Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 12, 2019 4:12:41 GMT 12
Dominion Post 12/8/19
UPLIFTS SAVE LIVES
I must endorse the remarks made by Danny Mickleson (Letters, Aug 3).
Anyone who advocates that the best place for vulnerable Maori children is with their whanau should read the report, 24 Year Snapshot Of Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in NZ, on the For the Sake of Our Children Trust website.
This shows 58 cases of child homicide from 1990 to2014 – 35 were stated as Maori and most died at the hands of the mother’s partner, others at the hands of their mothers, relatives, caregivers or, like the Kahui twins, persons unknown! All were known to the families.
They should also see what happens when government agencies fail to take action.
The coroner said Moko Rangitoheriri was subjected to a ‘‘campaign of violence’’; the horrendous injuries this defenceless 3-year-old suffered over many days at the hands of his caregivers eventually caused his death.
It’s time these families took responsibility for these acts and did something to prevent them instead of closing ranks and pretending they never happened, and for academics to stop blaming it on colonialism.
Children are removed by Oranga Tamariki, as a spokesperson said, because they are in danger from the effects of alcohol, drugs and violence, not because they are Maori.
MALCOLM KNOTT, Wadestown
Taranaki Daily News 12/8/19
NO HISTORICAL TRUTH
The claim by Ray Watembach (August 9) of ‘‘the original illegal English settlers’ policy of making Maori landless and enslaved, and [that the District Council] has never demonstrated any integrity toward the Ngati Awa victims of the settlers’ war’’ does not have a vestige of historical truth.
I wonder why such rubbish gets published. It does nothing but stir up hatred where none need exist.
BRUCE MOON, Nelson
Nelson Mail 12/8/19
TREATY INTERPRETATION
Gary Clover accuses Andy Espersen of cherrypicking (10/8/19), yet Clover reads things into the Treaty that are not there, he wrote “A Crown-chiefs governing arrangement to control the flood of incoming European settlers was exactly what Ngapuhi and the missionaries were promised the Treaty would bring about.”
Yet the preamble of Te Tiriti clearly states ‘‘Seeing that already many of Her Majesty’s subjects have already settled in the country and are constantly arriving: And that it is desirable for their protection as well as the protection of the natives to establish a government amongst them .... ”
As for Clover’s referencing Vincent O’Malley’s book, many freelance historians rightfully question his work.
Since 1840 many statutes have been passed either at Maori’s request, to protect them, or to help them adapt to changing times. Today unfortunately these statutes have been twisted to show them in bad light.
GEOFF PARKER Whangarei,
UPLIFTS SAVE LIVES
I must endorse the remarks made by Danny Mickleson (Letters, Aug 3).
Anyone who advocates that the best place for vulnerable Maori children is with their whanau should read the report, 24 Year Snapshot Of Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in NZ, on the For the Sake of Our Children Trust website.
This shows 58 cases of child homicide from 1990 to2014 – 35 were stated as Maori and most died at the hands of the mother’s partner, others at the hands of their mothers, relatives, caregivers or, like the Kahui twins, persons unknown! All were known to the families.
They should also see what happens when government agencies fail to take action.
The coroner said Moko Rangitoheriri was subjected to a ‘‘campaign of violence’’; the horrendous injuries this defenceless 3-year-old suffered over many days at the hands of his caregivers eventually caused his death.
It’s time these families took responsibility for these acts and did something to prevent them instead of closing ranks and pretending they never happened, and for academics to stop blaming it on colonialism.
Children are removed by Oranga Tamariki, as a spokesperson said, because they are in danger from the effects of alcohol, drugs and violence, not because they are Maori.
MALCOLM KNOTT, Wadestown
Taranaki Daily News 12/8/19
NO HISTORICAL TRUTH
The claim by Ray Watembach (August 9) of ‘‘the original illegal English settlers’ policy of making Maori landless and enslaved, and [that the District Council] has never demonstrated any integrity toward the Ngati Awa victims of the settlers’ war’’ does not have a vestige of historical truth.
I wonder why such rubbish gets published. It does nothing but stir up hatred where none need exist.
BRUCE MOON, Nelson
Nelson Mail 12/8/19
TREATY INTERPRETATION
Gary Clover accuses Andy Espersen of cherrypicking (10/8/19), yet Clover reads things into the Treaty that are not there, he wrote “A Crown-chiefs governing arrangement to control the flood of incoming European settlers was exactly what Ngapuhi and the missionaries were promised the Treaty would bring about.”
Yet the preamble of Te Tiriti clearly states ‘‘Seeing that already many of Her Majesty’s subjects have already settled in the country and are constantly arriving: And that it is desirable for their protection as well as the protection of the natives to establish a government amongst them .... ”
As for Clover’s referencing Vincent O’Malley’s book, many freelance historians rightfully question his work.
Since 1840 many statutes have been passed either at Maori’s request, to protect them, or to help them adapt to changing times. Today unfortunately these statutes have been twisted to show them in bad light.
GEOFF PARKER Whangarei,