Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 31, 2023 5:00:51 GMT 12
Mike Butler: IWI LEADERS FEELING HEAT?
A comprehensive rant from a spokesman for the National Iwi Chairs Forum is a rare display of a privileged and powerful elite apparently feeling the heat of public criticism.
In a piece titled “Co-governance is good for us”, published in E-Tangata on August 27, 2023, Te Huia Bill Hamilton tries to counter Julian Batchelor’s Stop Co-Governance campaign. (1)
Hamilton, who declares that his ancestry is “Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa, Nga Rauru, Scotland”, is described as “a Treaty of Waitangi and human rights specialist and a lead adviser for the National Iwi Chairs Forum, who has spent 25 years educating Pakeha and tauiwi about Te Tiriti through his company Treaty Solutions”.
His LinkedIn page adds that he had been a branch manager for the Ministry of Maori Development, was a treaty settlements negotiator for Nga Rauru, was chair of the Maori Education Trust Board, and represented the Human Rights Commission.
Before I begin, it should go without saying that grouping any racial group under a racial title is itself racist. It therefore follows that the analysis below is racist, Hamilton’s analysis is racist, as is the government’s long-standing determination to categorise every individual in New Zealand according to race.
Hamilton capitalises on the reality that “New Zealanders have little knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi” by using the Waitangi Tribunal’s redefined treaty as the basis of his treaty views and does so without informing his readers.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/mike-butler-iwi-leaders-feeling-heat.html
A comprehensive rant from a spokesman for the National Iwi Chairs Forum is a rare display of a privileged and powerful elite apparently feeling the heat of public criticism.
In a piece titled “Co-governance is good for us”, published in E-Tangata on August 27, 2023, Te Huia Bill Hamilton tries to counter Julian Batchelor’s Stop Co-Governance campaign. (1)
Hamilton, who declares that his ancestry is “Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Raukawa, Nga Rauru, Scotland”, is described as “a Treaty of Waitangi and human rights specialist and a lead adviser for the National Iwi Chairs Forum, who has spent 25 years educating Pakeha and tauiwi about Te Tiriti through his company Treaty Solutions”.
His LinkedIn page adds that he had been a branch manager for the Ministry of Maori Development, was a treaty settlements negotiator for Nga Rauru, was chair of the Maori Education Trust Board, and represented the Human Rights Commission.
Before I begin, it should go without saying that grouping any racial group under a racial title is itself racist. It therefore follows that the analysis below is racist, Hamilton’s analysis is racist, as is the government’s long-standing determination to categorise every individual in New Zealand according to race.
Hamilton capitalises on the reality that “New Zealanders have little knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi” by using the Waitangi Tribunal’s redefined treaty as the basis of his treaty views and does so without informing his readers.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/mike-butler-iwi-leaders-feeling-heat.html