Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 22, 2023 18:06:45 GMT 12
John Robinson: THE PRINCIPLE OF THE TREATY
The Waitangi Tribunal, and the 1975 Act which set it up, insists that we must be guided by – and follow – the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
As there are no principles stated in the Treaty, such principles must be derived from the text.
This proves to be simple, and easy.
The Treaty is clear that sovereignty goes to Great Britain, and that all New Zealanders are British subjects – all equal, not divided in any way into different classes of citizen. Here is the principle of equality.
This was emphasized at Waitangi by Captain Hobson when he proclaimed one level of citizenship, succinctly, allowing no room for doubt.
This is the conclusion reached by Ruth Ross in 1972 in a scholarly examination of the Treaty. “If Waitangi 1840 held any real promise for the future, it was perhaps in Hobson’s few words of halting Maori to each man as he signed: He iwi tahi tatou, ‘We are one people’.”
THERE IS ONLY ONE PRINCIPLE SET DOWN IN THE 1840 TREATY OF WAITANGI, ONE THAT WE CAN ALL EMBRACE AND FOLLOW IN 2023 – WE ARE ALL EQUAL, NOT DIVIDED BY RACE.
If only the Waitangi Tribunal had recognised this fact, New Zealand would be a far happier, united, nation today, not split by racial division into two unequal peoples.
It is this principle that we now fight for today – equality.
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/john-robinson-principle-of-treaty.html
The Waitangi Tribunal, and the 1975 Act which set it up, insists that we must be guided by – and follow – the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
As there are no principles stated in the Treaty, such principles must be derived from the text.
This proves to be simple, and easy.
The Treaty is clear that sovereignty goes to Great Britain, and that all New Zealanders are British subjects – all equal, not divided in any way into different classes of citizen. Here is the principle of equality.
This was emphasized at Waitangi by Captain Hobson when he proclaimed one level of citizenship, succinctly, allowing no room for doubt.
This is the conclusion reached by Ruth Ross in 1972 in a scholarly examination of the Treaty. “If Waitangi 1840 held any real promise for the future, it was perhaps in Hobson’s few words of halting Maori to each man as he signed: He iwi tahi tatou, ‘We are one people’.”
THERE IS ONLY ONE PRINCIPLE SET DOWN IN THE 1840 TREATY OF WAITANGI, ONE THAT WE CAN ALL EMBRACE AND FOLLOW IN 2023 – WE ARE ALL EQUAL, NOT DIVIDED BY RACE.
If only the Waitangi Tribunal had recognised this fact, New Zealand would be a far happier, united, nation today, not split by racial division into two unequal peoples.
It is this principle that we now fight for today – equality.
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/john-robinson-principle-of-treaty.html