Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 1, 2023 14:03:38 GMT 12
TWO UNPUBLISHED LETTERS TO THE NZ HERALD EDITOR
(1)
Your correspondent Edith Cullen has been led astray if she believes the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership between the Crown and Maaori.
The word “Partnership” does not appear in the Treaty or the Preamble to it.
Legally, I understand it is not possible for a Sovereign to enter into a partnership with one or more subjects.
Edith should also be aware that the “utterances” of MP’s Davidson and Jackson were threats of violence.
In many democracies they could be liable to charges of sedition or similar.
Murray Reid
Cambridge
(2)
Re Edith Cullen’s letter (23 November 2023). There is no wording in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi that states or even infers a Crown / Maori partnership. In fact it is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into a partnership with any of it's subjects’ - Article 3 of the treaty gave to Maori the rights of British subjects, which put signatories under political control of the Queen, hence no partnership.
Further, Article 3 of the treaty gave Maori rights as British subjects, which led to the current situation in which every voting age citizen of New Zealand, including those with Maori ancestry, have the same right to vote in free and regular elections.
Geoff Parker
Whangarei
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(1)
Your correspondent Edith Cullen has been led astray if she believes the Treaty of Waitangi was a partnership between the Crown and Maaori.
The word “Partnership” does not appear in the Treaty or the Preamble to it.
Legally, I understand it is not possible for a Sovereign to enter into a partnership with one or more subjects.
Edith should also be aware that the “utterances” of MP’s Davidson and Jackson were threats of violence.
In many democracies they could be liable to charges of sedition or similar.
Murray Reid
Cambridge
(2)
Re Edith Cullen’s letter (23 November 2023). There is no wording in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi that states or even infers a Crown / Maori partnership. In fact it is constitutionally impossible for the Crown to enter into a partnership with any of it's subjects’ - Article 3 of the treaty gave to Maori the rights of British subjects, which put signatories under political control of the Queen, hence no partnership.
Further, Article 3 of the treaty gave Maori rights as British subjects, which led to the current situation in which every voting age citizen of New Zealand, including those with Maori ancestry, have the same right to vote in free and regular elections.
Geoff Parker
Whangarei
Click to enlarge
