Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 26, 2019 5:12:33 GMT 12
Northern Advocate 26/9/19
WARS WERE BRUTAL
GM Tinker (18/9/19) appears to think that the so-called ‘Land Wars’ were not minor in comparison to the Musket Wars.
In the ‘Land Wars’ around 3,000 people from both sides lost their lives in a series of skirmishes over a period of 26 years (1843-1869). It was these rebelling tribes that initially breached the treaty, in particular was the Kingites planned attack on Auckland which was the reason for the military to ‘march into the Waikato’.
In comparison the Musket Wars were a series of around 3,000 battles and raids among tribal groups over 38 years (1807-1845). The wars were brutal and ruthless in which villages were burned, and prisoners enslaved, tortured, or killed and eaten after battle.
These wars decimated the Maori population, possibly from 120,000 to 70,000 (around 50,000 lives lost), leaving a harmed and struggling society.
Tinker repeats the lie of ‘equal treaty partners’, there is no wording in the Treaty that even implies a partnership, the chiefs ceded their chieftainship/sovereignty in Article 1, gained legal property rights in Article 2, and were granted the rights of British subjects in Article 3 – one cannot be a subject of the Queen/Crown and a partner at the same time.
GEOFF PARKER, Kamo
Dominion Post 25/9/19
EFFECT OF IHUMATAO
I am wondering what effect the Ihumatao issue will have on future efforts by Maori to develop their land resources. The situation Fletcher has found itself in, with sunk costs and no apparent means of continuing the project, must raise the risk appreciations of other commercial operators. Which companies would want to enter into a contract with an iwi holding a valid land title only to find a different group is claiming some or all of the land concerned?
GRAEME BUCKLEY, Miramar
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WARS WERE BRUTAL
GM Tinker (18/9/19) appears to think that the so-called ‘Land Wars’ were not minor in comparison to the Musket Wars.
In the ‘Land Wars’ around 3,000 people from both sides lost their lives in a series of skirmishes over a period of 26 years (1843-1869). It was these rebelling tribes that initially breached the treaty, in particular was the Kingites planned attack on Auckland which was the reason for the military to ‘march into the Waikato’.
In comparison the Musket Wars were a series of around 3,000 battles and raids among tribal groups over 38 years (1807-1845). The wars were brutal and ruthless in which villages were burned, and prisoners enslaved, tortured, or killed and eaten after battle.
These wars decimated the Maori population, possibly from 120,000 to 70,000 (around 50,000 lives lost), leaving a harmed and struggling society.
Tinker repeats the lie of ‘equal treaty partners’, there is no wording in the Treaty that even implies a partnership, the chiefs ceded their chieftainship/sovereignty in Article 1, gained legal property rights in Article 2, and were granted the rights of British subjects in Article 3 – one cannot be a subject of the Queen/Crown and a partner at the same time.
GEOFF PARKER, Kamo
Dominion Post 25/9/19
EFFECT OF IHUMATAO
I am wondering what effect the Ihumatao issue will have on future efforts by Maori to develop their land resources. The situation Fletcher has found itself in, with sunk costs and no apparent means of continuing the project, must raise the risk appreciations of other commercial operators. Which companies would want to enter into a contract with an iwi holding a valid land title only to find a different group is claiming some or all of the land concerned?
GRAEME BUCKLEY, Miramar
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers