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Northland Age 4/7/19
FULL AND FINAL
In 1975 the government enacted the Treaty of Waitangi Act that created the Waitangi tribunal to hear claims that may occur after 1975. Most claims before this time had been “fully and finally settled,” or “rejected,” by court inquiries and Parliament.
The Act was amended in 1985 to allow claims to date back to 1840. In most cases these had already been fully and finally settled, or rejected.
This Act breaches English law, and the Magna Carta, as it only allows a New Zealand citizen who can claim a minute trace of tangata Maori ancestry to lodge a claim or participate. Non-Maori cannot lodge a claim, participate, or appeal a recommendation by the tribunal to the government, which in most cases is misled by the Select Committee and Parliament accepts the Bill without further investigation.
A past chairman of the tribunal, Chief Judge Eddie Durie, admitted in the ‘NZ Herald’ dated November 17, 1999, that researchers fabricate and modify evidence, omit evidence not helpful to the claim, and in some cases were not paid unless they changed their research to support the claim.
Some claims that were investigated by the court in the 1930s through 1940s, such as the Te Roroa claim that was rejected by Chief Judge Shepherd and Parliament, have been recommended and settled without one document of evidence.
In fact the Minister of Justice, Hon Doug Graham, acknowledged this when he signed the Deed of Sale, stating the Te Roroa claim was only an “alleged” claim, but it proceeded, costing the taxpayers in excess of $30 million and the people who could claim a minute trace of Te Roroa ancestry laughed all the way to the bank.
In fact Maori today, with their reheard claims, have accumulated in excess of $40 billion thanks to weak governments and gullible taxpayers.
Queen Victoria did not have the power or authority (jurisdiction) to give Maori any special rights in te Tiriti o Waitangi not already enjoyed by the people of England under English law.
IAN BROUGHAM, Wanganui
Dominion Post 4/7/19
LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN
Waitangi Tribunal claimant Lady Tureiti Moxon wants the Government to apologise for failing Maori in the health system.
"It's our people dying of preventable diseases who are the worst-off In this country, in a democratic society that's supposed to look after everybody," she said. "They've failed us constantly."
The tribunal has just released its stage one report from the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry. It found multiple Treaty breaches and serious failings by the Crown to fix Maori health inequities.
In its final statement the tribunal asked the Crown to acknowledge its overall failure to improve Maori health outcomes since implementing major reforms nearly 20 years ago.
"We are willing to participate in this process and look to the Ministry of Health and the Government to demonstrate their commitment by engaging in this process and providing appropriate funding, and leadership from the Minister of Health and the Director-General of Health," it said.
"We need to be in control of our own destiny," said Moxon. "The system is broken. It's time for Maori to be given the opportunity to do it for ourselves. The issue is whether or not the Crown wants to play ball."
You are well able to be in control of your own destiny and look to your leadership for the opportunity to do it for yourselves; the failures are yours to own. The reality is that despite having dose to $40 billion in assets it is the failure and selfishness of Maori leadership to provide for their own people at a grassroots level that is the problem. Let's have some transparency with regards to money spent on their own health initiatives.
PAUL EVANS-MCLEOD, Hamilton
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
FULL AND FINAL
In 1975 the government enacted the Treaty of Waitangi Act that created the Waitangi tribunal to hear claims that may occur after 1975. Most claims before this time had been “fully and finally settled,” or “rejected,” by court inquiries and Parliament.
The Act was amended in 1985 to allow claims to date back to 1840. In most cases these had already been fully and finally settled, or rejected.
This Act breaches English law, and the Magna Carta, as it only allows a New Zealand citizen who can claim a minute trace of tangata Maori ancestry to lodge a claim or participate. Non-Maori cannot lodge a claim, participate, or appeal a recommendation by the tribunal to the government, which in most cases is misled by the Select Committee and Parliament accepts the Bill without further investigation.
A past chairman of the tribunal, Chief Judge Eddie Durie, admitted in the ‘NZ Herald’ dated November 17, 1999, that researchers fabricate and modify evidence, omit evidence not helpful to the claim, and in some cases were not paid unless they changed their research to support the claim.
Some claims that were investigated by the court in the 1930s through 1940s, such as the Te Roroa claim that was rejected by Chief Judge Shepherd and Parliament, have been recommended and settled without one document of evidence.
In fact the Minister of Justice, Hon Doug Graham, acknowledged this when he signed the Deed of Sale, stating the Te Roroa claim was only an “alleged” claim, but it proceeded, costing the taxpayers in excess of $30 million and the people who could claim a minute trace of Te Roroa ancestry laughed all the way to the bank.
In fact Maori today, with their reheard claims, have accumulated in excess of $40 billion thanks to weak governments and gullible taxpayers.
Queen Victoria did not have the power or authority (jurisdiction) to give Maori any special rights in te Tiriti o Waitangi not already enjoyed by the people of England under English law.
IAN BROUGHAM, Wanganui
Dominion Post 4/7/19
LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN
Waitangi Tribunal claimant Lady Tureiti Moxon wants the Government to apologise for failing Maori in the health system.
"It's our people dying of preventable diseases who are the worst-off In this country, in a democratic society that's supposed to look after everybody," she said. "They've failed us constantly."
The tribunal has just released its stage one report from the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry. It found multiple Treaty breaches and serious failings by the Crown to fix Maori health inequities.
In its final statement the tribunal asked the Crown to acknowledge its overall failure to improve Maori health outcomes since implementing major reforms nearly 20 years ago.
"We are willing to participate in this process and look to the Ministry of Health and the Government to demonstrate their commitment by engaging in this process and providing appropriate funding, and leadership from the Minister of Health and the Director-General of Health," it said.
"We need to be in control of our own destiny," said Moxon. "The system is broken. It's time for Maori to be given the opportunity to do it for ourselves. The issue is whether or not the Crown wants to play ball."
You are well able to be in control of your own destiny and look to your leadership for the opportunity to do it for yourselves; the failures are yours to own. The reality is that despite having dose to $40 billion in assets it is the failure and selfishness of Maori leadership to provide for their own people at a grassroots level that is the problem. Let's have some transparency with regards to money spent on their own health initiatives.
PAUL EVANS-MCLEOD, Hamilton
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers