Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 31, 2024 5:31:26 GMT 12
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL: PĀKEHĀ TREATY GROUP CALLS OUT DAVID SEYMOUR’S ‘DIVISIVE’ POLITICS
A group of Pākehā calling themselves Te Tiriti Is Us wants to have an adult conversation with Act leader David Seymour about his proposed Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.
Blake said Seymour’s bill is driving a wedge between Māori and non-Māori.
“An adult conversation should be based on honest facts.
“Act’s bill is based on a false translation of Te Tiriti, as stated in a recent open letter signed by 27 professional te reo translators. This deliberate use of untrue information by Act and David Seymour is duplicitous and is not the way to lead an adult conversation about New Zealand’s founding document.”
Blake said her group is a group of “senior Pākehā New Zealanders angered by this divisive and dishonest attempt to break the promises of the Treaty signatories, with Act pretending that they are making everyone equal.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/treaty-principles-bill-pakeha-treaty-group-calls-out-david-seymour-divisive-politics/ALJVGXHYP5FRVDL6LWG2ABP45M/
A group of Pākehā calling themselves Te Tiriti Is Us wants to have an adult conversation with Act leader David Seymour about his proposed Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.
Blake said Seymour’s bill is driving a wedge between Māori and non-Māori.
“An adult conversation should be based on honest facts.
“Act’s bill is based on a false translation of Te Tiriti, as stated in a recent open letter signed by 27 professional te reo translators. This deliberate use of untrue information by Act and David Seymour is duplicitous and is not the way to lead an adult conversation about New Zealand’s founding document.”
Blake said her group is a group of “senior Pākehā New Zealanders angered by this divisive and dishonest attempt to break the promises of the Treaty signatories, with Act pretending that they are making everyone equal.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/treaty-principles-bill-pakeha-treaty-group-calls-out-david-seymour-divisive-politics/ALJVGXHYP5FRVDL6LWG2ABP45M/