemplified in the He Puapua report. I stand by this conclusion......
democracyproject.nz/2021/07/25/elizabeth-rata-responding-to-andrew-geddis-on-treaty-partnerships/