Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 31, 2024 16:12:39 GMT 12
Chris Newman: TREATY PRINCIPLES COME BEFORE RHETORIC.
What were those fundamental principles, recognised by the British lawgivers, and by the clergymen who assisted Captain Hobson to write Te Tiriti? What were the principled Articles which the Maori chiefs, well-versed in diplomacy, political discourse, and tribal survival, were willing to embrace?
These principles were the oldest, most well-established articles of conduct acceptable to people. They were the principles enshrined in the British Common Law with its roots stretching back to 1,500 B.C.
Today, many politicians, media, academics, and influencers orchestrate discussions about Te Tiriti’s principles. However they demonstrate a woeful ignorance, or a deliberate denial of the ancient principles that support British Common Law and Western Civil Society. These principles shaped the Magna Carta of 1215. They support every major statute of the Westminster Mother Parliament, and they flourish in the hearts of people of good-will. The same principles are enshrined in the Bible’s Ten Commandments, written some 3,500 years before Te Tiriti.
MP Mat Rata was educated in the Ten Commandments. He was a disciple of the famous Maori Prophet T.W. Ratana whose mission ran from 1920 to 1939. Prophet Ratana declared on every marae in the country, “With Te Tiriti in one hand and the Bible in the other”. Until Rata’s 1975 Act, Maori people knew and accepted Te Tiriti’s Christian principles as a settled matter, so did all New Zealanders.
What are these principles? A careful reading of the Ten Commandments reveals the code of conduct, summarized thusly: act with honour, take responsibility for your actions, do not commit a foul. Every chief understood these rules. The missionaries taught them, Captain Hobson, his superiors, and Queen Victoria, lived by this code called the Golden Rule. Westminster Parliament was founded on the Bible’s principles, and its statutes were soaked in Christian morality.
New Zealand’s politicians, academics, media, and influencers should refer to the rulebook, ‘Parliamentary Practice on New Zealand, Chapter 3 – Role and Expectations of Members”. The section, “Conduct of members and Ministers” says it all: 3.4.1 Assumption that members are honourable, 3.4.2 Integrity and honesty, 3.4.3 Expectations of member behaviour, 3.4.4 Review of bullying and harassment in parliamentary workplace”.
Read that publication to discover principled terms like, “fidelity”, “absolute probity”, “careful”, “avoid misunderstandings”, “crime…bribe…offence”. This language defines the public’s expectation for parliamentarians’ moral conduct. Te Tiriti’s principles, therefore, are the Common Law legacy from our Mother Parliament, Westminster.
The people of New Zealand expect all MPs to adhere strictly to these principles, to, “act with honour, take responsibility for your actions, do not commit a foul”. That is the minimum requirement for public office. Local Body representatives are expected to maintain the same moral standard.
Can you understand why debates about Te Tiriti’s principles must honour the British Common Law and its Biblical fundamentals?
Unfortunately, many MPs, the media, academics, and influencers have abandoned any connection to moral principles. They would re-define the language and meaning in terms of political talking points.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/05/chris-newman-treaty-principles-come.html
What were those fundamental principles, recognised by the British lawgivers, and by the clergymen who assisted Captain Hobson to write Te Tiriti? What were the principled Articles which the Maori chiefs, well-versed in diplomacy, political discourse, and tribal survival, were willing to embrace?
These principles were the oldest, most well-established articles of conduct acceptable to people. They were the principles enshrined in the British Common Law with its roots stretching back to 1,500 B.C.
Today, many politicians, media, academics, and influencers orchestrate discussions about Te Tiriti’s principles. However they demonstrate a woeful ignorance, or a deliberate denial of the ancient principles that support British Common Law and Western Civil Society. These principles shaped the Magna Carta of 1215. They support every major statute of the Westminster Mother Parliament, and they flourish in the hearts of people of good-will. The same principles are enshrined in the Bible’s Ten Commandments, written some 3,500 years before Te Tiriti.
MP Mat Rata was educated in the Ten Commandments. He was a disciple of the famous Maori Prophet T.W. Ratana whose mission ran from 1920 to 1939. Prophet Ratana declared on every marae in the country, “With Te Tiriti in one hand and the Bible in the other”. Until Rata’s 1975 Act, Maori people knew and accepted Te Tiriti’s Christian principles as a settled matter, so did all New Zealanders.
What are these principles? A careful reading of the Ten Commandments reveals the code of conduct, summarized thusly: act with honour, take responsibility for your actions, do not commit a foul. Every chief understood these rules. The missionaries taught them, Captain Hobson, his superiors, and Queen Victoria, lived by this code called the Golden Rule. Westminster Parliament was founded on the Bible’s principles, and its statutes were soaked in Christian morality.
New Zealand’s politicians, academics, media, and influencers should refer to the rulebook, ‘Parliamentary Practice on New Zealand, Chapter 3 – Role and Expectations of Members”. The section, “Conduct of members and Ministers” says it all: 3.4.1 Assumption that members are honourable, 3.4.2 Integrity and honesty, 3.4.3 Expectations of member behaviour, 3.4.4 Review of bullying and harassment in parliamentary workplace”.
Read that publication to discover principled terms like, “fidelity”, “absolute probity”, “careful”, “avoid misunderstandings”, “crime…bribe…offence”. This language defines the public’s expectation for parliamentarians’ moral conduct. Te Tiriti’s principles, therefore, are the Common Law legacy from our Mother Parliament, Westminster.
The people of New Zealand expect all MPs to adhere strictly to these principles, to, “act with honour, take responsibility for your actions, do not commit a foul”. That is the minimum requirement for public office. Local Body representatives are expected to maintain the same moral standard.
Can you understand why debates about Te Tiriti’s principles must honour the British Common Law and its Biblical fundamentals?
Unfortunately, many MPs, the media, academics, and influencers have abandoned any connection to moral principles. They would re-define the language and meaning in terms of political talking points.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/05/chris-newman-treaty-principles-come.html