ARTICLE TWO - Treaty of Waitangi

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ARTICLE TWO - Treaty of Waitangi

What article 2 really said is that the chiefs etc. and ALL THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND were guaranteed the possession of their property.

A claim that there was any unqualified exercise of chieftainship is flagrant treaty-twisting. 

The point is that DERIVATION IS NOT THE SAME AS TRANSLATION.

By B M

[second-class-citizen]

Yes, this plainly means that if you own something, that under British law, nobody can take it from you. You have the right to buy, own and sell property etc. It does not mean that you own something and when you sell it, it remains yours!!! Maori, and all other New Zealanders had the right to own, buy and sell property...everyone treated the same. What person other than one with a race based inflated sense of entitlement could possibly interpret that as anything else....bearing in mind it was written in 1840 in relatively plain english for all to understand. If the British were cunning and greedy they may have inserted pieces where they stood to gain.....but they didn't! While maori like to portray themselves as some hard done by (part) race struggling with the modern world, most in the know, see them as corrupt greedy racists and a huge source of embarrassment to NZ.