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Hawkes Bay Today 30/4/16 (Text 2 Ed section)
■ Re Horiana, I think you are trying to rewrite history. My great grandmother was a school teacher, she said the Maori children had to speak English at school so they could learn to read and write wkh the rest of the class. Any child, Maori or Pakeha, who disobeyed the school rules was punished or strapped. If the language was taught in the home it would never have been lost, as with other races. Lucky the early missionaries recorded and wrote it down for you.
■ Fostering Te Reo, another great example of passing the buck Horianna Robin. Maori have let themselves down and their language. Look in the mirror and you will find the problem. Too many Maori Just couldn't be bothered ADM
■ Years ago Te Reo was taught in the home. Can parents not do that now, harping on about what happened to Maori years ago is getting this country nowhere.
■ Horiana Robin. If you think I am going to waste my vote in favour of the current, national government In the misguided hope that the current PM gives a flying duck about keeping Te Reo alive then you are sadly mistaken.
■ How are the Kermadecs customary fishing grounds for Maori? It would seem to be a long way to paddle a waka there and back.
Bay of Plenty Times 30/4/16
NAME CHANGES
There are two local name changes in our news this week and I am sure that I speak for many with my opinion on both.
My local library is in Greerton Village which the council are refusing to name Greerton Village Library. There is a huge clue in the names of Greerton Village Community Association and Greerton Village School — so it is obvious that the library also be named Greerton Village Library. Cynically, I feel that it is already a done deal and the logo and notepaper is already printed up as "Greerton Library" — and the wishes of the people are ignored.
The other bone of contention is the new name change for Cambridge Park, once again a done deal, and without the courtesy of even seeking an opinion of the local residents. Two residents have already written letters to this newspaper about it, and while they are the ones who have put pen to paper, there will be many more just as outraged. I find it appalling that rate-payers wishes are not being listened to. (Abridged)
R B
Tauranga
Tauranga's recent history of name changes
■ Churchill Park to Matiu Kauri Grove.
■ Hammond St Reserve to Te Pahou Reserve.
■ Harbour Bridge and approaches to Te Awanui Drive.
■ Route K and Waikareao Expressway to Takitimu Drive.
A link to an article re the above letter > www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11631576
Wanganui Chronicle 30/4/16
DAY OF UNITY
Louise Barnicoat has missed a few things — not only were there no people with Maori features or names in Chester's letter, but there were no women, no "outed" gays and no conscientious objectors. Maybe Chester has realised that "He iwi tahi tatou" — "We are now one people". We are Kiwis, one and all Who knows, maybe one of those pictured could have felt he was a Maori or gay or ... ?
As for being mono-cultural, Louise also assumes that they were all Christian Europeans — no Jews, no Muslims, none married to Maori or women of other races.
Anzac Day is the one day that, so far, has not been ruined by racist activists and other groups. It is a day of unity and the celebration of the honesty, courage and community that makes New Zealand stand out from the rest of the world. Let's keep it that way and make it our official New Zealand Day instead of the mess that Waitangi Day is.
T O'C
Heads Road
SEPARATIST VIEWS
In Thursday's letters, Louise Barnicoat bemoans the fact that our MP Chester Borrows did not mention Maori specifically in his newsletter. Last time I looked, Louise, we were all New Zealanders — a term that encompasses all races. May I suggest you stop whinging and take your separatist views elsewhere as there is no place for it in our society.
D P
Eastown
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Did you know that May 3 is New Zealand's independence day? Queen Victoria's Royal Charter/ Letters Patent dated November 16, 1840 was New Zealand's true founding d °cement and first consti-tution as it separated New Zealand from its New South Wales dependency on May :3, 1841, — when New Zealand became an independent British colony with its own gover-nor and constitution to form a legal government under one flag and one law, with courts and judges to enforce the law.
While we celebrate the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6 every year, this day only gave sovereignty of New Zealand to Great Britain, and tangata Maori the same rights as
the people of England under the dependency of New South Wales. Queen Victoria or Lt-Governor Hobson did not have the power or authority to give tangata Maori any special rights or privileges in the Treaty of Waitangi not already enjoyed by all the people of Eng-land, and none were given.
On May 3, 1841, New Zealand became a British colony under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour or creed. While this day was celebrated at the time, it has gone unnoticed ever since. We must again celebrate May 3 as our independence day.
ROSS BAKER
Palmerston North
■ Re Horiana, I think you are trying to rewrite history. My great grandmother was a school teacher, she said the Maori children had to speak English at school so they could learn to read and write wkh the rest of the class. Any child, Maori or Pakeha, who disobeyed the school rules was punished or strapped. If the language was taught in the home it would never have been lost, as with other races. Lucky the early missionaries recorded and wrote it down for you.
■ Fostering Te Reo, another great example of passing the buck Horianna Robin. Maori have let themselves down and their language. Look in the mirror and you will find the problem. Too many Maori Just couldn't be bothered ADM
■ Years ago Te Reo was taught in the home. Can parents not do that now, harping on about what happened to Maori years ago is getting this country nowhere.
■ Horiana Robin. If you think I am going to waste my vote in favour of the current, national government In the misguided hope that the current PM gives a flying duck about keeping Te Reo alive then you are sadly mistaken.
■ How are the Kermadecs customary fishing grounds for Maori? It would seem to be a long way to paddle a waka there and back.
Bay of Plenty Times 30/4/16
NAME CHANGES
There are two local name changes in our news this week and I am sure that I speak for many with my opinion on both.
My local library is in Greerton Village which the council are refusing to name Greerton Village Library. There is a huge clue in the names of Greerton Village Community Association and Greerton Village School — so it is obvious that the library also be named Greerton Village Library. Cynically, I feel that it is already a done deal and the logo and notepaper is already printed up as "Greerton Library" — and the wishes of the people are ignored.
The other bone of contention is the new name change for Cambridge Park, once again a done deal, and without the courtesy of even seeking an opinion of the local residents. Two residents have already written letters to this newspaper about it, and while they are the ones who have put pen to paper, there will be many more just as outraged. I find it appalling that rate-payers wishes are not being listened to. (Abridged)
R B
Tauranga
Tauranga's recent history of name changes
■ Churchill Park to Matiu Kauri Grove.
■ Hammond St Reserve to Te Pahou Reserve.
■ Harbour Bridge and approaches to Te Awanui Drive.
■ Route K and Waikareao Expressway to Takitimu Drive.
A link to an article re the above letter > www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11631576
Wanganui Chronicle 30/4/16
DAY OF UNITY
Louise Barnicoat has missed a few things — not only were there no people with Maori features or names in Chester's letter, but there were no women, no "outed" gays and no conscientious objectors. Maybe Chester has realised that "He iwi tahi tatou" — "We are now one people". We are Kiwis, one and all Who knows, maybe one of those pictured could have felt he was a Maori or gay or ... ?
As for being mono-cultural, Louise also assumes that they were all Christian Europeans — no Jews, no Muslims, none married to Maori or women of other races.
Anzac Day is the one day that, so far, has not been ruined by racist activists and other groups. It is a day of unity and the celebration of the honesty, courage and community that makes New Zealand stand out from the rest of the world. Let's keep it that way and make it our official New Zealand Day instead of the mess that Waitangi Day is.
T O'C
Heads Road
SEPARATIST VIEWS
In Thursday's letters, Louise Barnicoat bemoans the fact that our MP Chester Borrows did not mention Maori specifically in his newsletter. Last time I looked, Louise, we were all New Zealanders — a term that encompasses all races. May I suggest you stop whinging and take your separatist views elsewhere as there is no place for it in our society.
D P
Eastown
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Did you know that May 3 is New Zealand's independence day? Queen Victoria's Royal Charter/ Letters Patent dated November 16, 1840 was New Zealand's true founding d °cement and first consti-tution as it separated New Zealand from its New South Wales dependency on May :3, 1841, — when New Zealand became an independent British colony with its own gover-nor and constitution to form a legal government under one flag and one law, with courts and judges to enforce the law.
While we celebrate the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6 every year, this day only gave sovereignty of New Zealand to Great Britain, and tangata Maori the same rights as
the people of England under the dependency of New South Wales. Queen Victoria or Lt-Governor Hobson did not have the power or authority to give tangata Maori any special rights or privileges in the Treaty of Waitangi not already enjoyed by all the people of Eng-land, and none were given.
On May 3, 1841, New Zealand became a British colony under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour or creed. While this day was celebrated at the time, it has gone unnoticed ever since. We must again celebrate May 3 as our independence day.
ROSS BAKER
Palmerston North