Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 2, 2023 10:22:28 GMT 12
Henry Armstrong: NEW ZEALAND IS IN A DEMOCRATIC SHAMBLES – BUT WHO IS LISTENING?
Using the MMP system plus the Maori seats results in New Zealanders of Maori descent having four avenues of entering Parliament, compared to just two for everyone else: elected by Maori to a Maori seat; as a list candidate for any of the political parties; elected to a general (non-Maori) seat; and finally, via Te Pati Maori (The Maori Party).....
.....In 2023 New Zealand, however, various academics, historians and political activists now contend that the Treaty does not mean what it clearly says, but means what these charlatans now, in 2023, say it means.
Using flawed concepts such as “presentism” (applying today’s values to historical events), plus revisionist histories and disingenuous arguments, as well as outright lies, these revisionists claim that the Treaty is a “partnership” between the various tribes and the Crown.
They quote an “obiter dictum” by Justice Cook in the 1987 Lands Case as evidence, when he opined that in his view the Treaty was “akin” to a “partnership”. The fact that “obiter dicta” have no legal status or authority is simply ignored by the revisionists.
Using this approach, the revisionists now claim that under their “partnership” interpretation, Maori are entitled to co-govern New Zealand. Co-governance models for political and constitutional reform are currently being widely discussed with Maori iwi, using two reports - He Puapua (2019) and Matike Mai Aotearoa (2016).
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/09/henry-armstrong-new-zealand-is-in.html
Using the MMP system plus the Maori seats results in New Zealanders of Maori descent having four avenues of entering Parliament, compared to just two for everyone else: elected by Maori to a Maori seat; as a list candidate for any of the political parties; elected to a general (non-Maori) seat; and finally, via Te Pati Maori (The Maori Party).....
.....In 2023 New Zealand, however, various academics, historians and political activists now contend that the Treaty does not mean what it clearly says, but means what these charlatans now, in 2023, say it means.
Using flawed concepts such as “presentism” (applying today’s values to historical events), plus revisionist histories and disingenuous arguments, as well as outright lies, these revisionists claim that the Treaty is a “partnership” between the various tribes and the Crown.
They quote an “obiter dictum” by Justice Cook in the 1987 Lands Case as evidence, when he opined that in his view the Treaty was “akin” to a “partnership”. The fact that “obiter dicta” have no legal status or authority is simply ignored by the revisionists.
Using this approach, the revisionists now claim that under their “partnership” interpretation, Maori are entitled to co-govern New Zealand. Co-governance models for political and constitutional reform are currently being widely discussed with Maori iwi, using two reports - He Puapua (2019) and Matike Mai Aotearoa (2016).
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/09/henry-armstrong-new-zealand-is-in.html