Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 12, 2017 17:19:13 GMT 12
EDITORIAL: RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON MUTUAL RESPECT
Despite being the tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, it is revealing of how Maori are regarded within their country that they are still having to defend their culture.
To add insult to injury, Cook recently claimed Maori are not the indigenous people of this country. The fact falsehoods like this are still being uttered, no matter how flippant, is shameful.
It is a historical fact Maori rights have been trampled on and their traditional way of life severely disrupted through the process of colonisation, war and government legislation, which robbed iwi, hapu and whanau of their land.
Such actions were in direct breach of the country's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, and they are acts which have been acknowledged by the Crown, who have since made amends through the settlement process.
The Treaty of Waitangi created a partnership between Maori and Pakeha, but it still seems like tangata whenua are the ones getting the short end of the stick....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/92499053/editorial-relationships-are-built-on-mutual-respect
Despite being the tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, it is revealing of how Maori are regarded within their country that they are still having to defend their culture.
To add insult to injury, Cook recently claimed Maori are not the indigenous people of this country. The fact falsehoods like this are still being uttered, no matter how flippant, is shameful.
It is a historical fact Maori rights have been trampled on and their traditional way of life severely disrupted through the process of colonisation, war and government legislation, which robbed iwi, hapu and whanau of their land.
Such actions were in direct breach of the country's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, and they are acts which have been acknowledged by the Crown, who have since made amends through the settlement process.
The Treaty of Waitangi created a partnership between Maori and Pakeha, but it still seems like tangata whenua are the ones getting the short end of the stick....
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/92499053/editorial-relationships-are-built-on-mutual-respect